Arctic MP named to federal cabinet in Canada
The newly-elected MP from Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut has been named minister of Fisheries and Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard.
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Russian salmon infection no threat to Norway
But there is a clear need for better cooperation between the two countries’ aquaculture control authorities, they maintain. Norwegian experts
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Record value for Norway’s seafood exports
The export values of Norwegian seafood recorded in the first half of 2015 is the highest ever, amounting to €3.78
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Alaska: Fisheries board member cited for violating fishery closure
A member of the Alaska Board of Fisheries was cited by wildlife troopers in the commercial fishing hotbed of Dillingham last week
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Medals, energy and shipping shenanigans: Arctic week in review
On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this
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Blog: The donut hole at the centre of the Arctic Ocean
On June 4, I wrote about issues surrounding the continental shelf in the Arctic Ocean. June 5 was National Donut
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Sunken Soviet submarines threaten massive radioactive contamination
While Russia’s naval yard in Severodvinsk is busy like never before in Post-Soviet times with construction of new submarines, two
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Alaska: Judge allows set-net ban initiative to move forward
A superior court judge has ruled in favor of an initiative to ban commercial set netting for salmon in urban
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