Fisheries and Fish farmingBusiness - Fisheries and Fish farming  Norway and Russia have agreed on new quotas for cod, haddock and various other fish stocks in the Barents Sea for 2008. The quota for cod has been increased compared with this year.
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The EU, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Norway and Russia have concluded an agreement on the management of the Norwegian spring-spawning herring fish stock. 
The Norwegian minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs, Helga Pedersen, has invited the international seafood industry to contribute in the fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing (IUU-fishing). 
Norway exported seafood worth NOK 4 billion in November, the highest value ever for seafood in one month, and NOK 365 million over the same month last year. 
The export of Norwegian salmon to Ukraine has quadrupled in value in one year. Much of the salmon is probably re-exported to Russia, according to Dagens Naerlingsliv. 
Norway, EU, Russia and the other members of the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) have reached agreement on concrete measures against illegal and unregulated fishing. 
Norwegian authorities have revealed extensive pirate fishing by Russian trawlers in the Barents Sea, but don't dare to bar them from fishing in Norwegian waters, according to NRK. 
The catch quota for cod will be reduced by 10 per cent next year. This was the agreement reached between Norway and Russia during this year's negotiations in Tromsoe. 
Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere will now contact the Russian authorities with the aim to end the import ban on Norwegian fish. 
