Nature

Fish dams have been built all over Finland, with improved dam safety and new technology.

An exceptionally high number of dams and reservoirs have been restored throughout the country this year. The dams and reservoirs located in the territory of the Regional Development Agencies date back to the 1950s and 1970s.

Their construction has impeded fish migration and caused damage to water bodies.

This year, for example, fishing dams have been built, dam safety improved and technology upgraded in the counties of Ostrobothnia.

The background for improving dam safety is that changing climate conditions place ever greater demands on structures.

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“When we talk about global population decline, I would put insecticides at the top of the list,” says Professor Colin Favret of the University of Montreal. The city is hosting the International Conference on Nature.

The Quebec woods overlooking the lake look familiar to Finns. The forest’s contours are outlined by birches, spruces, a variety of pines and, of course, Canada’s iconic maple trees.

Just over an hour’s drive from the metropolis, you’ll find a winter silence broken only by human footsteps and the loud flapping of bird wings that startle them into flight.

It’s just that you won’t see any other animals here today. Beavers hibernate under the ice, coyotes scare people and foxes don’t show up, even though they’ve left their greetings on the slope.

Many insects overwinter in the slush layer under the thin snow. At the weekend, according to weather forecasts, it will snow more and the forest will take on its winter veil.

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The Norwegian authorities would like to ban salmon fishing altogether in the next fisheries regulation.

Representatives of the Finnish Sámi Parliament and the Teno Fishery Region are to withdraw from the Teno fisheries regulation negotiations.

According to them, the negotiations have been stalled by the Norwegian authorities’ insistence on a total ban on salmon fishing in the next fisheries regulation. The ban would be in force for 5-7 years.

The Teno fishing region has already decided to withdraw from the negotiations. The Sámi Parliament Board will discuss the matter at its meeting next week.

The Sámi assemblies and the Teno fishing area must notify the Government of their withdrawal through the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and ask their representatives to resign from the Finnish negotiating delegation.

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In Norway, intensive fishing of chum salmon in the sea and rivers is planned to prevent the invasive species from reproducing. The problem is how to remove chum salmon without endangering native Atlantic salmon.

There are fears of an increase in the Pacific invasive species along salmon rivers flowing into the Arctic Ocean in Norway and Finland.

According to the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK), the Norwegian government has earmarked 25 million kroner, or €2.4 million, for the fight against humpback salmon.

The Norwegian government, fisheries authorities, coastal fishermen and many politicians are now calling for an effective sea fishery for humpback salmon and for the catch to be sold on the fish market before the species reaches the rivers to spawn, reports NRK.

The organization representing more than a hundred Norwegian salmon rivers fears that the commercial fishing of humpback salmon will make it a valuable fish and treat it like another alien species, the king crab, which today is a million-dollar business protected by fishing quotas. The fear is that the humpback salmon would deplete the rivers of natural salmon populations.

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The power plant was bought by the Kuusinkijoki River Rehabilitation Association. The power plant will be shut down next summer and the river basin in the area will be restored and rehabilitated.

The Kuusinkijoki kuntoon association buys the Myllykoski small hydroelectric power plant on the Kuusinkijoki River in Kuusamo from Koskienergia for €3.8 million. The purchase agreement was signed in Helsinki on Thursday 15 December.

The power plant is due to be decommissioned in August next year and will be turned into a museum. The river basin of the hydroelectric power plant will be restored and after the restoration, the endangered Kuusinkijoki River trout will have a free migration route from Lake Pääjärvi in Russia to the eastern watersheds of Kuusamo.

Trash fish are caught out

The association plans to use the project to recruit professional fishermen to catch lower-value fish in estuaries such as Lakes Vuotunki and Suininkijärvi. The catches of roach and pike will make room for trout that are rising in the region’s waterways.

The river area of \u200b\u200bthe hydropower plant is to be renovated in such a way that water can flow in the area along the old Siilijoki riverbed.

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So far, many of the priorities of indigenous peoples are included in the UNFCCC text, but many countries are still searching for their policy on indigenous peoples.

Indigenous peoples account for 5% of the world’s population and 5% of the world’s biodiversity lives in areas inhabited by indigenous peoples.

Although it is impossible to classify different indigenous cultures into a strict category, the preservation of diversity is a sign of peoples’ respect for nature.

At the UNFCCC, indigenous peoples’ representatives have the right to speak and, with the support of states, can propose amendments to the text. However, they do not enjoy any real decision-making rights.

At the moment, the idea is not being implemented in the UN, although according to Holmberg, indigenous peoples have a stronger foothold in issues related to biodiversity than, for example, in climate negotiations.

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The shore water froze over at 7am on Wednesday, but there is still no access to the ice.

The Kallavesi River froze over on Wednesday 14 December at 7 am.

Snow on the ice slows down the consolidation of the ice and the detection of weak spots.

According to Lehtonen, boats that have been towed to the shore should be checked.

In the spring, the water level rises significantly from the current level. It can cause damage if the boat is not raised high enough.

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A seismologist confirms that the booms heard in Eno and Varkaus this week were earthquakes.

According to Oinonen, the earthquake east of Eno was a magnitude 2.3 earthquake.

– The quake has been very shallow, at a depth of 1-2 km.

The Varkaus earthquake, on the other hand, had a magnitude of 1.7.

– There has been another earthquake in Varkaus some time ago in a different place than this one on Sunday evening. It doesn’t shake very often there either.

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The seismometer measured the magnitude of the quake at 2.4 magnitude.

The loud bang heard in Eno on Tuesday night after 22:00 was an earthquake, reports Iltalehti.

The seismometer measured the magnitude of the quake at 2.4 magnitude.

The earthquake was heard and felt over a wide area, for example in Selkie, Kontiolahti.

The newspaper Karjalainen was the first to report on the crash.

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Domestic finfish caught in local waters outweighs the taste and ethics of Norwegian cassava salmon. However, most of the fish sold in Finland is imported.

In many homes, fish is part of the Christmas table. Salmon is eaten in many different forms, as is whitefish. For some, herring is the thing.

When Yle’s MOT published a story about Norwegian salmon farming in early November, it sparked a lively debate, even shock, at least on social media. How to reconcile ethics and Christmas traditions?

Most of the fish eaten in Finland is imported. Besides Norwegian salmon, another important import is rainbow trout, of which about half is still Swedish.

On the other hand, Finnish rainbow trout is a good choice at the fish counter, as the environmental impact of its cultivation has been significantly reduced. In Finland, rainbow trout farming is governed by strict environmental legislation and a permit system.

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