The Salmon Net Fishing Association of Norway
(Noregs Grunneigar og Sjølaksefiskarlag)

The Salmon Net Fishing Association of Norway works for the rights of fishermen,sustainable harvesting of wild salmon and for maintaining healthy and viable stocks of Wild Atlantic Salmon.

Net fishing has dwindled over the years, due to deminishing salmon stocks and declining prices. In 1993 there were 3630 people fishing salmon with bagnet and bendnet, only 1802 fished in 2002.
The total catch of salmon and seatrout(mainly salmon) in Norway in 2002 was 1112 tonnes, out of this 600 tonnes were caught at sea. However, included in this number is a major share of escaped farmed salmon - which make up about 35-40 % of the total sea catches.

Eventhough Norway has several threatened salmon stocks (especially in Western Norway where fishing is closed many places, and where a lot of the salmon farms are located), strong runs and healthy stocks are stil the rule in the middle part of the country and the far north.

The Salmon Net Fishing Association of Norway works politically tp protect the wild salmon stocks and its habitat, through lobbying at parliament, media, and cooperation with other wild salmon organisations (WWF Norway, Norwegian Salmon Rivers and several more).
The Association is also a member of the National Salmon Fishery Board, and is representaned in regional salmon fishery boards as well.


Contact information:
Secretary
Ole Nikolai Skulberg
Sekretær Noregs Grunneigar- og Sjølaksefiskarlag
Postboks 9354 Grønland
0135 OSLO

Tlf 22054542 / 97163080
Fax: 2217 1787
E-mail: ole.nikolai.skulberg@bondelaget.no 


Chairman of The Board
Mr. Arne Jørrestol
N-7137 Mølnbukt
Norway

Phone: (+47) 7249 1141/ Mobile (+47) 9018 5430
E-mail: ajoerres@frisurf.no