Commercial Fishing

Commercial fishing within Sweden is a large industry and likewise very important. Part of our responsibility at the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management is to oversee commercial fishing in Swedish waters. We provide information concerning commercial fishers as well as general information of how the Swedish system works.

Catch Statistics

Interested in knowing more about how much fish or even which types are caught in Swedish waters, or maybe the value of sales from catches? We offer access to our catch statistics and a variety of rela...
Registered Buyers

If you are a registered buyer of first-sale fish, i.e. purchase fishery products directly from a vessel or an agent, you are subject to certain rules. All registered buyers are required to report thei...
Quotas

The Total Allowable Catch (TAC) for the Baltic Sea and the North Sea is determined annually by the EU Council for Agriculture and Fisheries, in October for the Baltic Sea and in December for the North...
Real Time Closure

The EU and Norway have agreed on a system to quickly and temporarily close off certain areas from fishing in order to protect juvenile cod, haddock, saithe, and whiting in the Skagerrak and the North ...
Fishing regulations in Marine Protected Areas

We are working strategically to regulate fishing in Marine Proteced Areas and take suitable measurements with the purpose to reduce the negative impact from fishing in those areas.