Norway and Russia Have Agreed on Date for Fisheries Negotiations
Fisheries Minister Marianne Sivertsen Næss (Labor) has described this year's situation regarding fisheries negotiations as demanding. The background concerns the listing of two Russian fishing companies, which Norway announced in July. (Photo: Trine Jonassen).
After much uncertainty, this year's fisheries negotiations between Norway and Russia will now be held digitally at the start of December.
Norway and Russia have agreed to hold this year's fisheries negotiations digitally between the 8th and 12th December.
As HNN has previously reported, there has been much uncertainty surrounding this year's fisheries negotiations. The negotiations, in which the parties set quotas for stocks such as cod in the Barents Sea, usually take place in October every year.
Archive photo: From the signing of the Norwegian-Russian fisheries agreement of 2022. Deputy Secretary General and then-head of delegation Morten Berg signed the agreement for Norway. (Photo: Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries).
"Emphasizes the significance"
The Norwegian Minister of Fisheries and the Ocean Policy, Marianne Sivertsen Næss, emphasizes that this year's process has been more demanding than previous years, partly due to the security situation and the listing of two Russian fishing companies.
"At the same time, both parties have emphasized the importance of fisheries cooperation," says Næss in a press release.
"For almost 50 years, Norwegian-Russian fisheries cooperation has ensured sustainable and predictable management of stocks in the Barents Sea, to the benefit of Norwegian, Russian, and other countries' fishermen. It is in everyone's interest that this cooperation continues, even in challenging times. Therefore, our clear goal is to get an agreement in place this year as well," she adds.
The fisheries negotiations in short
- The Joint Norwegian–Russian Fisheries Commission has annual negotiations to determine and distribute quotas between Norway, Russia, and third countries.
- The commission also determines mutual fishing in each other's zones and exchanges quotas for both joint stocks and national stocks.
- The stocks of Northeast Arctic cod, Northeast Arctic haddock, capelin, Greenland halibut and redfish in the Barents Sea are managed as joint stocks by Norway and Russia.
- This requires cooperation that ensures rational resource management.
Source: Regjeringen.no
