Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations for a world without hunger. Fisheries and Aquaculture Department. Part I of the Fishery and Aquaculture Country Profile is compiled using the most up-to-date information available from the FAO Country briefs and Statistics programmes at the time of publication. Part II of the Fishery and Aquaculture Country Profile provides supplementary information that is based on national and other sources and that is valid at the time of compilation see update year. References to these sources are provided as far as possible. Search country profiles. Map legend and Sources. Map tips Click on to turn layers on and off Double-click to zoom in Drag to pan Hold down the shift key and drag to zoom to a particular region. The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of FAO concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its ,ake and boundaries. Dashed lines on maps represent approximate border lines for which there may not yet be full commercialcfishjng. The fisheries sector has always played a key social and economic role, nationally and regionally, and has been the basis for settlement and employment along the entire Norwegian coast.
