Denmark, Norway Lock Horns Over Fisheries in Post-Brexit Feud
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The reason for this animosity between the two Scandinavian neighbours is that Norway has barred EU fishing vessels from its waters in the aftermath of a last-minute Brexit deal reached between London and Brussels, leading to losses for Danish fishermen.
Danish fishermen have called on their government in Copenhagen to block Norway’s access to the EU fish market through Denmark to stop the current one-lane traffic, in which Danish vessels are banned from Norwegian waters, yet Norwegian fish continues to be offloaded at Danish harbours.
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The UK s Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has confirmed negotiations will need to end before Norwegian and Faroese vessels will be able to fish UK waters. Likewise, an agreement will need to be made with the regional fisheries management organistations of these territories in order for British fishermen to access the territorial waters of Norway and the Faroe Islands. On New Year s Eve, the UK s fishing administrations issued new licences for UK vessels that allowed them a
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Two Scottish university professors are among an elite group of academics who have been chosen to evaluate part of Norway’s controversial “traffic light” scheme for regulating salmon farming.
The Norwegian Research Council has been commissioned to examine the scientific basis of the scheme, with emphasis on how it controls lice.
Fisheries and Seafood Minister Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen said it was important to have a professional assessment on the situation in order to make it even better.
The seven strong evaluation team will be chaired by Crawford Revie, professor of Data Analytics at the University of Strathclyde’s department of computer and information sciences.
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Norway is imposing tighter border restrictions during the Covid-19 pandemic
Employers in Norway’s fishing and seafood sector are worried about being able to get enough workers through the country’s long winter months.
Businesses are hoping that the 195,000 Norwegians currently on the unemployment register or looking for work can help to fill the gap, as well as reduce the risk of Covid infected people coming in from abroad.
Labour and Social affairs minister Henrik Asheim, Fisheries and Seafood Minister Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen and Hans Christian Holte, director of NAV which looks after employment issues, have just met with industry leaders in a bid to solve the problem.