Information to foreign fishermen

Denmark has a number of designated ports.

• See the designated ports in Denmark

Foreign vessels wishing to use landing locations in Denmark shall give prior notification according to the detailed rules for this. Change of catch area should also be notified.

Prior notifications shall be given to The Danish Fisheries Monitoring Centre which operates a 24 hour service using the details below:

Contact the Danish Fisheries Monitoring Centre (24 hours service)

Phone: +45 72 18 56 09

Fax: +45 33 45 58 94

Email: fmc@fiskeristyrelsen.dk

The Danish Fishing Monitoring Center (FMC) is placed in Esbjerg. The tasks in FMC is risk analysis, risk assessments, inspection statistics, inspection campaigns, real time monitoring (24/7), services for the fishermen and administrative IUU-inspection.

Masters of fishing vessels shall submit of forward log-sheets, transshipment declarations and landing declarations to the regional Danish inspectorate inside which the port of landing is situated, according to the list below.

• For landings into the ports of Bornholm, information shall be submitted to Inspectorate East, Nexø Office.

• For landings into ports of Jutland adjacent to the Baltic Sea, Fyn and Sjælland, information shall be submitted to Inspectorate East, Roskilde Office.

Address of regional inspectorates

Inspectorate West
Esbjerg Office
Auktionsgade 9
6700 Esbjerg

Inspectorate West
Nykøbing Mors Office
H. C. Ørstedsvej 2
7900 Nykøbing Mors

Inspectorate West
Frederikshavn Office
Sandholm 10
Postboks 63
9900 Frederikshavn

Inspectorate East
Roskilde Office
Langebjergvænget 11
4000 Roskilde

Inspectorate East
Rønne Office
Almegårds Kaserne
Bygning 26
3700 Rønne

Find the list of registered buyers, registered auctions or other entities (PDF - opens a new window)

The list is published according to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20. November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy, amending Regulations (EC) No 847/96, (EC) No 2371/2002, (EC) No 811/2004, (EC) No 768/2005, (EC) No 2115/2005, (EC) No 2166/2005, (EC) No 388/2006, (EC) No 509/2007, (EC) No 676/2007, (EC) No 1098/2007, (EC) No 1300/2008, (EC) No 1342/2008 and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2847/93, (EC) No 1627/94 and (EC) No 1966/2006

Since September 1st 2009, the EU has operated a scheme with realtime closures in the Northsea and Skagerrak in areas with presence of:

• juvenile cod

• haddock

• whiting

• pollock

The present regulation is shown in Commission Regulation (EU) No 724/2010 of 12 August 2010 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of real-time closures of certain fisheries in the North Sea and Skagerrak, and changed in the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 783/2011 of 5 August 2011.

• Read the Commision Regulation (EU) of 12 August 2010 (PDF - opens a new window)

• Read the Commision Implementing Regulation (EU) of 5 August 2011 (PDF - opens a new window)

The details are as follows:

• Closure will be based only on information gathered during inspections at sea

• Fish below the following sizes will be regarded as juveniles:

  • Cod 35 cm

  • Haddock 30 cm

  • Whiting 27 cm

  • Saithe 35 cm

• The trigger level will be 10 % by weight of the total of the four species, calculated from a minimum 200 kg sample. However, if the quantity of cod exceeds 75 % of the total, the trigger level will be 7.5 %

• The area will be closed in 21 days

• Inside the area may be used:

  • Pelagic trawls

  • Purse seines

  • Driftnets

  • Jiggers targeting pelagic species (herring, mackerel and horse mackerel)

  • Pots

• Gillnets may be used if the mesh size is in accordance with technical regulations applicable in the fisheries for:

  • cod

  • haddock

  • whiting

  • saithe

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