EU fishing companies active in the cod fishery in the Barents Sea, represented byEuropêche, once again denounced, on Tuesday 15 March, Norway’s decision to unlawfully appropriate the EU’s long-held cod quota in the Svalbard area.
Due to the disagreement between the two parties, the EU had to provisionally allocate a partial cod quota to European vessels for 2022. This reduced quota of 4,500 tonnes will expire at the end of March and a new quota must be issued (see EUROPE B12775A7).