General Figures

• Norway has a coastline of 25.148 km (includes mainland 2.650 km, as well as long fjords, numerous small islands, and minor indentations 22.498 km; length of island coastlines 58.133 km).
• Fishing and fish farmin represent 0.6% of the GDP (2007).

Maritime Activities

• Fish is the third most important export product after oil/gas and metal, and accounts for 4.5% of the total Norwegian export value. The largest share of the export goes to Denmark, Russia, France and Japan.
• The Norwegian fishing fleet is of 7.041 vessels (2007) and has a total tonnage of 354.833 (2007).
• Salmon represents 85 per cent of the total sale of Norwegian fish farming that ascends to 828.000 tonnes of farmed fish sold in 2007. 

Employment in maritime activities

Further Information

http://europa.eu
http://ec.europa.eu/maritimeaffairs
http://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/publications/studiews_reports_en.htm
http://www.europa.eu/comm/eurostat
http://www.regjeringen.no/en.html?id=4
http://www.ssb.no/english/
http://www.imr.no

Source:

Statistics Norway
Eurostat
CIA World Factbook