There is no way we can manage the rich fish stocks without the other country taking part in this management. “We have a certain geography, and we know it. When asked why the government so far largely has protected the fish industry from the sanctions, he responds:
He points out that both the Law of the Seas (UNCLOS) as well as international agreements lay down regulations for what can be done. Norwegian Fisheries and Seafood Minister Bjørnar Skjæran said on the same radio program that the Ministry “is working hard with the issue of closing ports”. The government will await the EU’s decisions. Ukrainian port cities are victims of massive firing, and we cannot have Russian oligarchs sending their vessels to Norwegian ports.” Great Britain and Canada have done so already. The next step would be closing Norwegian ports for Russian vessels and Russian-owned vesels. “We should support Ukraine with weapons and equipment however, we should also bolster sanctions as much as we can. In a political radio program at Norwegian broadcaster NRK, MP Ola Elvestuen (Liberals) recently said that Norway should strengthen sanctions against Russia. But if we are to automatically copy the EU's sanctions policy, the fishing fleet is a reason why we must make our own assessments and have a differentiated policy, says Marie Sneve Martinussen (R) to E24.
Red wants to be stricter against the oligarchs. "We think it is too passive to wait for the EU. In the political field in Norway, representatives from the Liberals are clear that they want a ban against Russian vessels in Norwegian ports. The Red Party emphasizes that Norway must have its own punitive measures aimed at those responsible for the war, namely Putin and his circle of oligarchs, but that separate assessments must be made around the Russian fishing fleet: Just like the EU does, Norway also considers sanctions that will prevent Russian vessels from docking at Norwegian ports. They neither cooperate with Russia about fisheries in the Barents Sea nor have the fisheries protection zone around Svalbard to consider”, he says. We are moving into an area in which we should really think twice and not just blindly follow the EU’s sanctions. “We need to talk about what resource management - and security policy challenges this may have in the longer run. More than 70 days into the invasion, the Russian progress is still described by the Pentagon as slow, incremental, and uneven.The political debate should be more clear about the consequences of a potential ban against Russian vessels in Norwegian ports, argues Senior Researcher Andreas Østhagen at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute (FNI).
The sinking of the Moskva was another embarrassment for Russian forces, who have shown an inability so far to reach their goals in the war in Ukraine. The Pentagon assessed that at least some of the crewmembers evacuated to other Russian naval ships but it's unclear how many Russians suffered casualties. Kirby said in April that the cruiser was about 600 feet long and had a crew of roughly 500 sailors. The strike caused a large fire and the eventual sinking of the ship on April 14. Ukrainian forces struck the Moskva with two Neptune anti-ship missiles. The Ukrainians have their own intelligence capabilities to track and target Russian naval vessels, as they did in this case." The Russian guided missile cruiser "Moskva," flagship of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, is seen anchored near Mumbai, India in a file photo. "We had no prior knowledge of Ukraine's intent to target the ship. We were not involved in the Ukrainians' decision to strike the ship or in the operation they carried out," Kirby said. "We did not provide Ukraine with specific targeting information for the Moskva.