BARENCEVO SEA

The sea is located within the continental shallows and is therefore relatively shallow. The average depth is 229 m, the maximum is 600 m. Depths over 400 m make up only 3% of the area, and shallow waters with depths up to 200 m make up 48%. The bottom has a very complex topography: hills and banks alternate with underwater valleys and depressions. The Barents Sea shelf is the widest in the world. It stretches from south to north for 700 miles.

The system of constant currents in the Barents Sea is influenced by many factors. The main ones are the constant influx of warm Atlantic waters, water exchange with neighboring seas and the complex bottom topography.

The heat content of the water masses of the Barents Sea is determined mainly by the influx of warm Atlantic waters, solar heating and heat loss in the autumn-winter period. It changes from year to year. This is due to pulsations of the North Cape Current and the degree of summer heating. When these processes weaken, the pressure of water masses from the north increases, which adversely affects the distribution and concentration of bottom fish in the shallow waters of the southern part of the Barents Sea.

Having many features of the Arctic seas, the Barents Sea is closely connected with the North Atlantic Ocean. The so-called Icelandic Low and the Arctic region of high atmospheric pressure interact here. The North Atlantic Current and its branches have a significant influence on the climate. This geographical location determined the complexity of the climate and hydrological regime of the Barents Sea.

The climate of the sea, in comparison with other Arctic seas, is characterized by mild winters, large amounts of precipitation and relatively high air temperatures in summer. In the coldest month of the year - February - the air temperature averages -25° in the north of the sea and -5° in the southwest. In August, the warmest month, the average air temperature is 0° in the north and +10° in the southwest.

In winter, northern winds with a force of 10–11 m/sec predominate; in summer, the direction of the winds is inconsistent, and their strength is approximately 2 times lower. In the Barents Sea there are frequent fogs, snow accumulations (even in June) and increased cloudiness.

Coastal waters are rich in various living organisms that serve as food for fish. There are significant thickets of green, red and especially brown algae, among which ascophyllum, a number of species of fucus and kelp stand out.

The ichthyofauna of the Barents Sea includes 114 species of fish: marine, migratory, and found only in desalinated areas of rivers. They are divided into Arctic, warm-water-Arctic and warm-water. The Arctic ones include: navaga, cod, blue and spotted catfish, black halibut; warm-water arctic - cod, haddock, striped catfish, halibut, flounder, ruffe, capelin; to warm-water ones - blue whiting, herring, pollock, flounder, ruffed fish, etc.

In terms of the number of species, the richest families are cod (19), flounder (9), salmon (7) and goby (12).

The Barents Sea is characterized by ebbs and flows, the height of which is 4 m. Thanks to them, there are strong currents in the narrow bays - lips. During high tide, whole schools of fish - cod, pollock, flounder, haddock and others - rush to the shore in search of food. This is the most favorable time for fishing with sports and amateur gear. Fishing at depths is not very accessible due to harsh conditions.

About some fish

Cod. Among the bottom fish of the Barents Sea, cod is the most important species. It breeds off the northwestern coast of Norway and feeds in a wide area of ​​the southern part of the Barents Sea and the Medvezhinsko-Spitsbergen region.

The body of cod, like other cod, is more or less elongated, covered with small cycloid scales. Fins without spines, with segmented rays. The lateral line is white. The upper jaw protrudes strongly forward. The antennae on the chin are well developed. The color varies greatly from dark, ash-gray to greenish-gray and red with spots of dark, gray-brown, yellow and other colors.

The approach of cod to the spawning grounds usually begins in the second half of February and ends in early May. The largest and oldest cod appear on the spawning grounds first. The caviar is floating.

In the first years of life, cod makes only seasonal movements in feeding areas - coastal shallow waters. At the age of 3–4 years, cod gather in large schools, and at the age of 4–5 years they already move considerable distances.

In feeding areas and during migrations, cod stays not only near the bottom, but also in the water column.

In summer, cod lives on banks, adhering to a 200-meter isobath. In winter it usually slides to great depths.

In spring, large numbers of cod enter the southern Barents Sea from the west and move east as the water warms. Here, on the banks, it feeds intensively during the summer and, with the onset of winter cold, begins its return migrations to the west, to spawning grounds off the coast of Norway. Schools of immature cod remain in the Barents Sea for the winter. The paths of food migrations coincide mainly with the direction of currents. In spring and autumn, cod makes daily vertical migrations.

Cod grows quickly. The age limit for cod should be considered 22 years. Some cod may live longer. Thus, in July 1945, a cod was caught in the Barents Sea at the age of 24 years, 169 cm long, weighing 40 kg.

