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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Society Society (Canada) 

Yukon gov’t announces suite of changes to hunting, fishing rules

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, April 3, 2025 at 12:01
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By Julien Greene Big changes for moose, deer and grizzly bears The Yukon government says compromise — ensuring harvest opportunities while

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Ottawa signs $270-million agreement for Inuit-led conservation efforts in Nunavut

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 15:47
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On Thursday, Ottawa co-signed a $270-million agreement for Inuit-led conservation efforts in Canada’s Arctic, aimed at boosting jobs and opportunities

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Oslo and Moscow safeguard fishery cooperation

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, December 5, 2024 at 11:54
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Fifty years of fishery cooperation in the Barents Sea could collapse if Norway closes all its seaports for Russian fishermen,

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Norway Politics Politics (Russia) 

Oslo prolongs Russia’s permission to call on ports in Northern Norway

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, July 5, 2024 at 13:53
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The Norwegian Government on Friday made clear that Russian fishing vessels are welcome to visit the three ports of Tromsø,

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Four projects receive CanNor funding to foster northern innovation

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Thursday, May 30, 2024 at 14:48
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Canada’s Minister of Northern Affairs has announced federal funding of up to $2.4 million that he said will help promote

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* Featured * Business Business (Canada) Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General News 

N.W.T. fisher says DFO officers are going overboard with enforcement tactics

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, May 15, 2024 at 09:15
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By Carla Ulrich · CBC News  A commercial fisherman in Hay River, N.W.T., is voicing concerns about what he views as harassing and

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Fishing vessels dominate Arctic shipping traffic in 2022: report

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, April 8, 2024 at 16:03 — Last Updated: Monday, April 8, 2024 at 16:10
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According to a recent Arctic Council report, fishing vessels were the most common ships in Arctic waters in 2022. Of

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* Featured * Business Business (Norway) Featured • Zone 3 General Norway 

Norwegian king crab exports surge amid Russia sanctions

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, January 19, 2024 at 11:11
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Export value last year increased by 43% compared with 2022, data from the Norwegian Seafood Council shows. All-time high value

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Canada’s largest fishing vessel will be ready for 2024, says Baffin Fisheries CEO

CBC News
Posted: Monday, November 6, 2023 at 09:02
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A ship being described as Canada’s largest fishing vessel — one that will soon make regular ports of call in

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Russia threatens to withdraw from fishery deal with Norway

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, October 27, 2023 at 11:15
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Limiting access for Russian fishing vessels to Norwegian ports is illegitimate, Moscow claims and warns that further restrictions could cause

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Barents Sea cod quotas lowered by 20% for the third year in a row

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, October 23, 2023 at 09:03
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Norway and Russia find common interests in cod and other fish stocks. A deal is reached on the 2024 quotas.

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Society Society (Canada) 

Feds ask court to dismiss Nunavut Inuit lawsuit on fishing licences

Nick Murray, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, October 18, 2023 at 11:02
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Government argues minister appropriately factored Inuit rights in decision-making process Lawyers representing the Government of Canada are asking a federal

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Salmon are dying in dried-up river beds in northern Yukon

Mike Rudyk, CBC News
Posted: Friday, June 16, 2023 at 09:00
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‘What we have been seeing … is that dewatered area was much, much, much larger than it had been in

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Fish diversity increasing in northern waters as oceans warm: study

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Friday, January 27, 2023 at 15:36
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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

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, November 29, 2022 at 15:38
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The Norwegian marine researchers that set out on an Arctic expedition this summer expected to find large areas of untouched

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The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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