Towards an Historic Svalbard Judgment in Norway’s Supreme Court

Abstract

The Supreme Court of Norway has heard the parties in a case that a Latvian shipping company filed against Norwegian authorities because the company was not permitted to catch snow crab on the continental shelf around the Svalbard archipelago. This article provides a short comment on the court proceedings, placing emphasis on the international legal questions that the Supreme Court shall decide.

Keywords

• svalbard treaty
• snow crab
• continental shelf