JUNE 2021 l VOL 70 ISSUE 5
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NORWAY TAKES A TOUGH STANCE ON MACKEREL
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The decision by the Norwegian Ministry for trade, industry and fisheries set set a mackerel quota at 298,299 tonnes for 2021, acting unilaterally in the absence of a coastal state agreements, has been welcomed by the Norwegian industry, and slammed by European fishing organisations as a quota grab. At the heart of the debacle is the UK becoming an independent coastal state in its own right on leaving the European Union, leading to a failure in reaching a new coastal states agreement as the previous agreement between Norway, the Faroe Islands and the EU expired at the end of 2020. “I regret that it was not possible to continue the coastal state agreement on sharing and management of mackerel after the UK became an independent coastal state,’ said Minister for Fisheries and Seafood Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen.
8 Norway has been accused of making a quota grab, unilaterally increasing its share of the mackerel fishery by 55%
Norway has now taken a unilateral step in setting its own quota for 2021 at 298,299 tonnes, on the rationale that this equates to 35% of the TAC, based on estimates of the attachment of mackerel to Norwegian waters. Norway’s 2020 mackerel quota was 191,843 tonnes. “Norway’s unilateral increase by 55% of its share in the Northeast Atlantic mackerel fishery is a new low in our fisheries relations and totally undermines the effective management of our shared and widely distributed pelagic stocks,” said Gerard van Balsfoort, speaking on behalf of the EU pelagic sector. 8 Continued page 4
Kazakhstan sets ambitious aquaculture goals page 8
AQUACULTURE
ICELAND OCEAN CLUSTER CELEBRATES TEN YEARS As it passes its 10th anniversary, the Iceland Ocean Cluster continues to build networks between industry, R&D and investors, adding value to the blue economy of Iceland. In its decade of operation the IOC has overseen 150% growth in blue start-ups in Iceland, an expanding network of clusters around the world and increasing interest among young people and entrepreneurs in Iceland’s blue economy. Five of the most successful start-ups nurtured by IOC are now worth US$600 million. The IOC has set its agenda for the next decade. Its four main themes are to inspire and train global fisheries to do more with less, to coach and nurture a large number of blue start-ups both domestically and internationally, to use all necessary steps to safeguard the ocean environment in the Arctic and to assist other
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NEWBUILDS
8 It’s ten years since the Iceland Ocean Cluster opened its doors at the Reykjavík quayside
countries in establishing their own ocean clusters. The IOC has also expanded its network by opening five sister clusters in the US. The IOC cluster model has also been used as a prototype by new ocean clusters in South America, Europe and the Pacific.
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