Staff have written an article in Vísbendingu about the development of the consolidation of fishing quotas. There is a link to the article in Vísbendingu. here. Compression is measured with Highest Happiness Index the coefficient calculated from the quota share
Surprisingly, concentration has decreased in recent years, despite SVN's acquisition of Vísir and Ísfélag's acquisition of Rammi. The reason is the decreasing quotas for the minke whale hunt.
This can be seen in the following figure, which shows that the compression in thousand-tonne equivalents has been decreasing.
When licences for the pelagic trawl fishery are issued again, the HHI will rise once more.