Norway: The Governments of Norway and 

 Greenland reached an agreement on fishing rights for 

 cod in late 1991. The agreement gives Greenland a 

 TAG for cod in the North Sea and Barents Sea in 

 exchange for Norwegian fishing in Greenland's 200- 

 mile exclusive economic zone. The agreement was 

 arbitrated by Denmark. 



Russia: The Governments of Greenland and the 

 Soviet Union were very near an agreement allowing 

 the USSR access to redfish and halibut in waters off 

 southern Greenland in exchange for Barents Sea cod 

 and shrimp quotas. Royal Greenland A/S, 

 Greenland's fish trading company, reached a fishing 

 agreement with the Soviet Arkangelsk Trawler Fleet 

 Co. during July 1991. The agreement provided for 

 Arkangelsk to fish 21,000 tons of Royal Greenland's 

 fish quotas from August to December 1991 . AH fish 

 were landed and processed in Greenland. The talks 

 broke off in January 1991 in protest against the 

 Soviet crackdown in Lithuania. On March 7, 1992, 

 after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, a five-year 

 fisheries agreement was signed by Denmark, 

 Greenland, and Russia covering the framework and 

 principles for reciprocal fishing in Greenland and 

 Russian waters.'" 



Japan: Representatives of the Japan Deep Sea 

 Trawlers Association and Royal Greenland have 

 established cooperative agreements allowing Japanese 

 fishennen to fish in Greenland's waters. In 1990, the 

 quota was set as follows: redfish (7,000 tons), turbot 

 (500 tons), and other species (500 tons). The fee 

 (reportedly $1.8 million) was payable in 3 

 installments. Each Japanese trawler was required to 

 carry a Greenland enforcement officer at the expense 

 of the trawler. Japanese fishermen have operated in 

 Greenland's waters since 1985 except in 1989 when 

 negotiations were not concluded). The Japanese 

 fishing quota is expected to be gradually reduced over 

 the next 3 years as part of a long-term program to 

 reduce foreign fishing. In 1988, Japan received a 

 quota of 23,200 tons (including amounts for redfish, 

 turbot, Atlantic herring, capelin, whiting, and squid). 

 While there was no commercial fishing in 1989, the 

 Japanese Marine Fishery Resource Research Center 

 sent the trawler Shinkai Mam to conduct exploratory 

 fishing in Greenland's waters. The vessel reportedly 

 caught 1,989 tons during the exploratory fishing 

 cruise. 



International organizations: Greenland participates 

 in several international fishery organizations, 

 including the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation 

 Organization (NASCO), the Northwest Atlantic 

 Fisheries Organization (NAFO), the North-East 

 Atlantic Fisheries Commission, (NEAFC), and the 

 International Whaling Commission (IWC). 



7. Fleet Dispersal Plans 



Most of Greenland's large vessels are owned by 

 Royal Greenland, which has already trimmed the size 

 of its fleet. Whether additional sales will take place 

 is unknown. It should be noted that most of 

 Greenland's fleet of large shrimp trawlers are 

 designed for work in Arctic waters; these vessels can 

 only work effectively in cold waters and buyers for 

 these vessels are likely to come from countries where 

 fishing conditions are harsh. These vessels, for 

 example, are unlikely to be sold to African, Asian, or 

 South American countries with only a few exceptions; 

 Argentina and Chile might be able to use these 

 vessels in their cold-water fisheries. 



SOURCES 



Eurofish Report, various issues. 



Fishing News International, various issues. 



Greenland, Lalaallit Nunaat, 1990, Statistical 

 Yearbook, pp. 21-22. 



Hansen, Soren. Senior Economic Specialist, U.S. 

 Embassy, Copenhagen, Denmark, fax dated August 

 10, 1993 



Hjul, Peter (Editor), The Stem Trawler, Fishing 

 News (Books) Ltd., London, England, 1972, p. 216. 



Hulgaard, Erling. Danish Ministry of Fisheries, 

 personal communications. 



U.S. Embassy, Copenhagen, Denmark, various 

 reports. 



World Fishing, various issues. 



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