Greenland

摘要

Plentiful resources, international partnerships, profitable forward thinking companies and a well managed industry. Adrian Tatum charts the success story of the Greenland fishing industry. When Greenland joined the EU in 1972, common access to the fis hing resources in EU waters was viewed by many as a serious threat to the Greenlander's existence. A referendum produced a majority vote to withdraw and the country did so in 1985. Since then a series of five year agreements with the EU have been set up. Fishing accounts for approximately 90% of the country's exports and the activity of international companies has proved to be very lucrative for Greenland for the past 20 years.