The basis of nutrition is capelin, polar cod, their own juveniles and juveniles of other fish, flounder, ruffed fish, lumpenus, gerbil and other fish. Kapshak and shrimp play an important role in nutrition.

Salmon. It breeds in the rivers of the Kola Peninsula, Karelia and the coast of the Arkhangelsk region, washed by the White and Barents seas. The female salmon digs nests in the pebbly soil of the river, lays eggs there, which are immediately fertilized by the males, and fills the nest with pebbles. After spawning, some of the spawned fish die, some overwinter in the river, and after the ice disintegrates and is carried out of the river, they roll into the sea. Some individuals, after feeding in the Barents, Norwegian and White Seas, return to their native rivers to spawn again.

After hatching from eggs and emerging from pebble nests, juvenile salmon grow and develop in the river for up to three or four years, after which they slide into the sea and go to feeding grounds located in the Barents and Norwegian Seas.

Salmon feeding at sea lasts from one to three or even more years. The size and weight of fish entering the rivers depends on the feeding time. After a year of feeding at sea, salmon (called tinda) weighs 2–2.5 kg, after two years - 3–3.6 kg. Fish that have fed in the sea for more than three years reach a weight of 9–12 kg, and some specimens even weigh 40 kg. But such giants are rare.

Sport fishing for salmon is allowed only on a few rivers flowing into the Barents and White Seas. These on the Kola Peninsula include the Titovka, Belousikha, Voronya, Kuzreka and Kanda rivers. Salmon fishing is carried out under licenses purchased for a fee from the Murmansk Regional Society of Hunters and Fishermen and from the Murman Fish Farm.

Brown trout. The closest relative of salmon is an equally interesting object of sport fishing. Its numbers have decreased noticeably in recent years. Brown trout have a residential lake form and a migratory form. At a certain age, the latter rolls into the sea and feeds there, like salmon, but unlike salmon, it does not go far and stays close to its native river. Resident lake trout reach a weight of 2 kg or more, while migratory trout gain even more weight.

There is no specialized sport marine fishery for trout, but it can be caught at the mouths of those rivers that are allocated for sport fishing for salmon under a license issued for salmon fishing.

Loach. In addition to salmon and brown trout, anadromous char, the most cold-loving form of salmon fish, can be an object of sport fishing in the Barents Sea basin. Char breeds in the rivers of the Kola Peninsula, the north of the Arkhangelsk region, Novaya Zemlya, flowing into the Barents and Kara seas, and fattens in the sea before coming to the rivers to spawn. Char reaches a weight of 2–3 kg. It is caught in the same way as salmon and brown trout, in the estuaries of rivers when moving from the sea to rivers for feeding.

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The marine component of the Northern Fisheries Basin of the Barents Sea and surrounding areas is one of the cleanest and least affected by human activity marine ecosystems, rich in various species of fish (more than 150) and invertebrates. The most commercially important fish are cod, haddock, pollock, halibut, Atlantic herring, flounder, catfish, capelin, and shrimp.

Deputy General Director for Development of Federal State Unitary Enterprise Natsrybresurs Evgeniy Marchuk

Fishing in the Barents Sea

Regional features include the significant influence on the nature of fishing activities in the Northern Basin of the international legal regime of maritime spaces and regulation of fisheries. Russian fishing enterprises operate in the Exclusive Economic Zone of Russia, economic zones of foreign states, and areas of international agreements (conventions).

It should also be noted that almost the entire catch of bottom species undergoes primary processing and cutting at sea on fishing vessels, and a significant part is frozen in ship conditions.

Industrial fishing in Russia is almost entirely carried out on quota-bound biological objects, with more than half of the extracted resources coming from foreign economic zones.

The most important commercial resources of the Barents and eastern Norwegian Seas - cod and haddock (80 percent of the raw material base) - are transboundary and are jointly managed by Russia and Norway.

Cooperation in the field of fisheries is carried out on the basis of intergovernmental agreements, and practical work is carried out within the framework of the joint Russian-Norwegian Fisheries Commission (RNC).

At the annual sessions of the SRNA, the TACs for cod, haddock, capelin and other commercial species are established, the volumes of catch of cod and haddock are distributed between the fishermen of the two countries, as well as the catch quotas of third countries are established, the basic measures (rules) of fishing regulation are approved, which must be observed by fishermen all countries fishing in the area covered by the agreement...

It should be noted that the stocks of the main bottom fishing objects of the basin are in satisfactory condition, and some (cod) are in good condition.

Non-fish species

Among the non-fish species, the most important species are the Kamchatka crab, the snow crab - opilio, the Icelandic scallop, as well as the northern shrimp, the commercial importance of which has decreased in recent years due to its mass consumption by cod.

