Norwegian fishermen happy with EU-Norway agreement

The Norwegian Fishermen’s Association says it is satisfied that it has finally succeeded in reaching agreements with the EU well overtime, says Kåre Heggebø, head of the Norwegian Fishermen’s Association. This means that Norway and the EU agree on a quota exchange and access to fishing in each other’s zones. “Unsettled contractual conditions will always have consequences for the fishermen on both sides. Therefore, it is now very gratifying that an agreement for 2023 is in place,” says Kåre Heggebø. He says the Fishermen’s Association is primarily concerned that the fishermen should be able to exercise their fishing activity and fish their quotas without too many technical obstacles and restrictions on access to each other’s waters. “This time, unfortunately, there were considerable challenges in agreeing on water access for joint stocks in the North Sea and coal mullet west of Ireland. Fortunately, the parties eventually succeeded in finding reasonably balanced solutions to these ...