Selected Danish deep-sea fishermen can now apply to fish for tuna.

Danish recreational anglers can now apply for permission to fish for the bluefin tuna in Denmark.

This is announced by the Danish Agriculture and Fisheries Council.

Until now, fishing for tuna was not allowed, but the new rules came into effect on July 30, as Denmark switched to a quota of five tons of common tuna with Spain, the council writes.

Since it is a quota swap, the Spanish tuna quota is reduced accordingly.

The five tons mean that only a limited number of recreational anglers will be allowed to fish for the sought-after fish, which has become a more common guest in Danish waters.

Five tons is equivalent to 15-20 bluefin tuna, depending on the fish's weight, according to the Danish Agriculture and Fisheries Council. The fish weighs between 250 and 333 kilograms.

"We are happy that the government has switched to a quota," says Kaare Manniche Ebert, fish biologist at the Danish Angling Association, to Politiken.

Initially, 20 permits will be issued, writes the Danish Agriculture and Fisheries Council.

However, not all recreational anglers can hope to catch the large fish. To be able to apply for permission to participate in tuna fishing, one must have participated in DTU Aqua's marking project for tuna in 2024 with a boat. The boats must meet a series of requirements to participate in the project.

The tuna fishing is open in the Danish part of the Skagerrak, Kattegat and Baltic Sea in limited periods from September 8, 2025 to September 26, 2025 and again from October 6, 2025 to October 31, 2025.

This is not the first time that Danish recreational anglers have been allowed to fish for tuna. In July 2022, Denmark also switched to a quota of five tons from Spain.

EU's tuna quotas are regulated by the organization International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT).

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