The aim of this chapter, is to give a background description of the different human activities as they are generally performed in the Barents Sea. The general impact that these activities have on the ecosystem will be dealt with in a later chapter Human impact and is thus not discussed with here.
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Background Human activities
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Human activities
Human activities (introduction)
The aim of this chapter, is to give a background description of the different human activities as they are generally performed in the Barents Sea. The general impact that these activities have on the ecosystem will be dealt with in a later chapter Human impact and is thus not discussed with here.Last Updated ( Thursday, 11 February 2010 12:13 )
Read more...Human activities - Fisheries and other harvesting
Fishing is the largest human impact to the fish stocks in the Barents Sea, and thereby the functioning of the whole ecosystem. However, the observed variation in both fish species and ecosystem is also impacted by other effects such as climate and predation (see chapter Predation by mammals).
Last Updated ( Thursday, 11 February 2010 12:12 )
Read more...Fisheries and other harvesting - General description of the fisheries
The major demersal stocks in the Northeast Arctic include cod, haddock, saithe, and shrimp. In addition, redfish, Greenland halibut, wolffish, and flatfishes (e.g. long rough dab, plaice) are common on the shelf and at the continental slope, and ling and tusk at the slope and in deeper waters. In 2008, catches of nearly 900 thousand tonnes (provisional figures) are reported from the stocks of cod,...
Last Updated ( Friday, 22 January 2010 11:59 )
Read more...Fisheries and other harvesting - Mixed fisheries
The demersal fisheries are highly mixed, usually with a clear target species dominating, and with low linkage to the pelagic fisheries (Table 2.5.2). Although the degree of mixing may be high, the effect of the fisheries varies among the species. More specifically, the coastal cod stock and the two redfish stocks are presently at very low levels. Therefore, the effect of the mixed fishery will be ...
Last Updated ( Friday, 22 January 2010 11:59 )
Read more...Fisheries and other harvesting - Fleet composition
Groundfish and pelagic species
Figures 2.5.7-2.5.8 show the main fleets catching bottom and pelagic fishes in the Barents Sea and Svalbard (Spitsbergen archipelago) areas. The pelagic fishery is only conducted by Russia and Norway where both countries target the capelin. Russia has, in addition, fished polar cod with pelagic trawl (Norway has not fished this species since the early 1980s), and Norw...
Last Updated ( Friday, 22 January 2010 12:01 )
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Status Report. The authors
More than 100 experts from a total of 9 Russian and 20 Norwegian institutions have participated in the preparation of the report, and the work has been organized in 13 expert groups. The work has been led by Sevmorgeo and PINRO on Russian side and on Norwegian side by the Institute of Marine Research and the Norwegian Polar Institute..
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BarentsPortal is a project developed under the Joint Russian - Norwegian Commission on Environmental Cooperation. The joint environmental report is a co-operation project between the Joint Russian - Norwegian Commission on Environmental Cooperation and the Joint Russian-Norwegian Fisheries Commission
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