Greenland’s mackerel quota would have to be increased fivefold if fishing officials were to approve all applications to fish off the country’s east coast.
“We have received a great many applicants,” Emanuel Rosing, the head of the fisheries department, said. “All in all, applicants have asked to fish for 288,000 metric tons of mackerel.”
Rosing’s department makes its recommendations as to how the quota should be distributed before the political process begins. Whether permission is granted to a foreign or Greenlandic company is one of the things taken into consideration.
