Russian ships have been involved in a series of disputes with Norwegian coast guards since last fall.
The checks "will contribute to resolving the disagreements that have periodically arisen between the two countries due to unresolved fishing issues in this region," the Audit Chamber said in a statement.
At talks between Audit Chamber Chairman Sergei Stepashin and his Norwegian counterpart earlier in the day, the sides agreed that the system of regulating and monitoring fishing in the area needed to be improved.
Russia and Norway plan to draw up criteria for efficient implementation of existing intergovernmental agreements on protecting fish and harvesting them in appropriate volumes.
In the latest dispute between the countries, the Russian trawler Obva was detained on April 16 after allegedly failing to notify Norwegian coast guards it had caught fish other than the permitted herring. The ship was released the following day after a bank guaranteed payment of a fine.
On April 8, the Russian trawler Novoazovssk was detained in Norwegian waters for alleged illegal loading of fish.
In late October 2005, two Russian fishing boats, the Kapitan Gorbachev and the Dmitry Pokramovich, were detained by the Norwegian Coast Guard and released four days later after posting bail. The Norwegian Coast Guard had detained the trawlers near Medvezhy Island in the Barents Sea after the boats entered a 12-mile exclusive fishing zone without permission. Norwegian authorities accused the ships' crews of unauthorized fish reloading in Norway's territorial waters.
These arrests came in the wake the drama in mid-October involving the Elektron trawler, which the Norwegians pursued across the Barents Sea for five days after accusing the Russian crew of violating Norwegian fishing regulations.
