A new fishing year is beginning, and the Directorate of Fisheries has allocated catch quotas to fishing vessels for the 2024/2025 fishing year. The total allocation is 320,000 cod-equivalent tons, with quotas distributed among 344 vessels owned by 274 companies. The allocation for cod has increased by 2,000 tons from the last fishing year, now reaching 168,000 tons. However, the allocation for haddock has decreased by 16,000 tons, now set at 38,000 cod-equivalent tons. The five companies receiving the highest allocations were Brim (Reykjavík) with 9.55%, Samherji (Akureyri) with 8.72%, Ísfélagid (Vestmannaeyjar) with 6.98%, Fisk (Saudárkrókur) with 6.10%, and Thorbjörn in Grindavík with 5.43% of the total catch quota. Of the total quota, which is similar to last year’s, around 12,000 tons are allocated to the Regional Development Agency’s regional quotas and the regional quotas for fishing vessels, indicating that fish stocks around Iceland are, on aggregate, in good balance.
Ísland 01/09/2024 : A7RIII, RX1RII, A7CR – 2.0/35mm Z, FE 1.8/135GM, FE 2.8/90mm G, FE 1.2/50mm GM, FE 1.8/20mm G – Photos & text : Páll Stefánsson
