Norwegian fishing best code of conduct
A group of international experts have studied the world’s fishery nations to find out who is adapting best to the UN’s code of conduct for fisheries. Norway and Iceland came out on top of the list. However, not even these countries made a good score and are criticized in the report.
The report points out that Norway and Iceland have a better coherence between their fisheries and the UN Code of Conduct than EU countries.
− This might be due to the fact that the economy of nations like Iceland and Norway are much more dependent on the fishing industry than most EU countries, the report states.
The World Wildlife Fund has earlier said that Norway’s ban on flushing fish which is not suitable for production into the ocean is the main difference between fisheries in Norway and the EU. It is also pointed out in the report that a country’s system of government and stability is closely connected to a country’s ability to adjust to the UN rules.
However, none of the studied countries achieved a good score of more than 70 percent.
− This means that, twelve years after the Code of Conduct was introduced, there is still a great deal of room for improvement. That also includes the countries on top of the ranking.
The researchers have studied the fisheries of the 53 countries which are responsible for 96 percent of the catches in the world’s oceans.
