Russia plans to significantly increase fish production in the territorial waters of Norway, Greenland and the Faroe Islands, according to Ilya Shestakov, Head of the Russian Federal Agency for Fisheries (Rosrybolovstvo).
In the case of Norway, Rosrybolovsto has already called on Elizabeth Aspaker, Norway’s Minister of Fisheries, to increase the country’s annual quota on haddock catch for the current year, reports Eugene Gerden.
In recent years the relations of these countries with regards to fishing trade were complex, due to numerous bans on the supplies of Norwegian salmon to Russia (which were imposed by the Russian government), as well as the countries’ conflict, regarding fishing in the territorial waters of Spitzbergen. However, there is a possibility that the conflict has been resolved, as a result of recent talks of Norway’s Minister of Fisheries and Rosrybolovstvo.
At the same time, the Russian government has already reached an agreement with the government of Greenland on the production of pelagic perch and Greenland halibut in Greenland waters, and in particular in its Western and Eastern parts. In return, Russia will provide quotas for Greenland on the catch of cod and haddock in the Russian exclusive economic zone.
Finally, Rosrybolovstvo has signed a package of agreements with the government of Faroe Islands on the production of mackerel and blue whiting in its territorial waters. In return, the Faroe fisherman will receive a right for the production of cod, haddock, flounder, as well as shrimp in the Russian zone.
