October 7, 2014 — This year’s latest joint Norwegian-Russian fishery survey shows cod in abundance, but a major decline in herring, haddock and capelin.
The autumn expeditions conducted in cooperation between the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research and the Russian Pinro form a key part of the joint Norwegian-Russian fishery management regime for the Barents Sea.
This year’s expedition was conducted over a month and a half by a total of four vessels, three of them Norwegian. A great variety of marine species were studied during the expeditions.
“We have a very well-functioning system for exchange of fishery data between the countries," Elena Eriksen, from the Marine Research Institute, told BarentsObserver at a press conference organized at the Johan Hjort research vessel. Norway and Russia have conducted joint fishery research expeditions in the Barents Sea since 1965, and the data are vital for the setting of catch quotas by the Joint Norwegian-Russian Fishery Commission.
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