Russia to achieve quotas for fishing in economic zone of Iceland
MOSCOW. April 18 (Interfax) - Russia intends to review agreements with Iceland and Norway in such a way that it receives a quota for fishing in the exclusive economic zone of Iceland.
The Russian Federal Fisheries Agency (Rosrybolovstvo) said that this concerns the 16th session of the mixed Russia-Iceland commission on fisheries, which took place in Moscow.
"Russia expressed interest in the provision of access to the exclusive economic zone of Iceland for fishing of capelin, mackerel, herring and other types of maritime bio-resources holding interest for Russian fishing," the statement said.
Rosrybolovstvo said that Iceland was given quotas for 2016 for the fishing of cod and incidental catch in the Barents Sea in the economic zone of Russia. This was done as part of an intergovernmental agreement between Russia, Iceland and Norway and also at the decision of the 45th session of the mixed Russia-Norway commission on fisheries.
