successful and no catches have been reported for 

 1991 (table 3). FAO catch data also indicates that 

 Norwegian vessels fish in the Eastern Central 

 Atlantic, where they average under 2,000 tons per 

 year (table 3). Norwegian vessels caught 1,400 tons 

 (mostly illex squid) in the Falkland's EEZ in 1990; 

 they have not returned since that year (see Appendix 

 30). Norwegian vessels fish in waters off western 

 Greenland (table 3). Norway's total distant-water 

 catch of 5,100 tons was only a tiny fraction of the 

 nation's total catch of 1,980,000 tons in 1991. 



Hansen, Torstein Assistant Director General and 

 Krisin Alnes, Sr. Executive Officer, Royal 

 Ministry of Fisheries, letter to Ivar 0sby, 

 Embassy of the United States, Oslo, Norway 

 dated April 22, 1993. 



Hjul, Peter. The Stem Trawler, Fishing News 

 (Books), London, 1972, pp. 168-176. 



Larsen, Birger. Royal Norwegian Embassy, 

 Washington, D.C. 



Norwegian high-seas vessels are mostly built to 

 operate in the cold waters of the North Atlantic. It 

 is unlikely that these vessels can operate profitably in 

 many other fisheries, although one large Norwegian 

 vessel, Mys Vindis, (1,899-GRT) was reflagged in 

 Cyprus in 1993." In the past, vessels have 

 generally been sold to other Nordic countries or to 

 the UK where they have been used to fish in the 

 North Atlantic. Norwegian fishing vessels are 

 routinely sold to fishermen in Greenland, the Faroe 

 Islands, Scotland, and other northern countries. 

 Some vessels have been reconfigured to work in the 

 offshore oil fields. 



Office of Naval Intelligence, U.S. Navy. 



0sby, Ivar. Embassy of the United States, Oslo, 

 Norway various communications. 



The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Fisheries, Quota 

 Regulations in Norwegian Fisheries Zones for 

 1989. Oslo, August 25, 1989, p.4. 



U.S. Embassy, Oslo, Norway, various reports. 



Wade, Nick. "Norway Ends Scrapping Programme," 

 Fishing News International, July 1981, p. 3. 



In summary, at the present time it is unlikely that 

 Norwegian high-seas vessels will be deployed beyond 

 the North Atlantic groundfish, pelagic, or blue 

 whiting fishing grounds in the foreseeable future. 

 Vessels built in Norwegian shipyards, however, are 

 likely to appear in distant-water fisheries throughout 

 the world. 



World Fishing, various issues. 



SOURCES 



Eurofish Report, various issues. 



European Supplies Bulletin, Annual Data, 1992, Sea 

 Fish Industry Authority, Edinburgh, 1993. 



Fishing News International, various issues. 



Food and Agriculture Organization, Fishery Statistics, 

 Catches and Landings, 1990, Volume 70, United 

 Nations, Rome, 1992. 



France Peche, September 1987. 



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