On March 12-16 the delegation of the State Agency of Fisheries of Ukraine visited Bergen to meet colleagues from the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries, National Institute for Nutrition and Seafood Research, Marine Research Institute, and the Norwegian Food Safety Authority. The main topic on the agenda was cooperation within the frames of the Joint Statement on cooperation between the Norwegian Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs, the Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture of Iceland, and the State Agency of Ficheries of Ukraine signed on the 4th of August 2011 to facilitate the implementation of the free trade agreement between Ukraine and EFTA states entering into force on the 1st of June 2012.