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Environment Environment (Russia) General Russia 

Ecosystems shifting in Russia’s Arctic waters, scientists find

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, November 26, 2019 at 10:30
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Species that previously were non-existent in Russia’s remote and icy Arctic waters are now found in big numbers. The researchers

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Business Business (Canada) Canada General 

Tourism numbers in Canada’s Northwest Territories up 7 per cent

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, November 8, 2019 at 15:37 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 10:33
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Visitors to Canada’s Northwest Territories (NWT) numbered 120,000 people from April 2018 to March 2019, a 7 per cent increase

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Business Business (Canada) Canada General 

New vessel hopes to renew fisheries in Inuit region of Labrador, Atlantic Canada

Jacob Barker, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, September 12, 2019 at 14:22
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A new exploratory fishing vessel is looking to renew an old industry in Nain, in northern Labrador, Atlantic Canada. The

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Environment Environment (USA) General USA 

U.S. ratifies moratorium on fishing in High Arctic seas

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Tuesday, August 27, 2019 at 11:31 — Last Updated: Friday, August 30, 2019 at 12:43
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The United States has become the fourth jurisdiction after Canada, the European Union and Russia to ratify a landmark international

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General 

Anglers allowed to catch chinook salmon in northwestern Canada

CBC News
Posted: Friday, August 16, 2019 at 16:04
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There’s some good news for anglers in Yukon hoping to snag a chinook salmon this year. The federal Department of

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Environment 

Pinpointing larvae hotspots can help guide intn’l krill fishing industry in Antarctica: study

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, July 31, 2019 at 08:25
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New research published this month is shedding light on where Antarctic krill larvae gather, providing important information for future management

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Canada ratifies international moratorium on commercial fishing in the High Arctic

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Friday, May 31, 2019 at 09:14 — Last Updated: Friday, May 31, 2019 at 16:29
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Canada has ratified an international accord that will protect nearly three million square kilometres of the Central Arctic Ocean from

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Business Business (Canada) Canada General News 

Community in Arctic Canada seeks ways to grow thriving turbot industry

Donna McElligott, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, April 3, 2019 at 15:41
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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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Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) General News 

Greenland Atlantic salmon catch numbers well above new quota

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, April 3, 2019 at 13:46 — Last Updated: Friday, April 5, 2019 at 11:37
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Just a few months ago, members of the Atlantic Salmon Federation were celebrating. Initial figures from Greenland showed the salmon

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General News Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Norwegian trawler arrested in northwest Russia for illegal fishing

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at 14:31
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The Arctic Swan was fishing off the coast of the Kola Peninsula when it was detained by the Russian Coast

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Environment Environment (Sweden) General News Sweden 

Environmentalists seek solutions to ghost net problem in Baltic Sea

Liv Lewitschnik, Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, March 22, 2019 at 11:44
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Fishing gear that’s been lost in bad weather, dumped or simply left behind makes up 10 percent of the debris

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General News Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

Supreme Court’s crab fishing ruling reaffirms Norway’s exclusive rights over Svalbard waters

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, February 14, 2019 at 15:43 — Last Updated: Thursday, February 14, 2019 at 15:50
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The Svalbard Treaty does not prevent Norway from punishing companies that engage in catch without permission, the judges say. The

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Finland General News Society Society (Finland) 

Ice fishing World Championships latest in Finnish series of odd sports events

Yle News
Posted: Monday, February 11, 2019 at 15:03 — Last Updated: Friday, February 15, 2019 at 13:34
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In Sami and Tanja Niemimuukko’s field in the countryside near Lappeenranta (southern Finland) close to the Russia border lies the

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General News 

What a Saami-led project in Arctic Finland can teach us about Indigenous science

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, February 11, 2019 at 12:58 — Last Updated: Friday, February 15, 2019 at 15:01
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A successful Saami-led, salmon rewilding project on the Näätämö river in Arctic Finland illustrates the success of partnership between Indigenous

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Business Business (Norway) General News Norway 

Norway’s seafood exports continue to grow

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, January 8, 2019 at 14:41
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Norwegian seafood export valued record high €10 billion in 2018, up 5% compared to 2017. 2.7 million tonnes of seafood

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