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There is at present, on the basis of decisions made by JRNFC, a co-operation between inspectors from the coast guard and other control authorities regarding inspection of fishing vessels and their fishing gears. There is also an ongoing work on harmonizing the technical measures of the fishing gear used by Russian and Norwegian fishing vessels. Further, there is a cooperation regarding a wide range of other measures such as satellite tracking of fishing vessel, control of the landing of fish products etc. There has been focus on the work to solve the problems of IUU fishing and trans-shipment in the Barents Sea area. An important field is to find measures to reduce discards of catches.