Fisheries and Fish farmingBusiness - Fisheries and Fish farming  Norway's Minister of Trade and Industry, Dag Terje Andersen has signed a new fisheries agreement with China. An important aim is to fight illegal fishing.
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Norway welcomes the decline in overfishing in the Barents Sea, shown by the 2006 report on Russian fishing of cod and haddock just presented by the Directorate of Fisheries. 
The Goverrnment wants to introduce a 20-year time limit on quotas for Norwegian fishermen. This has resulted in strong protests from the fishermen and their organizations. 
The value of Norwegian seafood exports increased by around NOK 1 billion in the first two months of this year. The main reason was higher prices. 
The Russians have informed the Norwegian Food Safety Authority that from November 15th, only seven out of 43 Norwegian fish exporters will be allowed to export herring and mackerel to Russia.(Photo:Norwegian Fisheries Minister Helga Pedersen). 
The precent drop in the export of Norwegian seafood is due to the strong Norwegian currency (krone), says Geir Ove Ystmark (photo), CEO of the Norwegian Seafood Federation (FHL). 
Last year Norway exported seafood worth a record NOK 35.6 billion, and tfor the first time the value of aqua farmed products is greater than that from the traditional fisheries. 
The Norwegian Coast Guard has never reported as many Norwegain and foreign vessels for illegal fishing as it did in 2006. 
There is now hope that the US will remove its 25 per cent punitive duty on Norwegian salmon, which has been in force for more than 15 years, NRK reports. 
