North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization | est 1984

Faroese Salmon Fishery Measures

Regulatory Measures Around the Faroe Islands

Regulatory measures or decisions have been agreed by the North-East Atlantic Commission in most years since NASCO’s establishment. These have resulted in greatly reduced allowable catches in the Faroese fishery, reflecting declining abundance of the salmon stocks. There has been no commercial salmon fishery since the early 1990s and the declared salmon catch is shown in the graph below.

No fishery for salmon has been prosecuted at the Faroes after 2000.

To view details of the measures click the relevant year.

Year Allowable catch (tonnes) Comments / other measures
1984-1985 625  
1986    
1987-1989 1790 Catch in any year not to exceed annual average (597t) by more than 5%.
1990-1991 1100 Catch in any year not to exceed annual average (550t) by more than 15%.
1992 550  
1993 550  
1994 550  
1995 550  
1996 470 No more than 390t to be allocated if fishing licences issued
1997 425 No more than 360t to be allocated if fishing licences issued.
1998 380 No more than 330t to be allocated if fishing licences issued
1999 330 No more than 290t to be allocated if fishing licences issued
2000 300 No more than 260t to be allocated if fishing licences issued
2001 No quota set Any fishery to be managed on the basis of the scientific advice from ICES, in a precautionary manner and with a view to sustainability. In accordance with this Decision, there was no fishery.
2002 No quota set As for 2001 above
2003 No quota set As for 2001 above
2004 No quota set As for 2001 above
2005 No quota set As for 2001 above
2006 No quota set As for 2001 above
2007 No quota set As for 2001 above
2008 No quota set As for 2001 above
2009 No quota set As for 2001 above
2010 No quota set As for 2001 above
2011 No quota set As for 2001 above
2012 No quota set As for 2001 above
2013-2015 No quota set As for 2001 above
2015/2016 – 2017/2018 No quota set As for 2001 above
2018/2019 – 2020/2021 No quota set As for 2001 above

2021/2022 –  2023/2024

No quota set As for 2001 above

Note: The quotas for the Faroe Islands detailed above for the period 1984-2000 were agreed as part of effort limitation programmes (limiting the number of licences, season length and maximum number of boat fishing days) together with measures to minimise the capture of fish less than 60cm in length. The measure for 1984 / 85 did not set limits on the number of licences or the number of boat fishing days.