22nd April 2024

Days in lumpfish fishing increased to 55

According to regulation, the Directorate of Fisheries will increase the number of days for vessels that are fishing for lumpfish or have yet to go lumpfish fishing.

18th April 2024

Temporary closure of the Directorate of Fisheries offices in Borgir, Akureyri

The Directorate of Fisheries in Borgir, Akureyri is temporarily closed.

18th April 2024

Instant Closure number 2

Ban on bottom trawl fishing at Berufjarðarálshorn will take effect today, 18th of April, at 12:00 and will expire at 12:00 on 2nd of May 2024.

17th April 2024

Applications for coastal fishing permits have been opened

Coastal fishing season starts on Thursday, May 2nd.

15th April 2024

Preparation for coastal fishing

When regulation on coastal fishing will be issued, it will be possible to apply for coastal fishing permit with electronic ID in the digital application portal at Ísland.is.

5th April 2024

Increase in number of days in lumpfish fishing

According to regulation, the Directorate of Fisheries will increase the number of days for vessels that are fishing for lumpfish or have yet to go lumpfish fishing.

1st April 2024

Remotely Piloted Aircraft monitoring in April

Remotely Piloted Aircrafts will be used for monitoring by the Directorate of Fisheries in April 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.

31st March 2024

Spawning stop 2024

We would like to draw your attention to the spawning stop which takes effect on April 1st.

27th March 2024

Termination of longline discount for ling

As of 27th of March 2024 the longline discount for ling is terminated.

21st March 2024

Saving Reports on Data Pages

The Directorate‘s Data Pages have been updated so that the browser's path includes the report and all filters