Website on joint fisheries management released

The Joint Norwegian-Russian Fisheries Commission has released a website to help spread information about the fisheries cooperation between the two countries.

The website www.jointfish.com was opened during the 40 session in the Joint Norwegian-Russian Fisheries Commission in Kaliningrad last week.

- This website will communicate to the world what the Norwegian-Russian management of the fisheries has achieved through a long-term and confident cooperation in the Barents Sea, says Jørn Krog, head of the Norwegian in the commission. – We have succeeded in keeping a sustainable marine management to the benefit of today’s fishing fleet in the Barents Sea, as well as future generations, the Norwegian Government’s website reads.

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The Norwegian-Russian Joint Fisheries Commission has since 1976 been, and still is, one of the main institutional intersections between Norway and Russia. The cooperation between the two countries has nonetheless had its frictions. The recent detainment of a Russian trawler in the Svabard zone by Norwegian Coast Guard has led the Head of the Federal Fishery Agency Andrey Krayny to threaten to strike Norwegian fish exports to Russia.

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