Russia’s Prime Minister says it is not fair that fishermen catching fish in Russia’s economic zone should be obligated to pay customs duty as if they were importing something. Today, Russian trawlers reload much of their fish to foreign vessels in the Barents Sea, or land the fish in foreign harbors.

The Northern Research Institute Norut has opened a new research office in Kirkenes, Northern Norway.

Russian import of salmon from Norway continues to rise. Russia is the second largest market for Norwegian salmon outside the EU.

According to the Russian navy, fishermen are disturbing them in conducting exercises in the Barents Sea. On the other hand, the fisheries sector claims to lose money since navy exercises often coincide with the best fishing seasons.

Russian scientists have released some 200,000 king crab brood off the coast of the Kola Peninsula. - It can only be described as voodoo and sabotage, says Igor Pakholkov, deputy director of a Murmansk based fishing company.

The operations centre for the public information portal for northern sea areas will be located in Tromsø, while the parallel closed monitoring system for the sea traffic activities in the Norwegian and Barents Sea will be in Norway’s north easternmost town of Vardø.

While King Crab from Norway is gaining notoriety worldwide, its presence has some scientists worried about how much this foreign species has off-balanced the biodiversity of the Norwegian Barents Sea. Part two of our two part King Crab Series.

The story of a town that made it back from the very brink of existence with the help of king crab and some industrious inhabitants. Part one in our two part King Crab Series.

The Norwegian cargo ship “Svartfoss” recently sailed to the Pechenga Bay delivering production equipment for the local salmon farming in the area that until recently was strictly military closed.

The fish industry in Murmansk fears that the Russian-Norwegian deal on the delineation of the Barents Sea will deprive Russian fishermen of vital fishing grounds in the area.