Non EU member, Norway seems to manage its fishing stocks far better then the EU does and it has a thriving fishing industry that exports surplus fish to the EU.

Evidently EU fish passports are needed as fish swim outside of EU waters 🙂

http://www.eu-norway.org/news1/Record-year-for-Norwegian-seafood-export/

“Record year for Norwegian seafood export”

Last updated: 01/02/2011 // 37 million meals of Norwegian seafood was served every day last year – most of them in the EU. Statistics from the Norwegian Seafood Export Council show that the value of seafood export from Norway increased by nine billion kroner, approximately 1.1 billion Euros, in 2010.

– The export statistics from 2010 confirms that the EU continues to be the most important market for Norwegian seafood export, says Rune Dragset, Counsellor for Fisheries at the Norwegian Mission to the EU.

According to the Norwegian Seafood Export Council, the value of Norwegian seafood export reached a record high 53.8 billion Norwegian kroner (approximately 6.8 billion Euros) last year, and EU is by far the largest market for Norwegian seafood export. 58 percent of the total seafood export in 2010 went to the EU, and the total value of the seafood export to EU increased with 4.6 billion kroner. The total export to the EU zone is now 31 billion kroner.

Salmon driving force behind growth
-Norwegian seafood export has experienced an incredible growth in 2010. In particular, the demand for salmon and trout has been high, increasing by 7.4 billion kroner, says Terje E. Martiniussen, Managing Director of the Norwegian Seafood Export Council…..”