The EU, Canada, China, Denmark (for Greenland and the Faroe Islands), Iceland, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Norway, Russia and the United States met in Ottawa on 29 and 30 May to ensure the smooth entry into force of the agreement to prevent unregulated high seas fisheries in the central Arctic Ocean (see EUROPE B12206A26).
On the basis of the scientific information collected, the parties will decide on management measures for exploratory fisheries in the agreement area and whether to...