NON-EC COUNTRIES 



The non-EC fishing countries in Western Europe in 1993 include Cyprus, the Faroe Islands, Finland, 

 Greenland, Iceland, Malta, Norway, Sweden, and Turkey. Greece joined the EC in 1981 and Portugal and Spain 

 became members in 1986. Sweden is currently being considered for membership in the EC and is expected to join 

 that body in 1995. The Faroe Islands and Greenland, although independent, have their international relations and 

 defense administered by Denmark. These nations operate their fishing fleets independently, in contrast to the 12- 

 member EC which operates as a single body. The non-EC high-seas fishing fleet declined from a high of 436 

 vessels in 1978 to a low of 166 vessels in 1987, shortly after Portugal and Spain joined the Community (Appendix 

 1 and Figure 5). The fleet has since increased to 213 vessels in 1992. These expanding fishing fleets are largely 

 deployed on coastal grounds. 



CONTENTS 



I. Country Summaries 167 



II. Limitations to Fishing 168 



III. Controlling Fleet Expansion 169 



IV. Potential for Relocating Fleets 169 



Sources 169 



Endnotes 170 



I. COUNTRY SUMMARIES 



The non-EC fishing fleets included about 19,000 

 vessels registering about 508,000 tons in 1992. This 

 included approximately 2 1 3 high-seas fishing vessels 

 registering over 214,000 gross registered tons. 



Unlike the EC, where fishing is controlled by a 

 central authority, the fishing industries of the non-EC 

 countries of western Europe are the responsibilities of 

 each individual country. The growth or decline of 

 the fishing industry, thus, is a matter of developments 

 in each individual country. A summary of the fishing 

 industry of each non-EC country follows. 



• Cyprus: One tuna purse seiner, Isabel Tuna, was 

 registered on the Cypriot list of fishing vessels in 

 1991. The vessel fishes in the Eastern Tropical 

 Pacific. There were 3 high-seas vessels on the 

 Cypriot fishing fleet in 1992 and this jumped to over 

 30 vessels in 1993. Many of the vessels registered in 

 Cyprus in 1993 were well over 500-GRT, including 

 a former Russian reefer registering 11,755-GRT. 

 One of the largest fishing vessels was the Galina, a 

 4,038-GRT factory trawler built in Poland. 



• Faroes: The Faroese fleet increased in the mid- 

 1980s as a result of government subsidies. In 1987, 

 statistics about the Faroese fishing fleet were listed 

 under Denmark by Lloyd's Register, and no further 

 statistical breakdown of information is available for 

 that country.' In the 1990s, severe economic 

 problems associated with the previous administration, 

 caused many fishing companies to go bankrupt and 

 many fishing vessels have been sold in recent 



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