Abstract
The article argues that discourse analysis can help explain why Russian and Norwegian fishery authorities set quotas for the Northeast Arctic cod far above scientific recommendations in 1999–2001. While the “sustainability discourse” dominated on the Norwegian side—framing discussions in terms of whether quotas were “sustainable” or not—the Russian discourse centered around the battle between the two nations involved. According to the “cold peace discourse,” Norway wants to reduce the quota to ensure competitive prices for cod on the world market or, alternatively, simply to “ruin Russia.” The “seafaring community discourse” feeds on distrust on both sides of the border of scientific prognoses and serves to weaken the arguments of the “sustainability discourse” and strengthen the conclusions of the “cold peace discourse.” The “pity-the-Russians discourse” offers a way out of the deadlock: feeding on the Western perception of Russians as “poor,” the Norwegians are ready to set scientific recommendations as...
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