The Directorate of Fisheries advertises applications for regional quota according to regulation on the allocation of regional quotas to fishing vessels in the fishing year 2024/2025.
Guidelines:
- Applications must go through the application system. Electronic ID of the vessel's operator is necessary to open the application portal. All required fields must be filled out.
- The result of the application will only be published in the applicant's mailbox on island.is If the applicant wishes to receive a letter by other means, the request must be sent to fiskistofa@fiskistofa.is.
- When applying in a municipality where there is a processing obligation, a declaration for processing of catches must be signed and confirmed by the municipality and submitted to the Directorate of Fisheries so that allocation can take place.
Advertisements for regional quota 2024/2025
Applications are now accepted for regional quota according to regulation on allocation of regional quotas to fishing vessels in the fishing year 2024/2025 and advertisement (2) on special regulations of municipalities for allocation of regional quotas for the fishing year 2024/2025.
Applications are open for:
Drangsnes
Norðurfjörður
Súðavík
The last application date is 28th of April 2025
Applications are now accepted for regional quota according to regulation on the allocation of regional quotas to fishing vessels in the fishing year 2024/2025.
Applications are open for:
Breiðdalsvík
Mjóifjörður
Sandgerði
Stöðvarfjörður
Vogar
The last application date is 21st of April 2025
Applications are now accepted for regional quota according to regulation on allocation of regional quotas to fishing vessels in the fishing year 2024/2025 and advertisement (1) on special regulations of municipalities for allocation of regional quotas for the fishing year 2024/2025.
Applications are open for:
Árskógssandur
Bakkafjörður
Bíldudalur
Blönduós
Brjánslækur
Dalvík
Eyrarbakki
Flateyri
Garður
Greinivík
Grímsey
Hauganes
Hofsós
Hvammstangi
Ísafjörður
Kópasker
Ólafsfjörður
Patreksfjörður
Raufarhöfn
Sauðárkrókur
Seyðisfjörður
Siglufjörður
Skagaströnd
Stokkseyri
Suðureyri
Tálknafjörður
Vopnafjörður
Þingeyri
Þorlákshöfn
Þórshöfn
The last application date is 17th of April 2025
Applications are now accepted for regional quota according to regulation on the allocation of regional quotas to fishing vessels in the fishing year 2024/2025.
Applications are open for:
Bolungarvik
Djupivogur
Grundarfjordur
Stykkisholmur
The last application date is 18th of March 2025
Applications are now accepted for regional quota according to regulation on the allocation of regional quotas to fishing vessels in the fishing year 2024/2025.
Applications are open for:
Hrisey
The last application date is 17th of March 2025
Applications are now accepted for regional quota according to regulation on the allocation of regional quotas to fishing vessels in the fishing year 2024/2025.
Applications are open for:
Borgarfjörður Eystri
The last application date is 11th of March 2025
Applications are now accepted for regional quota according to regulation on the allocation of regional quotas to fishing vessels in the fishing year 2024/2025.
Applications are open for:
Hólmavík
The last application date is 27th of February 2025
Each fishing year, the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries allocates certain catch quota to support smaller communities:
which are facing difficulties due to downturns in fisheries and which are dependent upon demersal fishing or processing.
which have suffered unexpected cutbacks in the total catch quotas of fishing vessels operating from and landing their catch in the communities in question, which has had a substantial impact on the employment situation in these communities.
Minister sets rules on allocations to municipalities and ships. Municipalities may request special rules regarding allocation and the Minister approves them if there are factual arguments for the changes. The specific regional regulations adopted by the municipalities can be found in the chapter on regional quotas for each fishing year on the website, as applicable.
The Directorate of Fisheries handles the allocation of the regional quota to fishing vessels according to the regulation that applies each fishing year.
