Tighter control of Russian fishing vessels
The Norwegian authorities have stipulated that Russian fishing vessels calling in Norway will have access to only three ports, where checks will be carried out. The new regulations will come…
Strong herring year class on the way?
During this year's ecosystem survey in the Barents Sea, relatively large concentrations of group zero herring were recorded in the central part and west and north of Svalbard. According to…
Barents Sea cod quota reduction
The Norwegian Marine Research Institute has recommended a Barents Sea cod quota of up to 566,784 tonnes for 2023 – a 20% reduction on the 2022 figure and the lowest…
Concern over Barents Sea naval exercises
Norwegian fishing industry organisation Fiskebåt has expressed its concern over Russian military exercises that began at the weekend and which will continue into this week. The activity is within the…
EU-Norway political understanding on N-E Arctic
Norway and the EU reached a political understanding in relation to the fisheries in the Northeast Arctic, in ICES subareas 1 and 2 – area which includes the waters around…
Pushing for Smutthullet agreement renegotiation
Norwegian vessel operators’ federation Fiskebåt is urging the Norwegian authorities to re-negotiate the bilateral protocol between Norway and Iceland, part of the 1999 agreement between Norway, Russia and Iceland on…
Icelandic trawler’s record Barents Sea trip
Síldarvinnlan’s freezer trawler Blængur is alongside after completing a record 40-day trip to the Barents Sea, docked in Neskaupstaður where the catch valued at ISK635 million in being discharged –…
Cod scarce during Barents Sea trip
Brim’s factory trawler Örfirisey is landing in Vopnafjörður after a trip in the Norwegian sector of the Barents Sea. Örfirisey is scheduled to sail at midday today. Landing in Vopnafjörður…
Russia and Norway strike 2022 fisheries agreement
Russia and Norway strike 2022 fisheries agreement
Working through a series of online negotiation meetings, Norway and Russia have reached a fisheries agreement for 2022. This is Norway’s most important bilateral fisheries agreement. ‘The agreement entered into…
Successful first trip for new factory trawler
The first new factory vessel built under the Russian government’s investment quotas programme has completed its first trip and landed its catch in Murmansk. Barents Sea was built at the…