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Regional Quota

Each year, the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries allocates certain catch allowances to support smaller communities.

Objective

Regional quota is intended to support communities that:

  • have faced difficulties due to a decline in the fishing industry and are dependent on catching or processing of demersal fish.

  • have suffered an unexpected reduction in the total catch allowances of fishing vessels operating from the community in question, landing their catch there, and where the reduction has a significant impact on the employment situation.

Rules

The Minister sets rules on:

  • allocation to communities.

  • allocation to fishing vessels.

Municipalities may request special rules that deviate from the general rules of allocation. The Minister must approve such rules before they take effect. Approved special rules for communities can be found in the advertisements for regional quota each fishing year here on the website, as applicable.

Implementiation

The Directorate of Fisheries is responsible for allocating regional quotas to fishing vessels according to the rules in force at any given time.

Application for regional quota

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 2025/2026

Instructions for application of regional quota
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Statement on processing of catches - Directorate of Fisheries
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Service provider

The Dir­ect­or­ate of Fish­er­ies

Related material

Promise quota, Counter contribution and Allocated quota - Data pages
Fisheries Management Act
Regulation on allocation of regional quotas to fishing vessels for the 2025/2026 fishing year
Regulation on allocation of regional quotas to communities for the 2025/2026 fishing year
Regulation on total allowable catch and commercial fishing for the 2025/2026 fishing year and the calendar year 2026
Regulation on allocation of catch deducted from total allowable catch pursuant to paragraph 5 of Article 8 of the Fisheries Management Act.