It is well known that the efficiency of development of aquatic biological resources is determined not only by the state of reserves, but also by the technical condition of the mining fleet, the level of its power supply, which allows the use of modern technologies for fish production and processing.

According to available data, the operating fishing fleet of the Northern Basin, engaged in fishing for cod and haddock (with inevitable bycatch), includes about 160 medium-tonnage and small-tonnage coastal fishing vessels.

Vessels in service are characterized by significant physical and moral wear and tear; their average age is about 28 years. Their outdated designs do not allow the use of the latest processing technologies and ensure comprehensive, complete processing of raw materials and the production of products with high added value.

One of the vessels operating in the basin is the fishing SRTMk M-0170 "Pinro-2". This is the only production vessel in the basin, the owner of which is the state, and is under the economic control of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Natsrybresurs".

Built (under a different name) at the Kiev shipyard, it was completed in 1998 in the city of Nikolaev, and is the last fishing vessel in a large series of Project 502 EM vessels.

It was transferred to the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Natsrybresurs" by a decision of the authorized federal executive body in September 2002. The operational management of the vessel "PINRO-2" is carried out by the Murmansk branch of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Natsryresurs".

As part of the development of quotas allocated by the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "National Fish Resources", the vessel "Pinro-2" carries out the extraction and primary processing of cod, haddock and other commercial objects.

In 2002-2006, the vessel worked in the Barents Sea and surrounding areas to fulfill established catch quotas, and also participated in scientific research on cod, haddock and halibut.

At the end of 2006, the vessel's RMRS classification documents expired and before being moved to the port of Murmansk, it was in Norway in the port of Kirkenes. In November 2010, major repairs began on the ship to renew the classification documents for the right to sail.

In June 2013, Pinro-2 was towed to the port of Murmansk to complete repairs, which were carried out at the Murmansk ship repair enterprise SevTechComp.

Despite technical difficulties (after a long period of downtime) and the difficult economic situation, FSUE "Natsrybresurs" carried out a class repair of the vessel PINRO-2.

Russian Maritime Register of Shipping

Thus, after almost seven years of inactivity and dilapidation, the vessel, having successfully completed all the necessary formalities, received classification documents from the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping.

On March 6, 2015, the fishing vessel "Pinro-2", staffed by a professional crew and headed by an experienced captain I.V. Bashkirov, fully equipped with ship supplies, various supplies, fishing gear and other equipment, began to develop the catch quotas for bottom fish species established for 2015 in the Russian Economic Zone.

The first cargo of finished frozen products in the amount of 218.8 tons was delivered to the port of Murmansk on April 5. During 2015, the vessel went to sea to fish eight times. The total catch of bottom fish species amounted to about 2071 tons, almost 1510 tons of products were produced. The allocated quotas have been fully utilized. The ship returned from its last voyage on December 14, 2015.

All finished high-quality fish products entered the domestic market.

It should be noted that in order to maximize the use of the resource base of the basin, an agreement was concluded with the Barents-White Sea territorial department of the Federal Fisheries Agency for the use of sea flounder, for which a catch quota is not established. About 135 tons of this commercial object were produced.

The not very impressive result is due to the fact that, due to its technical capabilities, additional equipment cannot be installed on the vessel, the presence of which would almost double the efficiency of catching sea flounder.

At the same time, the ship did not stay at the berth and did not “eat up” the funds received from the sale of products.

The ship left for its first voyage in 2016, after the next Register survey and minor repairs, on February 9.

First catches in the Barents Sea

A stable fishing situation is expected in the Barents Sea in 2016. Although the sea is an element, the weather is an unpredictable thing.

The first catches in 2016 have so far confirmed the good commercial status of cod and haddock stocks in the area of ​​the western slope of the Goose Bank (not far from the western coast of Novaya Zemlya), where the vessel is fishing. The catches are dominated by cod weighing from 1 to 2 kilograms.

Although the catches include quite a lot of cod weighing from 7 to 15 kilograms. Haddock is generally between 1 and 2 kilograms. This indicates not only increased commercial stocks, but also insufficient fishing activity in terms of catching fish of the maximum age.

At the same time, today, unfortunately, older fishermen also work at the relatively middle-aged commercial fishery "Pinro-2" (but younger than many others). The average age of fishermen is 45-50 years. There are very few young people. The shortage of personnel is getting stronger and stronger every year. To whom should the experience of many generations of fishermen be passed on? And this is an invaluable experience. There are no textbooks, books on how, where and when to fish in the Barents Sea.

