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Photo: Trine Lise Sviggum Helgerud, NPI.

Photo: Trine Lise Sviggum Helgerud, NPI.

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The state and trends of the Barents Sea ecosystem in 2020 - Summary

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Elena Eriksen (IMR) and Anatoly Filin (PINRO)
02 December 2021
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Photo: Thor S. Larsen, Norwegian Polar Institute

Photo: Thor S. Larsen, Norwegian Polar Institute

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The state and trends of the Barents Sea ecosystem in 2019 - Summary

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Elena Eriksen and Anatoly Filin
27 November 2020
Snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio). Photo: Lidunn M. Boge © Nofima

Snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio). Photo: Lidunn M. Boge © Nofima

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The state and trends of the Barents Sea ecosystem in 2018 - Summary

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Elena Eriksen and Anatoly Filin
31 October 2019
Status report 2019
Photo: Ann Kristin Balto, Norwegian Polar Institute

Photo: Ann Kristin Balto, Norwegian Polar Institute

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The state and trends of the Barents Sea ecosystem in 2017 - Summary

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Elena Eriksen and Anatoly Filin
31 October 2019
Status report 2018
Photo: Jon Aars, Norwegian Polar Institute

Photo: Jon Aars, Norwegian Polar Institute

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The state and trends of the Barents Sea in 2016 - Summary

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Elena Eriksen and Anatoly Filin
27 December 2017
Status report 2016

Barents Sea Environmental Status Report

Bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus). Photo: Norwegian Polar Institute

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About barentsportal and Barents Sea Environmental Status Reports

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Barentsportal is a project implemented under the Joint Norwegian-Russian Commission on Environmental Protection. The portal is a Norwegian-Russian website designed for the mutual exchange and presentation of environmental information relevant to the integrated environmental management of the Barents Sea. Barentsportal serves as a platform for publishing environmental status information and details about ecosystem-based management.

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Barents Sea video

  • September Arctic Ice Extent 1979 to 2020

    Animation showing the arctic sea ice extent in september from 1979 to 2020

    September Arctic Ice Extent 1979 to 2020

  • March Arctic Ice Extent 1979 to 2020

    Animation showing the Arctic sea ice extent in march from 1979 to 2020.

    March Arctic Ice Extent 1979 to 2020

  • Arctic Sea Ice Reaches 2019 Minimum Extent

    Arctic Sea Ice Reaches 2019 Minimum Extent

    Arctic sea ice likely reached its 2019 minimum extent of 1.60 million square miles (4.15 million square kilometers) on Sept. 18, tied for second lowest summertime extent in the satellite record, according to NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center. The Arctic sea ice cap is an expanse of frozen seawater floating on top of the Arctic Ocean and neighboring seas. Every year, it expands and thickens during the fall and winter and grows smaller and thinner during the spring and summer. But in the past decades, increasing temperatures have caused marked decreases in the Arctic sea ice extents in all seasons, with particularly rapid reductions in the minimum end-of-summer ice extent. The shrinking of the Arctic sea ice cover can ultimately affect local ecosystems, global weather patterns, and the circulation of the oceans.

    Download video: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13309

    Music: Hiraeth by Anthony Edwin Phillips [PRS], James Edward Collins

  • Environmental management of the Barents Sea Video I. A Norwegian-Russian collaboration

    Norwegian Polar Institute 2019.

    Environmental management of the Barents Sea Video I. A Norwegian-Russian collaboration

    - The Joint Norwegian-Russian Commission on Environmental Protection.
    - Смешанная Норвежско - Российская Комиссия по сотрудничеству в области охраны окружающей среды.

    The Barents Sea is a large marine ecosystem that borders Norway and Russia.It is located on the North European continental shelf between 70 degrees and 80 degrees north and includes the Svalbard archipelago to the Northwest and the Novaya Zemlya archipelago to the east. It covers an area of approximately 1.6 million square kilometers. It is a shallow sea with an average depth of 230 meters and a maximum depth of about 500 meters at the western entrance. It is a change zone for warm and saline water on its way from the Atlantic to the Arctic Ocean, and for cold and less saline water en route from the Arctic to the Atlantic. Russia and Norway are strong maritime nations that share enormous natural resources available in the Barents Sea.

  • Environmental management of the Barents Sea Video II. A Norwegian-Russian collaboration

    Norwegian Polar Institute.

    Environmental management of the Barents Sea Video II. A Norwegian-Russian collaboration

    - The Joint Norwegian-Russian Commission on Environmental Protection.
    - Смешанная Норвежско - Российская Комиссия по сотрудничеству в области охраны окружающей среды.

    Norway and Russia have common borders in the Barents Sea and share a rich and healthy marine ecosystem. Thus, both countries are jointly responsible for sustainably managing the marine environment. The Barents Sea ecosystem supports large numbers of seabirds, fish, marine mammals and other marine life. Russia and Norway maintain considerable fishery activity in this part of the ocean. The Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment and the Russian Natural Resources and Environment Ministry are leading the work.

  • Environmental management of the Barents Sea Video III. A Norwegian-Russian collaboration

    Norwegian Polar Institute.

    Environmental management of the Barents Sea Video III. A Norwegian-Russian collaboration

    - The Joint Norwegian-Russian Commission on Environmental Protection.
    - Смешанная Норвежско - Российская Комиссия по сотрудничеству в области охраны окружающей среды.

    Environmental cooperation between Russia and Norway is based on an agreement made in 1992.  Norwegian and Russian politicians, managers and researches meet annually in the Joint Norwegian-Russian Environmental Commission to discuss environmental issues and to adopt or review the commission’s work programme. Today, the main purposes of the cooperation are to contribute to the comprehensive, ecosystem-based management of the entire Barents Sea, and to update and improve our ecological knowledge base for the area. Key projects are joint understanding of ecological status and trends, identification of valuable and vulnerable areas throughout the year, and cooperative environmental monitoring.

  • Alien species king crab in the Barents Sea

    King crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) observed outside in Finnmark, Berlevåg on the MAREANO-cruises in april 2014.

    Alien species king crab in the Barents Sea

  • Mapping the stock of king krab in southern Barents Sea

    Mapping the stock of king krab in southern Barents Sea. University of Tromsø

    Mapping the stock of king krab in southern Barents Sea

  • Age of March Sea Ice in the Arctic 1984-2016

    Animation showing annual changes in the age of Arctic Sea Ice at the end of winter (March) from 1987-2014. Age of the sea ice can be a rough indicator of ice thickness. Sources: www.arctic.noaa.gov/reportcard

    Age of March Sea Ice in the Arctic 1984-2016

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Download Status Reports

  • Joint Norwegian - Russian environmental status 2013. Report on the Barents Sea Ecosystem. Part II - Complete report. (published 2016)
  • Joint Russian-Norwegian Monitoring Project (published 2015)
  • Joint Norwegian-Russian environmental status. Report on the Barents Sea Ecosystem (previous reports 2005 - 2014)
  • Joint Norwegian-Russian environmental status report. WGIBAR report 2017, 2018, 2019

Download Norwegian Management Plans

  • Meld. St. 20 (2019–2020) Report to the Storting (white paper). First update of the Integrated Management Plan for the Marine Environment of the Barents Sea−Lofoten Area
  • Meld. St. 10 (2010–2011) Report to the Storting (white paper). First update of the Integrated Management Plan for the Marine Environment of the Barents Sea−Lofoten Area
  • The Royal Norwegian Ministry of the Environment. Report No. 8 to the Storting (2005–2006) Integrated Management of the Marine Environment of the Barents Sea and the Sea Areas off the Lofoten Islands
 

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