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The new vessel traffic centre (VTS) for North
Norway will be opened today in Vardø by State Secretary Vidar
Ulriksen of the Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs. “The new vessel
traffic centre will monitor and guide shipping traffic along the coast of North Norway
and will substantially help to improve maritime safety in northern areas,”
Ulriksen says. The vessel traffic centre will also play a key role in Norway’s maritime safety cooperation with Russia.
(23.01.07)
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On 18 January 2007, the EU, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Norway and
Russia concluded an agreement on the management of the Norwegian
spring-spawning herring fish stock. Norway has been allocated 61% of the total
allowable catch (TAC) for the herring stock, which gives Norway a quota of
780 800 tonnes for 2007.
(18.01.07)
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Norway and the EU have agreed to a bi-lateral fisheries
agreement for 2007. The Parties have also reached agreement on fishing in the Skagerrak next year. The long-term management plan for
haddock stocks has been revised with a view to achieving higher yields in the
long term.
(01.12.06)
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Norway is the responsible for managing extensive, rich seas in
the High North. The Government has set the principle that the management of
living marine resources is to take place within a
sustainable framework, and must be based on sound knowledge of the ecosystems. This
will ensure the maximum sustainable yield from these resources. The
Government’s ambition is for Norway to be a leading nation in marine research
and management.
(01.12.06)
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The Government will assess the need for a new, ice-class research
vessel capable of operating in the far north. An ice-class research vessel
would be useful in obtaining information needed for making political and
management decisions in the High North, for example in connection with the
development of the petroleum and fisheries sectors. It would also be used in monitoring
to improve our understanding of the environment, climate and resources in the
north.
(01.12.06)
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A
number of measures have already been or are being implemented to improve
maritime safety along the coast of mainland Norway. An important element of the
Government’s High North strategy is to enhance maritime safety in the waters
around Svalbard. In
this way, the Government will take a comprehensive approach to safety in the
High North.
(01.12.06)
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Good infrastructure is essential for trade and economic
activity. The development of safe and efficient transport corridors in the High
North therefore figures prominently on the Government’s agenda. The Government
supports the initiative for the establishment of the Northern East–West Freight
Corridor (the NEW Corridor) between China
and North America through the port
of Narvik.
(01.12.06)
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The Minister
of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs has set a quota of 1052 animals for the minke
whale hunt in 2007.
(01.12.06)
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“This
is an important milestone for the Norwegian Government’s international efforts to
prevent illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing,” says State
Secretary in the Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs Vidar Ulriksen. In
the negotiations in London this evening, full agreement was reached among all
of the countries in the NEAFC regarding the measures that will enter into force
starting in May of next year.
(15.11.06)
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Implementing measures to stop illegal fishing in the Barents Sea was the main topic at the 35th
session of the Joint Norwegian-Russian Fisheries Commission.
- The Fisheries Commission has decided to
give priority to this work this year as well. Norway
and Russia
agreed on a number of measures last year, and much has been achieved. “This
year focus has been on speeding up implementation of these measures,” says
Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs Helga Pedersen.
(04.11.06)
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Norwegian Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs Helga
Pedersen – Norwegian-British seminar on sustainable fisheries - London 19 October 2006
(19.10.06)
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Today EU and Norway
will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on monitoring, control and
surveillance of fisheries. The text sets out a framework for mutual control and
enforcement between EU Member States and Norway which will not only
facilitate the management of shared fish stocks, but also make a major
contribution to both parties' fight against illegal, unregulated and unreported
(IUU) fishing.
(04.10.06)
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We
have agreed that we all must improve our vigilance by improving control at sea,
control of transport and transhipment of fish, landings of fish as well as
processing and sale of fish products. I am very pleased that we all take such
interest in the question of how to combat the illegal, unreported and
unregulated fishing (IUU-fishing), said the Norwegian minister of fishery and
coastal affairs, Helga Pedersen, when the round table Conference on measures
against IUU-fishing finished in Trondheim Monday.
(07.08.06)
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By Helga
Pedersen, the Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs. The ministerial conference on illegal
fishing in Trondheim
- Monday 7 August, 2006
(07.08.06)
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The government is seriously addressing the problem of escaping
fish. The Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs appointed a dedicated
Commission on Escapes from Aquacultures on 05.07.2006.
(07.07.06)
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 By the Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs Helga
Pedersen - European
Parliament
(20.06.06)
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Minister
of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs Helga Pedersen launched
the www.fisheries.no
portal at the European
Seafood Exposition in Brussels
today.
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(09.05.06)
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