Fisheries

EU, Norway strike long-awaited deal over contested cod quotas

The agreement should mark the end of a dispute over fishing rights in the Svalbard archipelago, which have rumbled on since Brexit.

Ever since the mid-1980s, Norway has assigned the EU a quota for Northeast Arctic cod in the protected fishing zone around the Svalbard archipelago.
Ever since the mid-1980s, Norway has assigned the EU a quota for Northeast Arctic cod in the protected fishing zone around the Svalbard archipelago.Photo: Kjetil B. Alstadheim
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Published 12 November 2024, 13:25Updated 12 November 2024, 13:25
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