In recent decades, some species that may be considered to be both - introduced and invasive, have appeared in the Barents Sea. There are currently 15 of them.
These organisms entered the Barents Sea both in a natural way - through the expansion of habitat due to global warming, and as a result of human activities, related to the intentional or accidental introduction of alien organisms.
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JRNFC). At the first stage of the work (1993-2001), the main purpose was to prepare a common strategy in the management of the stock which was considered to be a joined stock. It was proposed that by dividing the commercial stock into self-reproducing subpopulations, it was reasonable to have a separate management, i.e. to establish a TAC for each stock unit. Based ...
Last Updated ( Friday, 22 January 2010 12:54 )
Read more...After the first snow crab had been found on the Goose Bank in 1996 the number of reports on the snow crab by-catches in bottom trawl fishery has gradually increased (Pavlov, 2002). Since 2003 the snow crab has been observed in stomachs of cod, haddock, catfishes and thorny skate and thereby became a new food item for bottom fishes in the Barents Sea. In 2005, a snow crab was, for the first time, f...
Last Updated ( Friday, 22 January 2010 12:54 )
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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
