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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Greenland Atlantic salmon catch numbers well above new quota
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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