Fish diversity increasing in northern waters as oceans warm: study
The diversity of fish species in northern seas has increased by more than 60 per cent in recent decades due
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Large areas of Arctic seabed damaged by trawlers
The Norwegian marine researchers that set out on an Arctic expedition this summer expected to find large areas of untouched
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Scientists puzzled by 30,000 chinook that seem to be missing from Yukon River
There’s a mystery in Yukon and Alaska and it involves about 30,000 missing fish. Salmon counts on both sides of
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Scientists sound alarm on striking transformation of Bering and Chukchi ecosystems as ocean warms
A team of scientists are sounding the alarm on some of the striking changes they’re witnessing in the Bering and
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Ecosystems shifting in Russia’s Arctic waters, scientists find
Species that previously were non-existent in Russia’s remote and icy Arctic waters are now found in big numbers. The researchers
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New vessel hopes to renew fisheries in Inuit region of Labrador, Atlantic Canada
A new exploratory fishing vessel is looking to renew an old industry in Nain, in northern Labrador, Atlantic Canada. The
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Heat stress that caused Alaska salmon deaths a sign of things to come, scientist warns
Scientists believe heat stress killed thousands of salmon in an Alaskan river last month. From July 7 to 11, communities
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Anglers allowed to catch chinook salmon in northwestern Canada
There’s some good news for anglers in Yukon hoping to snag a chinook salmon this year. The federal Department of
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Fishers in Canada’s Northwest Territories complain of excessive government control
Though a new fish processing plant is being built in Hay River, N.W.T., there’s a growing need to rebuild relations
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Thousands of fish in Finnish lake dead from unknown cause
Officials said on Monday they were no closer to determining the cause of the death of thousands of fish that
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Barents Sea cod catch should be cut, researchers say
“The stocks in the Barents Sea are smaller than before.” The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)
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Is Norway’s farmed salmon as healthy as we think?
Swedes love salmon but some scientists and a new film say the farmed variety of the fish isn’t as healthy
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Alaska communities worry about military drill’s environmental impacts
The Northern Edge military exercises are underway across huge sections of Southcentral and Interior Alaska. The Navy has a larger
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Cod moving further north as climate changes in Arctic Europe
Researchers have never before seen spawning cod in the area of Jan Mayen, east of Greenland. “This is new knowledge
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Community in Arctic Canada seeks ways to grow thriving turbot industry
Every day and night in Pangnirtung, Nunavut from January to April, there’s a steady parade of snow machines leaving and
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