Regulation No. 963/2019 on fishing with Danish seine around Iceland.

This regulation governs fishing with Danish seine around Iceland. It allows commercial fishing vessels licensed to fish in Iceland’s fisheries jurisdiction to use Danish seine in areas where bottom and pelagic trawling are permitted, while Danish seine fishing closer to shore requires a special annual permit from the Directorate of Fisheries (Fiskistofa) and is limited to vessels below specified length and capacity thresholds. The regulation sets technical requirements for Danish seine gear, including a 135 mm minimum mesh size, rules on square-mesh panels, and prohibitions on devices that tighten or obstruct the meshes or use trawl doors. Most of the regulation consists of detailed area and seasonal closures for Danish seine fishing in specific bays, fjords and coastal zones around Iceland, with some exceptions for smaller vessels or defined fishing periods. It also establishes penalties under Icelandic fisheries legislation, repeals several previous Danish seine regulations, and preserves certain permits issued for the 2019/2020 fishing year.