Although in recent years a lot of work has been done in the industry to increase the prestige of the fishing profession, as well as to build a new highly efficient fishing fleet, this process requires acceleration, because we do not have such a long period of time to correct the situation in returning Russia to the world leaders in marine fishing. Our competitors are not standing still either.

Deputy General Director for Development of Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Natsrybresurs"

BARENCEVO SEA.

Geographical location. Bottom relief.

The Barents Sea is limited from the north by the archipelagos of Spitsbergen and Franz Josef Land, from the west by Bear Island, from the east by Novaya Zemlya, and from the south by the mainland (from Cape North Cape to the Yugra Ball). In its configuration, it resembles a rhombus, the meridial axis of which is 1300-1400 km, and the latitudinal axis is 1100-1200 km.

The area of ​​the Barents Sea is estimated at 1360 thousand km 2. The sea is located within the continental shallows and is therefore relatively shallow. The greatest depth of the sea is 548 m. This depth is located in the western part of the sea, between the meridians 20 and 21°. As you move east, the depths decrease. The average sea depth is 199.3 m.

The Barents Sea is a part of the European continent, which in a relatively late era sank and was flooded with the waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Traces of river valleys are still preserved in the contours of the bottom. This is also proven by the relatively shallow depths, the flat, slightly hilly bottom topography (banks), the presence of long and wide valleys (troughs) and the geological commonality of the island rocks with the continental rocks limiting this sea.

The deepest trench is between the mainland and Bear Island. The depths here reach 500 m. The second trench runs between the Bear Islands and Spitsbergen. There is less depth here. The third trench is between Spitsbergen and Franz Josef Land and the fourth is between Franz Josef Land and Novaya Zemlya. In addition, in the middle of the sea there is a vast depression with a depth of about 400 m.

Shallow waters - the central upland, the Perseus upland, the Spitsbergen Bank, the Novaya Zemlya shallow water, the Kaninsko-Kolguevsky shallow water, the Murmansk shallow water, the Goose Bank - are separated by gutters and depressions. Depths in shallow waters do not exceed 200 m, usually ranging from 100 to 200 m. Shallow waters and banks are the main fishing areas in the Barents Sea.

Of the rivers flowing into the Barents Sea, the most significant is. Smaller rivers are , , (Motovsky Bay), , (Kola Bay), Indiga, , Chesha and others ()

Banks and soil.

The soils of the Barents Sea are mainly not of oceanic origin, but of terrigenous origin - sands, silty sands, sandy silts. In addition, in the Barents Sea there are soils of autochthonous origin. In the western part of the Barents Sea, the soils are dense, in the southwestern part spiculose silt was deposited, in the southeastern part there are yellow soils - the result of river removal, in the northern part there are brown soils containing a lot of iron and manganese.

The shores of the Barents Sea in the southwestern part of the fiord type are high, steep, composed of ancient crystalline rocks. These are the shores of Finnmarken in Norway. The Murmansk shores of Russia are also of fiord type. From Cape Kanin Nos to the east the shores are sloping and low.

Of the bays, the largest are Motovsky, Kola, of the bays - Teriberskaya, Cheshskaya with the inner, smaller Indigskaya Bay.

Hydrology.

For the Barents Sea, water exchange with the ocean is of great importance. The Gulf Stream waters emerging from the Gulf of Mexico give rise to the warm Atlantic Current, the branches of which penetrate into the Norwegian and Barents Seas. At the border of the Barents Sea, south of the Medvezheostrovskaya Bank, the Atlantic Current will split into the Spitsbergen and North Cape branches. The Svalbard branch, more powerful, is directed further in the form of a deep (covered by Arctic water) current into the polar basin, where it forms a warm intermediate layer. This layer was first discovered by Nansen and explored by the Papaninites during their drift on the ice floe in 1937.

The waters of the North Cape branch enter the Barents Sea between Bear Island and Cape North Cape. Due to the peculiarities of the bottom topography, this branch splits into 4 jets. Of particular importance are two southern jets that affect the water regime of the southern part of the sea. The coastal, Murmansk, branch runs along the shores of Murman, heading from the North Cape to the Kanin Peninsula. The second branch runs further north and its waters reach Novaya Zemlya. This flow scheme was established by N.M. Knipovich in 1906. Later, in the thirties, other Russian researchers made some additions to this scheme that did not change the essence of the scheme established by N.M. Knipovich.

Warm (4-12°) and at the same time saltier (34.8-35.2 ‰) Atlantic waters, entering the Barents Sea and meeting local colder and less salty waters, form the so-called polar front. When waters of different physical composition meet, Atlantic waters cool and sink. Powerful vertical circulation causes abundant aeration of deep waters and the removal of nutritious organic substances to the surface layers. As a result, biological productivity in the polar front zone is especially high.

