Inside for coastal fishing not known
The Ministry of Industry does not have information on what municipal revenues are from the coastal fishing license holder for coastal fishing.
This can be read from answer Hanna Katrín Fridriksson Minister of Industry with the inquiries of Vilhjálmur Árnason MP for the Independence Party.
Vilhjálmur asked how much coastal fishing landed from 2016 to 2024 broken down by municipalities and how many coastal fishing boats were made in the municipalities concerned.
Vilhjálmur also asked how high tax payments of coastal fishing license holders for coastal fishing from 2016 to 2024 were. He requested the information broken down by municipalities as well as the median as well as the upper and lower quarter boundaries.
« The area of affairs related to the Local Government Revenue Act does not belong to the Ministry of Industry, and therefore no information on local tax payments is found in the ministry or in its sub -agencies, » says the Minister of Industry.
Most catches landed to the west
From 2016 to 2024, the largest coastal catch landed in the West and landed 9,325 tonnes. Following follows Snæfellsbær with 8,803 tonnes and then Ísafjarðarbær with 7,971 tonnes.
Last year, 763 boats participated in coastal fishing and they have not been more during the period. These were six boats more than the year before and 45 boats more than 2022. Few were in 2018 when only 557 boats were made on coastal fishing.
