Experts About Svalbard Casualty: Verging on Reckless SAR experts are skeptical: While it is not illegal to fish in the waters where the ‘Northguider’ trawler ran aground in northern Svalbard, it nevertheless operates at the outer limits of what can be considered responsible. – It is a legitimate question, says Managing Director Arne Birkeland of Opelio AS, the shipowner.