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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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Western science, traditional knowledge combine in Northern Canadian fish monitoring project

13 August 201813 August 2018 Joanne Stassen, CBC News 0 Comments animals, Biodiversity, First Nations, fish, food security, Fort Resolution, Great Slave Lake, indigenous, lakes, Northwest Territories, NWT, sustainability

Cutting up fish, collecting mud samples and crunching data might sound like a messy, nerdy summer job to some high

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Russia’s grand LNG project takes its toll on Arctic environment

8 January 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments business, energy, fish, Gulf of Ob, Novy Port, Sabetta, shipping, Yamal

The developers of the Yamal LNG seek to overcome damage caused by the removal of 70 million tons of seabed

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Baltic Sea plastic levels puzzle researchers

7 November 2017 Radio Sweden 0 Comments fish, microplastics, North Sea, ocean, pollution

A Danish-German study has found that the amount of microplastic components has not increased in the Baltic Sea over the

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Russian salmon farmers buy Norwegian smolt company

10 July 2017 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments aquaculture, environment, fish, fisheries, Norway

Business tycoon Maksim Vorobyov and his Russian Aquaculture acquires Villa Smolt AS, a Norwegian company with license to produce an

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$50 million in federal funds headed to Alaska for fish and wildlife services

16 June 2017 Erica Martinson, Alaska Dispatch News 0 Comments fish, hunting, sportsfishing, wildlife

WASHINGTON — Alaska will receive more than $50 million this year from the Interior Department through a fund for protecting

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What shallow lakes are telling us about the changing Arctic climate

8 July 201619 March 2018 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Alaska, Brooks Range, fish, greenhouse gases, ice roads, research, Science

Permafrost changes are among the most alarming consequences of warming Arctic temperatures. All across the Arctic, the shifts in how permafrost

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Finland: Rebranding ‘superfoods of the North’

13 October 201514 October 2015 Yle News 0 Comments Arctic, environment, fish, gardens, health, nature

For years, Finnish root vegetables and freshwater fish stood neglected in the grocery aisles, as younger generations ignored them because

The Umba River (pictured above) on the Kola Peninsula in Russia. An outbreak of the fungal infection Saprolegnia has affected salmon in several of the region's rivers. (iStock)

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Russian salmon infection no threat to Norway

13 August 201517 August 2015 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 1 Comment farmed fish, fish, fisheries, Kola Peninsula, Saprolegnia

But there is a clear need for better cooperation between the two countries’ aquaculture control authorities, they maintain. Norwegian experts

Rapids along the Vindel River. (Örjan Holmberg / Swedish Radio)

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Project brings salmon back to Swedish river

11 August 201512 August 2015 Radio Sweden 0 Comments business, conservation, fish, forestry, nature, politics

Some 15 years ago, officials were alarmed by the rapid decline of wild salmon populations in Sweden’s Vindel River but

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Alaska: Bristol Bay sockeye’s prey quality affected by ocean temperature

27 January 201528 January 2015 Josh Edge, APRN - Anchorage 0 Comments climate, conservation, fish, oceans, rivers

Having healthy and plentiful returns of salmon each season is an important issue to subsistence, sport and commercial fishermen alike.