Greenland has suspended the fishing agreement with russia
21.12.2022 - 10:40
Greenland refused to extend the fishing agreement with russia next year.
The country informed the russian authorities that the exchange of quotas for 2023 is not possible due to the “reduction of stocks of some types of fish”. This was reported in the Ministry of Fisheries of Greenland.
The agency did not specify whether the suspension of the agreement was related to russia’s war in Ukraine. However, the government’s Prime Minister Mute Egede said in October that Greenland would “comply with EU sanctions against russia and russian companies.”
At the same time, another autonomous territory of Denmark — the Faroe Islands — extended the validity of a similar agreement with russian federation.
“In the Faroe Islands, we completely distance ourselves from all wars, including the war in Ukraine. For us, the agreement is more than just fishing,” commented Faroese Fisheries Minister Arni Skole in an interview with the Jyllands-Posten newspaper.
The fisheries agreement between Greenland and russia has been in effect since 1992. According to the document, fishermen in Greenland can fish, mainly cod, in the Barents Sea, while russian fishermen are allowed to fish for halibut in Greenlandic waters.
