Major UK Fish Buyers and Norwegian Harvesters Agree to Leave Cod in Arctic Waters Alone
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [The Grocer] November 14, 2016
Named after the Old Norse for 'cold coast', the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard is located in the Barents Sea. It is considered one of the last great wildernesses of the world. So wild, in fact, that you are forbidden from venturing out of Longyearbyen, the administrative centre, without a gun. There are more polar bears than people on Svalbard, and if you meet one, it is likely to be hungry.
Climate change is dramatically changing the landscape in Svalbard, and that is bad news for polar bears. The sea ice they rely on for hunting seals is receding at an alarming rate - with an area bigger than Denmark disappearing every year and around 30% lost since the 1980s.
As the sea temperature rises, fish species like polar cod, Greenland sharks and Arctic skate are being squeezed out of the Northern Barents, and fish previously only found further south - such as Atlantic cod, haddock and even herring - are moving in...
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