A cabinet reshuffle has resulted in the minister who was appointed only last year being moved on. Cecilie Myrseth moves over to the Ministry of Industry, having only served as fisheries minister since October last year.
The incoming Minister of Fisheries and Oceans is Marianne Sivertsen Næss, who has a background in education, has sat in Parliament for her Finnmark constituency since 2021 and has chaired the parliamentary energy and environment committee.
‘We have outstanding natural resources in Norway, and the ocean holds resources that the world both needs and wants, such as seafood and energy,’ Marianne Sivertsen Næss said as she took over.
‘I am concerned that our resources should contribute to value creation and activity along the entire coast. The community’s resources must benefit the community. The government must pursue an active maritime policy, which ensures people safe and good jobs that will support us in the future.’