Greenland has reached agreements with Norway and the Faroe Islands on fisheries for 2023 – but not with Russia, the first time since 1992 that there is no quota swap between the two nations.
The reason for declining a deal with Russia is given as the state of stocks in Greenlandic waters not being in a condition to justify such a quota swap. An arrangement with Russia remains an option for 2024.
Greenland and Norway have maintained the same level as their 2022 protocol, which allows Greenland access to 4000 tonnes of cod, 750 tonnes of haddock and 650 tonnes of saithe in the Barents Sea.
A bilateral agreement has also been reached between Greenland and the Faroe Islands. In 2023 Greenland gets an addition 4150 tonnes of blue whiting compared to its 14,700-tonne quota for 2022, while the Faroes gets an additional 50 tonnes of halibut in East Greenland waters and an additional100 tonnes of Greenland halibut, but a 100 tonne reduction in its quota or tusk.
