MPs Frode Jacobsen, Bjørnar Skjæran, Nils T. Bjørke, and Geir Adelsten Iversen propose enshrining in the Constitution that wild marine resources and the right to harvest them belong to the public. The proposers argue this principle has deep roots in Norwegian custom and culture dating to the Middle Ages, and that constitutional status would provide legal stability and protection against political changes.
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These are the proposals in the document, not decisions. See the votes for the outcome.
Option 1: A new § 112a would read: 'Wild marine resources, and the right to harvest them, are the common property of the people.'
Option 2: A new § 112b would read: [Same as Option 1]