The management plan states that overgrowth due to lack of grazing and traditional haymaking are the main challenges. In the inscription text, Norway is also urged to ensure larger areas are grazed by sheep and to collaborate with landowners to achieve proper maintenance and management of the area. The property structure makes it challenging to start activity in some areas where grazing and mowing activity has ceased. Experience from recent years with measures nevertheless shows a positive development in the area. Several new islands is grazed and a larger area is traditional haymaking .

The Vegaøyan Verdensarv Foundation has a budget of approximately NOK 900,000 for grazing and area subsidies, establishments and management plans. In addition, NOK 2.1 million will be given in 2023 through the agricultural agreement to farmers who have animals on pasture or who operate traditional haymaking in the World Heritage area. With the establishment of local management of the protected areas, funds are also allocated from Vega Protected Area Board for management in the protected areas. In 2023, this amount was approximately NOK 500,000.

Management plans

The Foundation and/or the Vega Protective Area Board have financed the preparation of management plans for most of the larger the islands in the World Heritage area.
As of today, there are management plans for all the largest the islands :

• Skogsholmen : grazing with young cattle and sheep, traditional haymaking and logging of Sitka spruce and scrub pine
• Hysvær and Søla : traditional haymaking and sheep grazing, logging
• Skjærvær and Lånan : traditional haymaking
• Omnøy : traditional haymaking and sheep grazing
• Bukkoy: traditional haymaking and sheep grazing
• Tåvær : sheep pasture
• Kilvær : traditional haymaking and sheep grazing, logging of sitka
• Stor-Emårsøy: grazing with young cattle, traditional haymaking
• Kjellerhaugvatnet: sheep grazing and felling of sitka and scrub forest
• Holandsosen: sheep grazing and felling of sitka and scrub forest
• Muddvær : traditional haymaking
• Rogan: traditional haymaking and sheep grazing

In addition, a number of islands where no management plans have been made.