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Latest Implementation Plans Online

NASCO considers that the provision of Implementation Plans, together with annual reporting of progress on actions contained within them, is one of the most valuable mechanisms that NASCO has developed....

Decision of the Council of NASCO on the Accession of the UK

The Council of NASCO has decided that the Convention for the Conservation of Salmon in the North Atlantic Ocean is open to accession by the United Kingdom of Great Britain...

Decision on NASCO Meetings

As we monitor the continuing uncertainty due to the Covid-19 pandemic with respect to restrictions on travel, and possible quarantine etc.,

NASCO Workshop for North Atlantic Salmon At-Sea Mortality

Reductions in marine survival have been implicated as the primary reason for the North Atlantic pattern of declines in Atlantic salmon abundance over the past five decades. With the goal...

Tag Return Incentive Scheme Winners

Winners of the Tag Return Incentive Scheme were announced at NASCO’s virtual Annual Meeting this year. The winner of the of £1,500 Grand Prize was Ståle Brevik from Trondheim, Norway....

Application by the United Kingdom to accede to NASCO

On 9 July 2020, the NASCO Secretariat received an email from the depository (the Council of the European Union) with an application by the United Kingdom to accede to NASCO,...

2020 Salmon Fishery in Greenland

The Government of Greenland has asked that a letter about the 2020 salmon fishery in Greenland be circulated to the West Greenland Commission. The letters states that ‘the 2020 fishing...

Regional fishery body secretariats’ network

NASCO’s Secretariat writes about highlights of the International Year of the Salmon 2019 in the magazine of the regional fishery body secretariats’ network (RSN). The magazine also includes information from...

West Greenland Sampling Programme – new procedures due to Covid-19

Each year, Greenlandic fishermen harvest Atlantic salmon from their coastal waters. These salmon originate from different individual rivers in North America, continental Europe, Iceland, and Greenland. Many of the salmon...

Minutes of Thirty-Seventh Annual Meeting Issued

The Minutes of the Council, Commissions and FAC are now available.

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