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Sverre Johansen

Fisheries Management in the Barents Sea and Beyond – The Role and Responsibilities of The Joint Norwegian-Russian Fisheries Commission. Sverre Johansen. The Arctic Ocean – Sea Surrounded by Land. Large-scale commercial fishing in the Arctic Ocean is not imminent

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Sverre Johansen

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  1. Fisheries Management in the Barents Sea and Beyond – The Role and Responsibilities of The Joint Norwegian-Russian Fisheries Commission Sverre Johansen

  2. The Arctic Ocean – Sea Surrounded by Land • Large-scale commercial fishing in the Arctic Ocean is not imminent • Comprehensive international legal framework applies to the Arctic Ocean (UNCLOS, UNFSA) • The coastal States have particular responsibilities in the field of conservation and management of fish stocks • Agreement among the coastal States on the need for scientific cooperation

  3. Scientific Cooperation • Foundation for sustainable fisheries and conservation of the Barents Sea ecosystem • Norway and Russia have a long and strong tradition of scientific cooperation • Central component for the work within the frames of the Joint Norwegian-Russian Fisheries Commission • The International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES) is the main provider of quota advice

  4. Fisheries Management in the Barents Sea • The Joint Norwegian-Russian Fisheries Commission held its first meeting in January 1976 • A model for bilateral fisheries cooperation, with remarkable results • Shared resources – shared objectives • Extends into the Arctic Ocean; joint request from Norway and Russia to ICES concerning monitoring of the migratory pattern in the Arctic Ocean of fish stocks managed by the Joint Norwegian-Russian Fisheries Commission

  5. The Joint Norwegian-Russian Fisheries Commission • Highly institutionalised bilateral cooperation to manage shared, migrating stocks; • Exchange of information • Joint research • Harvest control rules for fish stocks • Fixed quota allocation • Effective joint measures to combat IUU fishing • Harmonised technical regulations

  6. Northeast Arctic Cod • ICES advice HCR 2011: 703.000 tons

  7. Northeast Arctic Haddock • ICES advice HCR 2011: 303.000 tons

  8. Maritime delimitation and cooperation in the Barents Sea and the Arctic Ocean • Treaty signed in Murmansk 15 September 2010 • Desiring to maintain and strengthen the good neighbourly relations • Desiring to contribute to securing stability and strengthen the cooperation in the Barents Sea and the Arctic Ocean • Ensures the continuation of the extensive and fruitful Norwegian-Russian fisheries cooperation • Recalling their primary interest and responsibility as coastal States for the conservation and rational management of the living marine resources of the Barents Sea and in the Arctic Ocean, in accordance with international law • Total allowable catches, mutual qoutas of catches and other regulatory measures for fishing shall continue to be negotiated within the Norwegian-Russian Joint Fisheries Commission

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