The Minister of Fisheries and Ocean Policy () is a councilor of state in the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries. The incumbent minister is Marianne Sivertsen Næss of the Labour Party who has served since April 2024.
The position was created 1 July 1946. Between 2004 and 2013 the minister held the name of Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs reflecting a broadening in responsibility for the ministry. When Solberg's Cabinet took office, the minister was again called Minister of Fisheries and did no longer have responsibilities for coastal affairs.
The Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs was abolished in January 2014, but the minister post was kept, and now heads responsibilities for fisheries in the new Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries, alongside the Minister of Trade and Industry.
Ministers Key
List of ministers Photo Name Party Took office Left office Tenure Cabinet Ref Reidar Carlsen Labour 1 July 1946 19 November 1951 Gerhardsen II Fiskeri- og kystdepartementet. Statsråd 1946 - Retrieved 4 October 2013 Peder Holt Labour 19 November 1951 22 January 1955 Torp Nils Lysø Labour 22 January 1955 28 August 1963 Gerhardsen III Onar Onarheim Conservative 28 August 1963 25 September 1963 Lyng Magnus Andersen Labour 25 September 1963 12 October 1965 Gerhardsen IV Oddmund Myklebust Centre 12 October 1965 8 November 1968 Borten Einar Moxnes Centre 8 November 1968 17 March 1971 Knut Hoem Labour 17 March 1971 24 January 1972 Bratteli I Magnus Andersen Labour 24 January 1972 18 October 1972 Trygve Olsen Centre 18 October 1972 16 October 1973 Korvald Eivind Bolle Labour 16 October 1973 14 October 1981 Bratteli II Nordli Brundtland I Thor Listau Conservative 14 October 1981 4 October 1985 Willoch I-II Eivind Reiten Centre 4 October 1985 9 May 1986 Willoch II Bjarne Mørk-Eidem Labour 9 May 1986 10 October 1989 Brundtland II Svein Munkejord Conservative 16 October 1989 3 November 1990 Syse Oddrunn Pettersen Labour 3 November 1990 4 September 1992 Brundtland III Jan Henry T. Olsen Labour 4 September 1992 25 October 1996 Karl Eirik Schjøtt-Pedersen Labour 25 October 1996 17 October 1997 Jagland Peter Angelsen Centre 17 October 1997 21 January 2000 Bondevik I Lars Peder Brekk Centre 21 January 2000 17 March 2000 Otto Gregussen Labour 17 March 2000 19 October 2001 Stoltenberg I Svein Ludvigsen Conservative 19 October 2001 17 October 2005 Bondevik II Helga Pedersen Labour 17 October 2005 2 October 2009 Stoltenberg II Lisbeth Berg-Hansen Labour 20 October 2009 16 October 2013 Elisabeth Aspaker Conservative 16 October 2013 16 December 2015 Solberg Per Sandberg Progress 16 December 2015 13 August 2018 Harald T. Nesvik Progress 13 August 2018 24 January 2020 Geir-Inge Sivertsen Conservative Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen Conservative Bjørnar Skjæran Labour Støre Cecilie Myrseth Labour Marianne Sivertsen Næss Labour Incumbent
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