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  • The Collapse of Atlantic Cod in the Oslofjord

    Atlantic cod in the Oslofjord have been declining for years, leading the Norwegian government to close large parts of the fjord to fishing from 2026. However, few quantitative estimates of how much the population had fallen have been available. A recent study (Langangen et al. 2026) from the Department of Biosciences at UiO addresses that gap.

  • The small fish that rules the Barents Sea: How predators depend on capelin

    In a paper published in MEPS (Durant et al. 2026) we look at how important capelin Mallotus villosus are in the diets of major predators in the Barents Sea — including cod, haddock, saithe, minke whales, harp seals, kittiwakes, and guillemots — and how that importance changes when another key prey, such as krill, is more or less abundant.

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