An Overview of the Norwegian Fisheries Management System

This report gives a broad overview of the Norwegian harvesting sector. The first part gives facts and figures about the role of fisheries for the Norwegian economy both in relative and absolute terms. Then some aspects of regulations of the fisheries sector are described and discussed, especially how quotas are determined and how they are allocated. The second part gives a survey of some studies that evaluate quota and stock development against their optimal values in order to give an estimate on how far from the optimal situation the fisheries have been and how successful the management has been. Also a study that considers the efficiency of the Norwegian fisheries sector with respect to fleet structure, capacity and quota allocation is surveyed. Finally some of the measures that have been taken in order to improve the efficiency are reviewed.