Regulation No. 2438 on access to participate in the coastal vessel group's fishing and certain other fisheries for 2023.

This Regulation lays down rules restricting access to the types of fisheries listed in Article 1 (a total of 17). The Regulation contains 58 Articles organized in the following chapters: 1. Introductory provisions; 2. Participation-restricted fisheries in 2023; 3. Replacement and sale of vessels, etc. in closed-group fisheries; 4. Final provisions. Fish species that are covered by the Regulation include cod, haddock, saithe, mackerel, herring, shrimps, spring-spawning herring, lumpfish, Greenland halibut, sprat, ling, tusk, king crab, wrasse, and capelin. To participate in closed-group fisheries in 2023, the vessel must have had access to participate in the fishery of the same vessel group and with the same gear in 2022. Chapter 2 contains sub-headings for each type of the fisheries covered by the Regulation, laying down requirements to participate in closed-group and opened-group fisheries, as well as rules concerning fishing gear and methods.