Saka summarized Borgundfjord is an important spawning field for the endangered coastal cod. The governing powers have given the green light to dump 200,000 cubic stone in the fjord to expand the center. Fiskar Terje Ekornåsvåg fears that this will have catastrophic consequences for the spawning of the cod. The state manager in Møre og Romsdal has approved the plans, but has set strict conditions for the filling. The developer Kipervika Eiendom AS has implemented measures to minimize the damage and claim that the filling in the long term will repair the seabed. The Directorate of Fisheries has not said no to the plans, despite uncertainty about the consequences. The summary is created by a Ki-service from Openai. The content is quality assured by journalists from news before publishing. Sunnmøringen Terje Ekornåsvåg (65) has been fishing since he was 13 years old. Now he fights for the future of coastal cod. Just outside Ålesund town is the Borgundfjord – which is considered to be nationally important spawning grounds for the coastal cod. Because the cod for a quarter, at this time of year, enters the Borgundfjord to spawn, the fjord is filled up by small boats who want to get a cod on the hook during the traditional Borgundfjord fishing. Recently, developers got yes to dump 200,000 cubic rocks in the fjord to expand the center. This week, in the middle of the spawning season, the trucks are scheduled to start work on dumping large amounts of stone from the construction of the new Lerstad tunnel on the E39 close by. It has seen the mind in the cook. – For everyone who uses the fjord, this is a disaster for the future. We simply fear that this year’s spawning will be disastrous, when this activity starts, says Ekornåsvåg. Terje Ekornåsvåg is not pleased that it will be filled out in the spawning field of the coastal cod. Photo: Frederik Winness Ringnes / news What is coastal cod? Coastal cod is the terms of cod that finally stationary in the fjords along the entire Norwegian coast. Therefore, it differs from the scream which is a cod that wanders between a spawning area along the coast and an upbringing area that can be far away. Our scream has its primary growing area in the Barents Sea. There is a difference between coastal cod from different fjords and different parts of the coast. This is essentially that many stocks spawn in the fjords, and that fry and juvenile are very city bounds. Several of the stocks of coastal cod are greatly reduced in the number. The fisheries management has divided the coastal cod into two parts: south of 62 degrees north, and north of 62 degrees north. The stocks of southern coastal cod are very few, and in 2019 the Directorate of Fisheries introduced the peace of all cod along the Skagerrak coast from the Swedish border to Agder. The northern coastal cod is also over -enjoyed. North of 60 degrees is the challenge that it is difficult to distinguish the coastal cod from the numerous hiking scream, so that much coastal cod is caught in the traditional cruise. The International Marine Research Council (ICES) has recommended (in 2019) that it develops and sets up a reconstruction plan. (Source: Store Norske Leeksikon) – has seen abnormally strict conditions It is the state manager in Møre og Romsdal who has agreed to the disputed plans. The danger of unrest spawning means that it is normally not said to fill in the sea at this time of year. This year, however, they have given green light, between others out of the social benefit. Deputy Director Christian Dahl says they have made extra strict requirements. Photo: Remi Sagen / news – Why have they not put more emphasis on the fisheries interests in this case? – We have placed great emphasis on the fishing interests in this case, and that is why we have seen the abnormally strict conditions, says Dahl. This is where it will be filled with stone to expand the center of Ålesund. Photo: Frederik Winness Ringnes / news – But why doesn’t the state manager does not say no to this application? – We see that there is a need for the filling to happen now, and we believe that with the strict conditions we have seen, it is possible to implement itself if it is a spawning period. Dahl points out that the developer must install double submarine curtains that collect stone and dust splashes from the dumping. In addition, the developer must monitor the particle spreading with a underwater camera. This silt gardin is placed in Ålesund harbor to prevent contaminated mass from spreading when the harbor is filled with stone. Photo: Øyvind Sandnes / news Excruiting threatening cod Coastal cod is the endangered threat of the endorsement in Norway. Researchers have been alarming for a long time and recently suggested historically low quotas. It should prevent the fishermen from pulling up too much cod from the fjord. Christoph Einver is a researcher at Round Environmental Center. He says that the Borgundfjord is one of the most important spawning areas for coastal cod. Together with the Marine Research Institute, for more than ten years, they have monitored the coastal cod in the Borgundfjord. According to him, the surveys show that the stock keeps at a stable low level. In order to protect the stock, more measures have been implemented, among other things that professional fishing is not permitted in the Borgundfjord during the spawning time. Christoph Einver is a researcher at Round Environmental Center. Every year, they carry out sampling of cod eggs in the Borgundfjord together with the Institute of Marine Research to monitor the stock development of the coastal cod that come to the Borgundfjord to spawn. Photo: Arild Hareide / Arild Hareide Now the researcher is worried that it will be dumped stone in the fjord. – This is almost entirely at the top of the spawning, the majority are in the fjord, and then it is quite unfortunate that one to the dumping in the middle of a spawning field. He thinks they should have waited a month until the spawning is over. The Directorate of Fisheries is uncertain about the consequences, but also not the Directorate of Fisheries, who has given advice in the case, has said no to the plans, despite the fact that they are uncertain about the consequences: “It is uncertain how fine particles and pollution are spread and distributed in the spawning field for cod, and what possible influence it could cause”. Section Manager Tom Hansen, who has signed the letter, will not be interviewed about the case, but refers to the press department. Nor do they interview, and indicate that the relevant professionals are not available. It is from here the new Lerstad tunnel that the stone is picked up to fill in the center of Ålesund. Photo: Frederik Winness Ringnes / news – will repair Sjøbotn it is Kipervika Eiendom AS who has asked to fill out 200,000 cubic meters in the spawning field. Daily tenant Peter Johann Wahl Hareide says they have taken more measures to make it as careful as advice. Hareide says they had a long dialogue with the state manager before they got a license. – When they say that these measures that have been proposed are good enough, we must trust that it is correct, he says. He also points out that the seabed where the filling takes place is very polluted today, and says the goal is for everything to be covered. “In the long run, it will repair seabed,” he claims. Peter Johann Wahl Hareide in Kipervika Eiendom says they trust the assessments of the state manager. Photo: Frederik Winness Ringnes / news says he speaks for cod Terje Ekornåsvåg does not look as bright on the prospects, and he thinks it is too late to stop the filling. – I speak for everyone, not only professional fishermen, but everyone who uses the fjord, and I also talk for the Borgundfjord cod and the coastal cod, who do not have a voice, he says. Terje Ekornåsvåg says he must vote for the cod. Photo: Frederik Winness Ringnes / news Published 14.03.2025, at. 05.19
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