- Research
- Fish tagging
- Lumpfish research
- Oceanography
- Seabed mapping
- Arnarfjörður
- Drekasvæði
- Ísafjarðardjúp
- Jökulbanki
- Jökuldjúp
- Kolbeinseyjarhryggur and adjacent area
- Kolluáll
- Langanesgrunn
- Látragrunn
- Nesdjúp
- Reykjaneshryggur and adjacent area
- Selvogsbanki
- South of Selvogsbanki
- South of Skeiðarárdjúp
- South of Skerjadjúp
- Southeast of Lónsdjúp
- Southwest of Jökuldjúp
- Suðausturmið
- Suðurdjúp
- Vesturdjúp
- East of Reykjaneshryggur
- Vestfjardarmid
- Seal research
- Whale Research
- Advice
- About
Advice
One of MFRI main roles is to give advice on sustainable exploitation of renewable resources in the ocean and in lakes and rivers to the Ministry and stakeholders.
MFRI advice is based on international agreements and standards. The assessment and advice of the main Icelandic stocks is reviewed annually by ICES. The precautionary considerations that is the basis of ICES advice and its MSY approach is also the basis of MFRI advice.
| Introduction to the Advice | Ecosystem Overview |
| Fisheries Overview | TAC recommendations 2023 |
| Marine mammal and seabird bycatch in Icelandic fisheries |
| Type | extrasItemAdviceFilter | Advice | Tech report | Tables | Pub.date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capelin | Uppsjór | Advice | Tech report | Tables | 4. jún. 2025 |
| Northern Shrimp in Arnarfjörður | Hryggleysingjar | Advice | Tech report | 7. okt. 2024 | |
| Northern Shrimp in Ísafjarðardjúp | Hryggleysingjar | Advice | Tech report | 7. okt. 2024 | |
| Mackerel | Uppsjór | Advice | Tables | 30. sep. 2024 | |
| Norwegian Spring-Spawning Herring | Uppsjór | Advice | Tables | 30. sep. 2024 | |
| Blue Whiting | Uppsjór | Advice | Tables | 30. sep. 2024 | |
| Shallow Pelagic Smentella | Botnsjór | Advice | 30. sep. 2024 | ||
| Deep Pelagic Smentella | Botnsjór | Advice | Tables | 30. sep. 2024 | |
| Sea Cucumber | Hryggleysingjar | Advice | Tech report | Tables | 20. sep. 2024 |
| Northern Shrimp | Hryggleysingjar | Advice | Tech report | 16. ágú. 2024 | |
| Cod | Botnsjór | Advice | Tech report | Tables | 5. jún. 2025 |
| Haddock | Botnsjór | Advice | Tech report | Tables | 4. jún. 2025 |
| Saithe | Botnsjór | Advice | Tech report | Tables | 5. jún. 2025 |
| Golden Redfish | Botnsjór | Advice | Tech report | Tables | 5. jún. 2025 |
| Demersal Beaked Redfish | Botnsjór | Advice | Tech report | Tables | 4. jún. 2025 |
| Atlantic Halibut | Botnsjór | Advice | Tech report | Tables | 5. jún. 2025 |
| Greenland Halibut | Botnsjór | Advice | Tech report | Tables | 5. jún. 2025 |
| Plaice | Botnsjór | Advice | Tech report | Tables | 5. jún. 2025 |
| Atlantic Wolffish | Botnsjór | Advice | Tech report | Tables | 4. jún. 2025 |
| Ling | Botnsjór | Advice | Tech report | Tables | 4. jún. 2025 |
| Tusk | Botnsjór | Advice | Tech report | Tables | 4. jún. 2025 |
| Blue Ling | Botnsjór | Advice | Tech report | Tables | 7. jún. 2024 |
| Herring | Botnsjór | Tech report | Tables | 4. jún. 2025 | |
| Greater Silver Smelt | Botnsjór | Advice | Tech report | Tables | 4. jún. 2025 |
| Starry Ray | Botnsjór | Advice | Tech report | Tables | 5. jún. 2025 |
| Whiting | Botnsjór | Advice | Tech report | Tables | 6. jún. 2025 |
| Long Rough Dab | Botnsjór | Advice | Tech report | Tables | 7. jún. 2024 |
| Icelandic Scallop | Hryggleysingjar | Advice | Tech report | Tables | 5. jún. 2025 |
| Common Whelk | Hryggleysingjar | Advice | Tech report | Tables | 5. jún. 2025 |
| Blue Skate | Botnsjór | Tech report | 7. jún. 2024 | ||
| Spurdog | Botnsjór | Tech report | 7. jún. 2024 | ||
| Northern Shrimp - Snæfellsnes | Hryggleysingjar | Advice | Tech report | Tables | 30. apr. 2025 |
| Lumpfish | Botnsjór | Advice | Tech report | Tables | 26. mar. 2025 |
| Norway Lobster | Hryggleysingjar | Advice | Tech report | Tables | 1. mar. 2024 |
| Norway Redfish | Botnsjór | Advice | Tech report | Tables | 5. jún. 2025 |
| Lemon Sole | Botnsjór | Advice | Tech report | Tables | 4. jún. 2025 |
| Witch | Botnsjór | Advice | Tech report | Tables | 4. jún. 2025 |
| Megrim | Botnsjór | Advice | Tech report | Tables | 5. jún. 2025 |
| Dab | Botnsjór | Advice | Tech report | Tables | 4. jún. 2025 |
| Spotted Wolffish | Botnsjór | Advice | Tech report | Tables | 4. jún. 2025 |
| Anglerfish | Botnsjór | Advice | Tech report | Tables | 5. jún. 2025 |
| Sea Urchin | Hryggleysingjar | Advice | Tech report | Tables | 5. jún. 2025 |
| Umhverfissvið | 4. mar. 2022 | ||||
| Umhverfissvið | 4. mar. 2022 | ||||
| Umhverfissvið | 4. mar. 2022 | ||||
| Umhverfissvið | 4. mar. 2022 | ||||
| Umhverfissvið | 4. mar. 2022 | ||||
| Umhverfissvið | 4. mar. 2022 | ||||
| Umhverfissvið | 4. mar. 2022 | ||||
| Umhverfissvið | 4. mar. 2022 | ||||
| Umhverfissvið | 4. mar. 2022 | ||||
| Umhverfissvið | 4. mar. 2022 | ||||
| Harbour Seal | Sjávarspendýr | Advice | Tech report | 15. nóv. 2021 | |
| Northern Shrimp in Skjálfandi | Hryggleysingjar | Advice | Tech report | 1. des. 2020 | |
| Northern Shrimp - Eldey | Hryggleysingjar | Advice | Tech report | 7. ágú. 2020 | |
| Fish farming | Fiskeldi | 11. maí 2020 | |||
| Bycatch of seabirds and marine mammals - Lumpsucker gillnets | Meðafli | 7. feb. 2024 | |||
| Ocean Quahog | Hryggleysingjar | 13. jún. 2019 | |||
| Icelandic Grey Seal | Sjávarspendýr | 13. mar. 2019 | |||
| Northern Shrimp in Húnaflói | Hryggleysingjar | 30. okt. 2018 | |||
| Northern Shrimp in Skagafjörður | Hryggleysingjar | 30. okt. 2018 | |||
| Northern Shrimp in Öxarfjörður | Hryggleysingjar | 30. okt. 2018 | |||
| Common Minke Whale | Sjávarspendýr | Tables | 12. apr. 2018 | ||
| Rockweed | Þang | Tables | 29. jan. 2018 | ||
| Fin Whale | Sjávarspendýr | Tables | 13. jún. 2017 |
