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From 1 January 2010, tourists must comply with the minimum size table for sea fishing in Norway. Fish under the minimum size must be carefully freed from the gear and released into the sea again.

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Photo: fiskeri.no

Around 90 per cent of Norway’s fisheries are conducted on stocks that are shared with other states. For the most important fish stocks, quota levels are set in cooperation with other countries. Norway has negotiated a series of agreements with adjacent countries. For example, Norway has such agreements with Russia, the European Union, Iceland, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands, of which the agre...

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Many fish stocks migrate between various economic zones and international waters. The larger part of Norway’s fisheries are conducted on stocks that are shared with other states. This fact makes international cooperation a critical feature of the Norwegian management regime.

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Photo: Norwegian Seafood Export Council

The Norwegian Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs introduced an export quota on fish and fish products as of 1 June 2006. The quota limits the volume of marine fish or fish products from sport fishing that may be exported from Norway to 15 kg of fish filets per person.  

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