loss of the Carl Egede, which caught fire while 

 docked in the Svenborg shipyard in Denmark, 

 reduced Royal Greenland's fleet to 12 stem 

 trawlers.''* Greenland's fishing industry in 1991-93 

 continued selling its fishing fleet. The Polar 

 Princess, a large cod and shrimp trawler, owned by 

 Polar Scallops and financed by Norway's Christiana 

 Bank, was sold to Royal Greenland in December 

 1991 . Royal Greenland also purchased the Ango and 

 Abel Egede and sold two vessels, the Manitsoq and 

 Sisimiut in 1991. The 76-meter-long Simiutaq, built 

 in 1973 for Norwegian owners (formerly named 

 Atlantic), was also for sale. The vessel joined the 

 Greenland fleet in 1986 and was operated by Royal 

 Greenland as a cod vessel until it was reportedly sold 

 to another Greenland company. Another vessel owned 

 by Royal Greenland, the Sisimiut, has been sold to 

 Chile. Other trawlers for sale in recent months 

 include Ice Trawl Greenland's 46 m Qasiaqiaq and 

 Qoornqoq. These are all very large, well-equipped 

 vessels and the sales suggest economic difficulties 

 within the fishing industry. 



According to a fleet reduction plan approved by 

 the Landsting (Greenland Assembly) in early 1993, 

 the trawler fleet should be reduced to 21 vessels by 

 the end of 1993, of which one-third will be owned by 

 Royal Greenland. The Home Rule Government has 

 set aside $15 million to finance withdrawal of vessels 

 from fishing, and to promote distant water fishing by 

 Greenlandic vessels." 



5. Shipyards 



Greenland Shipyards consists of 6 yards at 

 Qaqortoq, Paamiut, Nuuk, Maniitsoq, Sisimiut, and 

 Aasiaat. The shipyards are equipped to offer 

 maintenance and repair services to the fleet. The 

 shipyards can repair and maintain vessels built of 

 steel, wood, and glass-reinforced polyester.'* There 

 is no information available as to construction of new 

 vessels in Greenland's shipyards. 



6. International Agreements 



For many years Greenland was administratively 

 controlled by Denmark. From 1774 to 1985, the 

 Royal Greenland Trade Department controlled many 

 facets of Greenland's economy, including fisheries. 

 In 1979, the population of Greenland passed a 

 referendum introducing Home Rule. Greenland 



established a 200-mile EEZ in 1977, subjecting 

 foreign fishing in Greenland's waters to international 

 agreement. Greenland currently permits fishing by 

 member states of the European Community (EC), 

 Iceland, Norway, Russia, and Japan. Greenland has 

 "special relations" status in the EC because it is a 

 self-governing administrative area of Denmark. The 

 1992 quota for all countries in Greenland's waters 

 amounted to 167,545 tons (141,445 tons on the 

 eastern coast of Greenland and 26,100 tons off 

 western Greenland) and 167,395 tons of fish and 

 shellfish in 1993." 



European Community: Greenland initially joined 

 the EC following Home Rule. In 1982, however, 

 Greenland voted to withdraw from the EC, effective 

 February 1, 1985. Because of its relationship with 

 Denmark, however, Greenland kept the status of an 

 overseas territory associated with the Community. In 

 view of Greenland's special relationship, and as 

 spelled out in the protocol to the Treaty Amendment 

 on Greenland's withdrawal from the EC, fishery 

 products were granted access to the Community 

 without tariff and quantitative restrictions. In 

 exchange, Greenland grants EC vessels fishing 

 licenses (within the framework of the EC-Greenland 

 fisheries agreement). This agreement was reached in 

 1985 and remained in force until December 31, 1989, 

 when it was renegotiated. The EC must, however, 

 pay Greenland fishing fees, which were $37 million 

 in 1989 and $46 million in 1990 and 1991 . Payments 

 are expected to decline slightly in 1992 and 1993. 

 These fees have nothing to do with the actual catch 

 but represent a fee paid for the right to fish in 

 Greenland's waters.'* 



EC fishing quotas in Greenland's EEZ totaled 

 slightly over 167,400 tons in 1990 and 155,000 tons 

 of fish and shellfish in 1991. The quotas were 

 divided as follows: Germany (110,300 tons), UK 

 (96,900 tons), France (4,260 tons), and Denmark 

 (3,930 tons). Quota allocation by species included: 

 redfish (52,320 tons), cod (34,000 tons), blue whiting 

 (30,000 tons), capelin (30,000 tons), Greenland 

 halibut (5,200 tons), marine catfish (2,000 tons), and 

 deepwater-shrimp (2,850 tons). More than 80 

 percent of the quota was allocated to waters off 

 eastern Greenland and the remaining 20 percent from 

 waters off western Greenland. Catches are smaller 

 than quotas." 



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