Arctic Centre (University of Lapland, Rovaniemi) organizes 3rd workshop in the series ‘Arctic Ocean and coastal communities’ on February 16-17, 2015. The workshop is a great opportunity to bring together local and academic knowledge and in this way deepen our knowledge about Arctic fisheries.

Local/indigenous experts and practitioners from Norway, Russia, and Iceland will discuss together with researchers the ongoing changes in the marine environment of the Arctic Ocean and their relevance for the intricate relations between people, sea water and fish. Ethnographic accounts from different coastal activities (commercial and subsistence fisheries, marine mammal hunting, aquaculture, land based services for the fisheries sector, tourism) represent different coastal communities of the Barents -, Norwegian-, White-, Kara-, Laptev- and Labrador Seas.

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• Program and speakers
• Dr. Anna Stammler-Gossmann