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FISH-DATA-037 Sérfræðigreining Miðlungs
Sjávarútvegur Efnahagslegt norway eu fisheries dispute post brexit
Following Brexit, Norway's fisheries negotiations with the EU became significantly more complicated. As reported in Brussel-vaktin (January 2025), Norway prioritises bilateral arrangements with the UK over EU negotiations, has made unilateral agreements with the UK and Faroe Islands on mackerel, and denies EU historical cod fishing rights near Svalbard while granting Russian vessels access to Norwegian ports. The EU Parliament's fisheries committee (hearing 29 January 2025) proposed revising EU Regulation 1026/2012 on unsustainable fishing to authorise EU enforcement action against non-cooperating states — a tool that could theoretically be used against EEA partners. This dispute illustrates how the EEA framework does not prevent fisheries conflicts between EEA/EFTA states and the EU.
Dagsetning 31. janúar 2025
Síðast staðfest 23. mars 2026
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Brussel-vaktin / Stjórnarráðið — 31. janúar 2025: Leiðarvísir fyrir aukna samkeppnishæfni

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The characterisation of Norway's fisheries positions is from the EU/Iceland perspective via Brussel-vaktin. Norway's perspective may differ. The proposed revision of Regulation 1026/2012 is an EP committee suggestion, not adopted policy. Iceland's fisheries situation differs from Norway's (different species, different zones), so this precedent has limited direct applicability but illustrates EU enforcement dynamics.

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FISH-DATA-036 Sjávarútvegur

Under EU Implementing Regulation 2024/3165 (effective 1 January 2025), Iceland received tariff-free quotas for seafood and aquaculture products totalling over 30,000 tonnes across the agreement period (1 May 2021 – 30 April 2028), with an annual base allocation of approximately 15,000 tonnes. The quotas cover 8 categories including: frozen herring (840 t/yr), fresh/chilled redfish fillets (5,250 t/yr), frozen Norway lobster (210 t/yr), fish preparations/processed (4,200–11,550 t/yr), preserved fish (105–4,095 t/yr), and fresh/chilled flatfish (5,250 t/yr). Species covered include Atlantic salmon, trout, plaice, sole, turbot, cod, haddock, hake, redfish, herring, and Norway lobster. Unused quotas may carry forward until 30 April 2030. The quotas were negotiated on 30 November 2023.

 FISH-LEGAL-001 Sjávarútvegur

Sameiginleg sjávarútvegsstefna ESB (reglugerð 1380/2013) ákvarðar heildarafla í hafsvæðum sambandsins og skiptir kvóta milli aðildarríkja á grundvelli hlutfallslegs stöðugleika, þar sem sögulegur afli frá 1973–1978 er grunnurinn að varanlegri hlutdeild hvers ríkis.

 PREC-DATA-038 Fordæmi

In May 2022, the Norwegian government appointed a 7-member independent committee to evaluate Norway's EEA cooperation over the preceding 10 years, with 18 specific evaluation items including comparison of the UK, Swiss, and Canadian models of EU relations, and assessment of how Nordic cooperation depends on the EEA framework. The committee was chaired by Line Eldring, chair of Fellesforbundet (Norway's largest private-sector union and historically EEA-sceptical). The review was commissioned under the Hurdalsplattformen coalition agreement and built on the previous 'Utenfor og innenfor' review (NOU 2012:2). The final report was published as NOU 2024:7.

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