The northern bluefin tuna is one of the most valuable and endangered Atlantic fish species and almost never strays as far north as Iceland. When 12 of the giants turn up aboard and Icelandic trawler, eyebrows are raised.
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Bluefin tuna in Icelandic waters
Posted on 30 September 2011.
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Invasive crab arrived by ship, flourishing in Icelandic waters
Posted on 27 June 2011.
A new invasive species of crab is regularly being caught all around western Iceland, a decade or less after it first arrived in Icelandic waters.
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Endangered animal parts used as fishing lures
Posted on 17 April 2011.
Finnish Customs officials are investigating whether fishing tackle shops are illegally selling parts of endangered animals as lures. It is thought that some outlets are marketing bear fur and rare bird feathers as exotic flies.
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Baltic seals steal catch of the day from fishermen
Posted on 14 September 2010.
Greedy seals are leaving fishermen in Finland and Sweden with scraps, as they pick the nets clean and scoop the prize catches in the Gulf of Bothnia.
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