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Survey Report from the Joint Norwegian/Russian Ecosystem Survey in the Barents Sea, August-October 2008, Volume 1

Full version http://www.imr.no/filarkiv/2009/11/imr-pinro_2009-1_til_web.pdf/en

Short version: http://www.regjeringen.no/upload/MD/Vedlegg/Svalbard%20og%20polaromraadene/imr-pinro_2009.pdf

This report was presented to the 15^th. Meeting of the Norwegian-Russian Environmental Commission on Monday 8^th December. This is the first time an evaluation has been made for the entire Barents Sea of the overall environmental status, and the conclusion of this report is a milestone in this cooperation. More than 130 experts from 20 Norwegian and 9 Russian institutes have contributed to the report.

This short version of this report is written to provide an easy accessible summary of the main findings in the full report. The report was initiated by the Joint Russian - Norwegian Commission on Environmental Cooperation and the work has been carried out in co-operation with the Joint Russian-Norwegian Fisheries Commission. The main objective is to provide a comprehensive description of the Barents Sea ecosystem using relevant scientific knowledge from both Russian and Norwegian scientists.