(THIS ARTICLE IS MACHINE TRANSLATED by Google from Norwegian)
Denmark:
Number of fishing boats:
1997: 4581
2000: 4143
2003: 3580
Number of coastal fishing boats:
1997: 4033
2000: 3592
2003: 3101
Employees in the fishing industry:
2000: 4.611
2002: 4258
Main fishing gear: Yarn, trawl and purse seine
Average age of fishermen:
1994: 47 years
1999: 48 years
2002: 50 years
Delivery value's share of GDP: Around 0,3 per cent in 2004
About Danish fisheries policy: Participates in EU Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). The Prime Minister (the Minister of Food) is responsible for allocating the quotas on the advice of a committee.
Definition of Danish coastal fishers: Included in the coastal fleet are boats under 16 meters in length with a maximum of 10 per cent trips in excess of 24 hours and a turnover in excess of DKK 233.000.
A new coastal fisheries policy will be negotiated before the end of 2005.
Finland
Number of fishing boats:
2000: 3762
2004: 3494
2005: 3393
Number of boats engaged in small scale fishing:
2000: 3476
2004: 3271
2005: 3198
Number of full-time anglers:
1999: 913
2003: 712
2004: 699
2005: 722
Main fishing gear: Yarn and ruffles
Average age of fishermen:
1996: 47 years
2000: 48 years
2004: 49 years
Delivery value's share of GDP: Between 0,05 and 0,1 per cent
About Finnish fisheries policy: Participates in EU Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). The coastal zone is privately owned. The management of this zone takes place partly at the local / regional level.
Definition of Finnish coastal fishers: No clear definition, but a coastal fishing boat is usually one that is less than 12 meters long and that fishes near the coast or in the archipelago.
Finland has no custom policy for coastal fishermen
Faroe Islands
Number of fishing boats:
1994: 1304
1998: 1792
2003: 2317
Number of boats as coastal fishing:
1994: 1193
1998: 1683
2003: 2193
Number of boats under 15 gross tonnes (mainly beer industry):
1994: 1092
1998: 1590
2003: 2101
Main fishing gear: Cheats, line and some trawl
Average age of fishermen: Increasing due to lack of recruitment. Is somewhat higher than in the other Nordic countries.
Delivery value's share of GDP: Around 40 per cent
About Faroese fisheries policy: Not a member of the EU. Has a dedicated day catch system for almost the entire fleet. The exception is some trawlers fishing in deep water. The Faroe Islands went completely away from the quota system in the nineties.
The definition of Faroese coastal fishermen: Boats up to 10 gross tonnes.
The Faroe Islands no custom policy for coastal fishermen.
to Iceland
Number of fishing boats:
1998: 1609
2000: 1545
2002: 1518
2004: 1455
Number of smaller boats up to and including 11 GRT:
1998: 1159
2000: 1111
2002: 1093
2004: 1082
Number of fishermen: Around 5000, of which between 2500 and 3000 fish from boats under 12 tonnes.
Main fishing gear: line and yarn
Delivery value's share of GDP: Between eight and ten per cent
About Icelandic fisheries policy: Not part of the EU. The rights are distributed according to slightly different systems based on a separate ITQ system (Individual Transferable Quota); TAC (what researchers agree with authorities and fishermen is justifiable to fish – total allowed catch); quota share and licenses.
Iceland has no definite definition of who coastal fishers are. The ITQ system still has a definition. Here they separate the boats into two groups, those that are over 15 tonnes and those that are under 15 tonnes. But in both groups there are boats fishing near the coast.
Iceland does not have its own defined coastal fisheries policy, with the exception of the above.
Norway
Number of fishing boats:
1994: 15.206
1998: 13.248
2003: 9.934
Number of fishermen: In 2003, 2670 persons had a license.
Average age: No figures, except in his fifties.
Main tools for coastal anglers: nets, line and chaff
Export value: 5,5 per cent in 2003, or NOK 26,2 billion.
Norwegian fisheries policy: Corporate, centralized with strong governance between the Norwegian Fisheries Association and the Ministry of Fisheries.
Definition of coastal fishing: Fishing with conventional gear on vessels of less than 28 meters – and fishing shall take place within the continental shelf.
Norway does not have its own defined coastal fisheries policy, although many attempts have been made. Norway is the only Nordic country to have a Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs. The other countries have only fisheries ministers.
Sweden
Number of fishing boats (main income and secondary income)
1995: 2742
1999: 1968
2003: 1715
Number of inshore fishing boats (under 12 meters):
2000: 1592
2003: 1409
Number of fishermen: (main and secondary income)
1995: 3287
1999: 2880
2003: 2765
Average age of fishermen:
1995: 44 years
1999: 48 years
2003: 51 years
Percentage of GDP: Below one per cent of GDP
Swedish fisheries policy: Member of the EU's Common Fisheries Policy, CFP. A committee consisting of, among others, bureaucrats, researchers and the Fisheries Authority gives advice to the Minister who is happy to follow the advice.
Definition of coastal fishing: There are several: 1. Boats under 12 meters and 2) a geographically restricted fishery with trips under 24 hours and with landing in a fixed port. This also allows boats over 12 meters to be connected to this rule.
Sweden has not defined its own coastal fisheries policy, but the government claims that it wants the fishermen more involved in the management of the resources.
(Source: Nordic Coast Fix in the New Century / Nordic Council of Ministers 2005)
