Report of the September 2020 Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Council
The Report is now available and can be found here.
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West Greenland Commission TAG Prize Winner 2020
Mr Poul Zeeb receiving his TAG Prize Certificate from Mr Karly Lyberth, former Minister of Fisheries, Hunting and Agriculture on 1 October 2020 in the town hall of Maniitsoq, Greenland.
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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.,
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2020 Annual Reports of the Council and Commissions
The full Annual Reports of the 2020 Council and Commission Meetings are now available here
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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...
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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....
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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