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Barents Sea cod catch should be cut, researchers say

13 June 201913 June 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Barents Sea, cod, fish, fisheries, food

“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?

12 June 201913 June 2019 Liv Lewitschnik, Radio Sweden 0 Comments algae, exports, fish, fisheries, food, salmon

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

22 May 201922 May 2019 Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Alaska, defence, fish, military, military exercises, navy, Northern Edge, whales

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

16 May 201916 May 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Barents Sea, climate change, cod, fish, global warming, Jan Mayen, Svalbard

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

3 April 2019 Donna McElligott, CBC News 0 Comments employment, fish, fisheries, fishing, Nunavut, Pangnirtung, turbot, work

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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Greenland Atlantic salmon catch numbers well above new quota

3 April 20195 April 2019 CBC News 1 Comment fish, fisheries, fishing, quotas, salmon

Just a few months ago, members of the Atlantic Salmon Federation were celebrating. Initial figures from Greenland showed the salmon

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Russia, Norway find common ground on Barents fish

15 March 201915 March 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Barents Sea, diplomacy, fish, fisheries

We consider the interaction between our countries on regulation of joint fish stocks an example for all other coastal states,

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U.S. gov clears path for genetically engineered salmon

11 March 2019 Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Alaska, fish, fisheries, food, Food and Drug Administration, salmon

Genetically engineered salmon is on its way to the United States. U.S. Food and Drug Commissioner Scott Gottlieb announced Friday

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Seasonal foods threatened by pollution problems, Swedish study says

24 December 201824 December 2018 Simon Linter, Radio Sweden 0 Comments Baltic Sea, Christmas, Eel, environment, fish, food, herring, pollution, salmon

Christmas dinner could be set to change, according to BalticEye, a research organisation based at Stockholm University. The amount

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What Congress’s Farm Bill did for fish sticks in Alaska schools

21 December 2018 Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments Alaska, China, education, fish, fishing, food

The Farm Bill Congress passed last week will be known for many things. It increases subsidies for farmers and legalizes

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CO2 may rob Arctic salmon of their sense of smell, new study says

19 December 201819 December 2018 Jackie McKay, CBC News 0 Comments climate change, Coho salmon, environment, fish, NOAA, pollution, silver salmon, University of Washington, Yukon

A new study out of the University of Washington and NOAA Fisheries’ Northwest Fisheries Science Centre shows rising carbon dioxide

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In Northern Canada, researchers pull big fish from lakes in hopes of reducing toxic mercury risk

6 November 2018 Michael Hugall, CBC News 0 Comments fish, lakes, Northwest Territories, NWT, pollution, toxic waste

Researchers aim to limit the amount of mercury in the ecosystem in the Northwest Territories (Northern Canada) by removing contaminated

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Norway and Russia agree to slash cod quotas in Barents Sea

18 October 201819 October 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Barents Sea, Capelin, cod, ecosystem, fish, fisheries, fishing, wildlife

The joint Norwegian-Russian Fishery Commission decides to reduce next year’s quotas to 725,000 tons. “After another round of constructive and

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Barents Sea ecosystem undergoing dramatic change, study shows

5 October 20185 October 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Barents Sea, climate change, ecosystems, fish, global warming, wildlife

One of the world’s most comprehensive marine research expeditions reveals powerful change in the marine life of the Barents Sea.

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Treaty banning dangerous chemicals helped Arctic wildlife, study shows

30 August 201830 August 2018 Randi Beers, CBC News 0 Comments animals, birds, blue mussels, chemicals, fish, mammals, pollution, Stockholm Convention, wildlife

A new study shows that an international treaty has led to a decrease of some pollutants in Arctic wildlife. It

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