The Norwegian Ministry of Fisheries has refused IMR's request for a scientific take of 60 Lagenorhynchus dolphins. The request is declined due to the large resources the hunt itself would require. Press release from the Ministry 2001.04.02 Annual IMR reports released IMR's annual reports on aquaculture, marine resources and the marine environment were released at a conference in Bergen last week.
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The overall aim of the project will be to describe and understand the patterns of distribution, abundance and trophic relationships of the organisms inhabiting the mid-oceanic North Atlantic, and identify and model ecological processes that cause variability in these patterns. Norway is hosting a CoML sponsored workshop 12-13 February 2000 to which around 30 experts from both sides of the Atlantic are invited. The aim is to form the basis for a multidisciplinary research effort that should significantly enhance the knowledge of this vast and poorly studied ocean area. This is a cooperation between the University of Bergen and Institute of Marine Research. A new EU-project.