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17th January 2024
Ban on fishing with bottom trawl in Djúpál. The ban will take effect at 18:00 o'clock on the 17th of January 2024 and will remain effective until 18:00 o'clock on the 31st of January 2024.
16th January 2024
The Directorate of Fisheries has completed processing of tenders submitted for the catch quota switch in January.
10th January 2024
Ögmundur Knútsson the CEO of the Directorate of Fisheries has asked to be relieved of his duties as of January 15th, 2024.
8th January 2024
The exchange market opens today, Monday, January 8th, 2024 at 14:00. The deadline for submitting offers is until 14:00 on Monday 8th of January 2024.
As of 9th of January 2024 the longline discount for ling has been terminated.
Applications are now accepted for regional quota for the fishing year 2023/2024.
3rd January 2024
Allocation of blue whiting are 305.961 tons
Remotely Piloted Aircrafts will be used for monitoring by the Directorate of Fisheries in January and we would like to ask fishermen to keep in mind that all recordings are carefully examined and fish that goes overboard is species analyzed.
29th December 2023
The Directorate of Fisheries has recalculated the fee for fish farming at sea for the year 2024.
22nd December 2023
Holiday greetings from the staff of the Directorate of Fisheries