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The world’s first bamboo coral reef discovered? The possible reef stretches over 800 meters in the Norwegian Sea. Author: Beate Hoddevik, Institute of Marine Research (IMR) “As far as we […]
Fish from the Barents Sea has fewer environmental toxins than fish from the Norwegian Sea. Author: Øystein Rygg Haanæs, Insitute of Marine Research The researchers have analysed the content of […]
Well over halfway through the mackerel ecosystem expedition in the Norwegian Sea. So far the Institute of Marine Research have completed 62 stations in the Norwegian Sea with ‘Eros’ and […]
Norwegian fleet busy seeking out mackerel. Last week, the Norwegian fishing fleet found mackerel abundant both offshore and by the coast, and had a modest catches of 14,000 tonnes. This […]
Young mackerel expanding range North. New findings show that young mackerel are now growing as far north as the North Cape (Nordkapp) of Northern Norway. But not because it has […]
Good herring fishing for Norwegian fleet. Fishing for Norwegian spring spawning herring was very good at the beginning of last week with Tuesday being the best day with well over […]
Norwegian herring extending feeding season. When the Norwegian Sea became warmer in the mid-2000s, the herring became both shorter and fatter. Now researchers have seen that the herring has changed its […]
Record week for Norwegian mackerel catching. The Norwegian fishing fleet has had a record mackerel week, catching a total of 63,600 tonnes, which is a historically high quantity of mackerel […]
Good mackerel fishing for Norwegian fleet. After a lot of searching in both the Norwegian Sea and the North Sea, the mackerel finally turned up a bit for the Norwegian […]
Norwegian mackerel and herring survey underway. The Institute of Marine Research in Norway and the hired boats Vendla and Eros are well underway with this summer’s mapping of the ecosystem […]
Scottish scientists sample mackerel eggs in Arctic Circle. Scientists from Marine Scotland have been involved in a survey sampling mackerel eggs in the Arctic Circle. Four scientists from Marine Scotland, […]
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