Ready for joint fishery research in the Barents Sea
The Norwegian research vessel Jan Mayen has got Russian authorities’ approval to go into Russian Economic Zone for joint research work with the Russians.
Russian authorities have on several occasions denied access to its economic zone by foreign vessels, thus hampering important research on fish recourses in the area.
“Jan Mayen” will soon be joining the Russian research vessel “Fridtjof Nansen”, which is already in place in the Barents Sea, Rybatskaya Gazeta writes. The two vessels will be conducting trawling and acoustic surveys to determine the status of the populations of valuable fish as cod and haddock.
According to Yury Lepesevich in the Russian research institute PINRO, the Norwegian participation in the survey is of vital importance. The Russian vessel alone will cover only about 20 percent of the distribution area for cod and haddock, which will give insufficient data for establishing of quotas.
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