Hasvik

A salmon farm manager in Finnmark urges fishermen to report pearl necklace siphonophore (jellyfish) sightings after blooms caused skin and eye injuries and breathing problems in farmed salmon near Øksfjord/Hammerfest.

The glaciers in Finnmark, particularly the Øksfjordjøkelen, are melting rapidly, with significant shrinkage observed each year, raising concerns about climate change impacts.

Eastern Finnmark, on the coast of the Barents Sea has always proved to be the cleanest of all areas of testing in the North Atlantic. But not so any more.

A marine protected area manager reports finding multiple dead seabirds on Sørøya in northern Norway and says the cause needs to be investigated.

Exceptionally large cod catches off Loppa and Hasvik, Finnmark, are allowing many small and mid-size boats to fill their quotas within days, and a record year in turnover is expected. Local leaders say boats from across Norway have flocked to the area, with landings markedly higher than last year.

Heavy overnight rain in Loppa caused water to flood a private access road, leaving it badly damaged. The homeowner is seeking compensation after emergency repairs were needed.

In Øksfjord in northern Norway, divers and researchers restored parts of a kelp forest by systematically crushing sea urchins that had overgrazed the seabed into a “stone desert.” The project highlights how loss of predators like cod and wolffish helped sea urchins take over and how kelp can recover when grazing pressure is reduced.