Historical archive

Historical archive

Published under: Stoltenberg's 2nd Government

In the Historical archive you will find information from previous governments such as press releases, news and speeches from previous government periods. You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.

Content that has been moved to the archive will not be updated and the information is therefore exclusively of an historical nature.

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    News
  • New measures against irresponsible fisheries of herring and mackerel

    01/08/2013 Press release Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs

    Norway seeks comprehensive and balanced agreements both concerning Norwegian spring spawning herring and mackerel. We are ready to continue the negotiations, but at the same time we support additional measures against irresponsible fisheries.

  • Scientific research on whales

    21/06/2013 News story Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs

    Written question from Terje Aasland (A) to the Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs.

  • New Norwegian-Russian ship reporting system in place

    07/06/2013 Press release Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs

    “Safety at sea in the Barents area has been further strengthened through the introduction of the new Norwegian-Russian ship reporting system Barents SRS. The system is a tangible result of the good Norwegian-Russian cooperation on infrastructure and

  • Proposal to allow up to 40 percent ownership control of salmon farming

    10/05/2013 Press release Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs

    The Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs proposes to change the rules of ownership control of the aquaculture industry. It is proposed to allow companies to own up to 40 percent of production capacity in the salmon farming industry. At the same

  • More wealth creation desired from the aquaculture industry

    10/05/2013 Press release Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs

    The Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs proposes to change the rules of ownership control of the aquaculture industry. There will be more distinct requirements to ensure that the largest companies continue to contribute to growth and activity

  • Winning the war on illegal fishing in the Barents Sea

    18/04/2013 Press release Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs

    For the fourth year running, no illegal overfishing of cod and haddock has been detected in the Barents Sea.

  • Joint concern over Faroese quotas

    27/03/2013 Press release Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs

    Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs Lisbeth Berg-Hansen and EU Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Maria Damanaki has issued a joint statement on the Faroe Islands unilateral quota for herring and mackerel.

  • Norway cooperates with INTERPOL to stop fisheries crime

    28/02/2013 News story Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs

    On Tuesday INTERPOL organized an international enforcement conference related to fisheries crime. At the conference INTERPOL launched its international collaboration effort Project SCALE. The project is intended to raise awareness of fisheries crime

  • An important step towards a discard ban

    08/02/2013 Press release Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs

    - I am very pleased to see that the European Parliament has chosen to say no to continued discard of fish, says Minister for Fisheries and Coastal Affairs Lisbeth Berg-Hansen.

  • Presents award to Britain's best ”Fish and Chip Shop”

    24/01/2013 News story Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs

    Every year the British eat more than 382 million servings of fish and chips, and the dish is among Britain's fast food favourites. Norway supplies the fish to around 20 per cent of the British fish and chips market. Today Kristine Gramsrud, State

  • Political talks with the EU in Tromsø

    22/01/2013 News story Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs

    Norway's Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs Lisbeth Berg-Hansen raised the issue of market access for Norwegian seafood at a meeting with the European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Maria Damanaki in Tromsø on Monday.

  • Norway and the EU agree on fishing quotas for 2013

    18/01/2013 Press release Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs

    Norway and the European Union have today concluded a new fisheries agreement for 2013. The agreement establishes the total allowable catches and quotas for shared stocks and includes an agreement on the exchange of reciprocal fishing possibilities

  • Norway - A major marine research and seafood nation

    08/01/2013 Press release Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs

    For the first time, a broad and overarching strategy has been drawn up for prioritization of future research and development in the marine sector. Today the R&D strategy “Norway - A major marine research and seafood nation” was presented to

  • Historically high cod quota in the Norwegian–Russian Fisheries Agreement for 2013

    16/10/2012 Press release Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs

    On Thursday 11 October, Russia and Norway signed a bilateral fisheries agreement for 2013 in Trondheim. The Agreement includes a historically high cod quota for the Barents Sea of 1 million tonnes.

  • Ministerial meeting on mackerel management

    03/09/2012 News story Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs

    The discussions on a quota sharing agreement were inconclusive. The respective positions remain too far apart.

  • Joint communiqué of Commissioner Damanaki and Norwegian Minster Berg-Hansen

    03/07/2012 News story Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs

    In the margins of the 17th North Atlantic Fisheries Ministers Conference held in Reykjavik on 3 July 2012, Commissioner Maria Damanaki and Norwegian Fisheries Minster Lisbeth Berg-Hansen met with the Icelandic Fisheries Minister, Steingrímur J.

  • Continued success in the fight against illegal overfishing in the Barents Sea

    06/06/2012 Press release Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs

    For the third consecutive year, no illegal overfishing of cod and haddock in the Barents Sea has been detected.

  • Discussed fish discards with the European Parliament

    24/04/2012 Press release Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs

    The Norwegian minister for fisheries and coastal affairs, Lisbeth Berg-Hansen, met members of the fisheries committee in the European Parliament today, and held political discussions with the EU commissioner for fisheries, Maria Damanaki.

  • Joint Statement of Commissioner Damanaki and Norwegian Minister Berg-Hansen on mackerel

    15/02/2012 Press release Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs

    Disappointment and grave concern following the inconclusive outcome of the Coastal State consultations on mackerel in Reykjavik from 15 to 16 February 2012.

  • New system for real time closures of fishing grounds in the North Sea and Skagerrak

    07/02/2012 Press release Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs

    "We have now introduced a new system for closing and opening fishing grounds in the North Sea and the Skagerrak in order to protect small fish and juveniles, and to reduce the problem of discard of fish," says the minister for fisheries and coastal

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