AUTONOMY AND REGIONALIZATION IN THE FISHERIES MANAGEMENT OF NORTHWESTERN RUSSIA

Since the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the main challenge of th e fisheries management in northwestern Russia has been to adapt to eve r more quickly changing surroundings, This article reviews the efforts of different management bodies to secure autonomy from industry inter ests, as well as the quest of regional authorities to attain control o f the quota distribution, Major changes have in effect occurred in the Russian enforcement control of the Barents Sea, partly as a result of co-operation with Norwegian authorities. In the quota distribution, h owever, autonomy and regionalisation are still quite uncertain quantit ies. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.