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Bid to keep salmon catch rejected
Date: 03.03.2005
Source: BBC News
An attempt to overturn a ban that prevents fishermen from keeping salmon catches on a Scottish river has failed
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New hatchery for Numberdalslgen River.
Date: 28.02.2005
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There has been some fantastic news for trout fishermen in Buskerud County. Numberdalslågen will soon have its own hatchery. It is estimated that 50,000 trout can be produced each year.
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Salmon storm escape figure given
Date: 25.02.2005
Source: BBC News
More than 600,000 farmed salmon escaped into waters off the west coast during January's storms, it has been claimed
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45 kilogram cod!!
Date: 23.02.2005
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Our Northern coast is famed for its deep sea-fishing. Both sports fishermen and pro’s alike have long fished the lofoton winter. The annual cod catch is the stuff of dreams. Read on and you will learn why.
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Fish shrinkage threatens survival
Date: 20.02.2005
Source: BBC News
The shrinking size of fish due to their overexploitation has dire consequences for the recovery of depleted stocks, scientists have claimed.
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Austin Lake Produces Big Fish Awards for Carp Anglers
Date: 16.02.2005
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Bartlesville OK --- Town Lake in the heart of Austin is 2-0 when it comes to the keenest location for huge carp in the state of Texas. The Oklahoma based American Carp Society bestows their Big Fish Award only twice a year - and both times, Town Lake was the location where trophy carp were landed in 2004.
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Vodka earns 500,000 kr for salmon rivers.
Date: 14.02.2005
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Icelandic native Orri Vigfusson has saved between two and three million wild salmon from the nets of commercial fishermen. His latest venture is to help the wild salmon of Norway.
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Minnows threaten Namsen salmon catchment.
Date: 08.02.2005
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The discovery of the harmful minnow in the Namsen river catchment has shaken the sports fishing world. Namsen Lake is the first location that the minnow has been found in the Northern County.
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Perch suffer from stress.
Date: 07.02.2005
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Local student has all but completed a long term study about how perch tackle stress. During her Doctorate studies countless unknown facts have come to light about our fishy friend. Due to an increased need to find new species to farm Sissel Jentoft has attempted to answer many of the myriad questions needed in order to farm perch
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Salmon leaping for their survival
Date: 05.02.2005
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The salmon is now one of Ireland's rarest fish, but in one of the Republic's rivers they could become rarer still.
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Tropical fish caught on the artic coast
Date: 05.02.2005
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One of the worlds most prized deep sea warm water species has been caught of the west coast of Norway… The outer island is a buzz with the fact that a local lad has netted a John dory.
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Weak salmon season, not this bad since 97.
Date: 31.01.2005
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By the end of the 2004 season it was official that it was the worst year recorded since the 97 season. Sports fishermen have been disappointed by the low numbers of fish entering our rivers. Nationally 404,000 kilograms of salmon and sea-trout were caught in our rivers.
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Sri Lanka reefs 'survive tsunami'
Date: 26.01.2005
Source: BBC News
Coral reefs around the coast of Sri Lanka may have suffered much less damage from the Indian Ocean tsunami than was initially feared, early surveys have suggested.
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ONE MONSTROUS CARP CAN BE WORTH $1 MILLION
Date: 20.01.2005
Source: Empire Information service
BARTLESVILLE, OK -- (01/19/2005; 1100)(EIS) -- The American Carp Society announced today that the association is placing a bounty of $1 million on a single carp which breaks the New York State record of 50 pounds, 4 ounces during the World Carp Championship (WCC) on the St. Lawrence River in Northern New York early this summer.
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Sogn Fjord had average season
Date: 19.01.2005
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The 2003 river fishing has long since been closed and the official results have been published. The best way to describe these figures is average. In total 25817 kilograms of fish were caught in the rivers of county Sogn and Fjordane.
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Farmer fined for mass sea-trout deaths.
Date: 17.01.2005
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Larvik: In the eastern states of Norway a farmer has admitted to killing over 80 sea-trout in Foldvikbekken (foldvik creek). Now the local shire wishes to open the case again.
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