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The Petrozavodsk (Photo: Norwegian Costal Administration)

Russian vessel “Petrozavodsk” disintegrating

2010-03-11
In May last year the Russian fish cargo vessel “Petrozavodsk” ran aground in the coastal cliffs of Bear Island outside Svalbard. The worst scenario for the planned removal of the wreck became reality recently when it broke in two pieces.
The trawler before the fire blazed up (Photo Trude Pettersen)

Russian trawler on fire in Kirkenes

2010-03-01
A Russian trawler in the port of Kirkenes caught fire Sunday evening. Attempts to extinguish the fire were unsuccessful, and today the vessel was hauled out in the fjord to avoid fume emissions in the town center.
Cod in Northern Norway

Safe seafood from the Barents Sea

2010-02-26
A report from the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research states that seafood from the Barents Sea contain low levels of foreign substances.
The Jupiter fish cargo vessel at port in Kirkenes.

Russian vessel released

2010-02-19
The Russian fish transshipment vessel Jupiter that was hold by the Norwegian Coast Guard near Svalbard earlier this week got withdrawal of the charge and is now free.
KV Harstad Photo: Thomas Nilsen

Russian fish cargo vessel detained near Svalbard

2010-02-18
The Norwegian Coast Guard suspects the vessel of not comply with their obligatory duty to notify the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries about their fishing in the waters around Svalbard.
General Bernt Iver Ferdinand Brovold (left), General Sergey Kudryashov and Rear Admiral Trond Grytting (right).

Coast guards will exchange electronic information

2010-02-03
The Russian and Norwegian coast guards will jointly increase the fight against fish poachers in the Barents Sea.
Komi Republic

Komi wants to develop aquaculture

2010-02-01
The authorities of Komi Republic report on the plans for activation aquaculture projects.
M/S Traal (photo from http://home.no/traal/)

EU and Norway finally reached deals on fish

2010-01-27
Two months after the negotiations on the annual fisheries agreement collapsed, EU and Norway on Tuesday reached a deal.

Belikov new head of Fisheries Commission

2010-01-07
Dr. Sergei Belikov, Deputy Head of the Department of International Cooperation of the Russian Federal Agency for Fisheries, is elected new President for the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission.

Norway to hunt 1286 minke whales

2010-01-06
The 2010 quota is within an interval that researchers believe provides adequate security with regard to protecting the whale stocks, according to the Norwegian Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal affairs.
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