Fisheries Impacts on North Atlantic Ecosystems: Catch, Effort and National/Regional Data Sets
Some Information on Russian Catches in the Barents Sea and White Sea: 1950-1995
Vadim Mokievsky
P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of SciencesAbstract
Catch data for the Barents Sea and White Sea are given, containing reported and unreported data. Unreported catches mainly pertain to the 1950-1954 time period and were caught by the Murmansk trawling fleet. However, it is uncertain if some of the unreported catches reported relate to artisanal fisheries. Some information on catches of marine mammals are also given. Total landing for the trawl fishery in the Barents Sea are given for the time period 1961-1976, as well as for 1978, 1980 and 1985. It is possible to separate the catch taken from the White Sea and the Barents Sea, based on species distribution.