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The bilateral fisheries agreement between Norway and the EU for 2023 was signed on Friday afternoon.
Norway and the EU have reached an agreement on where they can fish and how much they can catch in each other's territory.
The agreement means that Norway and the EU will exchange quotas and access to fisheries in their zones, and continue discussions on how to manage fisheries in both areas.
"I'm glad we've finally reached an agreement. Of course, it's important that we get these deals in place, and ideally, we should have reached the goal weeks ago," says Fisheries and Oceans Minister Bjørnar Skjæran (Ap).
Negotiations with the EU have been ongoing since October.
“After the quota change, Norwegian fishermen can start catching quotas that we have converted for us, such as shrimp, blue halibut and redfish off Greenland, and pollock in the EU zone,” says Skjæran.
In the trade agreement, the EU received a quota for cod in the Barents Sea of 9150 tonnes.
Thanks to the signing of this agreement, two large regions are now working together to allow fish populations to grow more healthily and to ensure that both fishermen and female fishermen can make a living.
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