It is being reported that the Norwegian Coast Guard conducted an investigation in May into possibly unlawful ship-to-ship transfers of fish between a Russian and a Norwegian vessel.
The transfers involve fish caught by the Russian vessel which cannot then land the fish in the EU, and so engages in a ship-to-ship transfer of the fish to a Norwegian vessel which then landed the fish in the Netherlands.
As there are no import prohibitions in the EU in relation to Russian fish, and the relevant prohibition is the entry into an EU port of a Russian vessel, the report notes that the Norwegian authorities concluded that no breach had occurred.