According to L.A. Zenkevich, benthos biomass in these areas reaches 600-1000 g per 1 m2, decreasing outside these areas to 20-50 g per 1 m2.

The Barents Sea, being a transitional sea between the Norwegian - north-boreal and Kara - Arctic seas, is characterized by a corresponding temperature: in the western part, even in winter, the water temperature is positive from the surface to the bottom. In the middle part of the northern half of the sea, even in summer only a thin surface layer warms up, and deeper water has a negative temperature. In the southern half of the middle part, at a depth of 200-250 m, the water warms up in summer to 1.5-2.0°. In the northeastern part of the sea in summer and at the surface, the water temperature remains low. Off the coast of Murman, the surface temperature in August, during the period of maximum warming, reaches 12°C and even slightly more. The lowest temperature is in the Barents Sea at a depth of 50-75 m.

The northern and eastern parts of the sea are covered with ice for a significant part of the year. The southwestern part does not freeze, as a result of which the Murmansk coast is accessible for ships in winter.

The summer ice boundary usually runs along the line Spitsbergen - the northern tip of Novaya Zemlya, but in different years this line either moves north or, conversely, goes further south.

Ichthyofauna. Industrial fishing.

In 1921, a participant in the Northern Scientific Fishing Expedition E.K. Suvorov, during trawl operations in the Barents Sea, first noted the warming of the Barents Sea. It affected the distribution of ice and the area of ​​ice cover. According to N.N. Zubov, the area of ​​ice cover decreased in 1921 -1931. by 20% compared to 1901 -1906. Warming also affected the distribution of aquatic organisms. Cod began to appear off the coast of Novaya Zemlya. For the first time, significant concentrations of commercial-sized cod were discovered by V.K. Soldatov in 1921 at 69°31′ north latitude and 57°21° east longitude, that is, far to the east, where this fish had not been discovered by anyone before. Cod was even recorded in the Kara Sea. Mackerel gar (Scomberesox saurus) is a southern fish. Previously, this fish did not come east of the North Cape, but in 1937 it was discovered off the coast of Novaya Zemlya. In eastern Murman, a previously unknown perciform fish (Brama rayi) was recently discovered.

In terms of diversity of animal population, the Barents Sea is the richest in the European part of Russia. It contains about 2,500 species, not counting the protozoa. There are 113 species of fish here. The entire animal population of the Barents Sea is divided into three zoogeographic groups: arctic, boreal or boreal-arctic and warm-water. The Arctic group, living at temperatures no higher than 2-3°C, includes some mollusks, in particular Joldia arctica, many echinoderms and about 20 species of cod fish, navaga, polar flounder, some eelpouts, etc.

The boreal-Arctic group, associated with warm currents, includes some mollusks, echinoderms, crustaceans and most commercial fish - cod, haddock, pollock, herring, sea bass, sea flounder, etc.

The warm-water group includes mackerel (mackerel), whiting (Odontogadus merlangus), and Argentina silus.

In terms of biological productivity, the Barents Sea is the most productive sea in the Arctic basin. In this regard, a huge number of fish from the North Atlantic Ocean come here to feed in the summer.

The richest areas were near the Medvezheostrovskaya Bank, in the zone between the 35th and 40th meridians, the Kanin Nos area and the area west and south of Novaya Zemlya. These areas coincide with the polar front lines. The unproductive areas are the northern, northeastern and western.

Of the 113 species of fish living in the Barents Sea, 97 are marine, 13 are anadromous and 3 are mixed (living in both fresh and sea water). Among marine fish, approximately half are boreal-arctic, and about 20 species are arctic. The remaining marine fish species are accidental newcomers from temperate and even tropical seas. Over 40% of all fish species are found only in the western part of the sea. As you move east, the number of fish species decreases noticeably and in the eastern part it is approximately 50% of the total number for the Barents Sea.

Particularly abundant in the Barents Sea are cod (12 species), flounder (11 species), eelpout (13 species), and gobies (Cottidae) (10 species). Salmonids in the Barents Sea basin are represented by eight species.

About 20 species of fish are used commercially, and even then not to the full extent. These types include the following:

1. Cod (Gadus morhua).

2. Murmansk herring (Clupea harengus).

3. Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus).

4. Sea bass: golden (Sebastes marinus), beaked (Sebastes mentella), small (Sebastes viviparus).

5. Pollock (Pollachius virens).

6. Capelin (Mallotus villosus).

7. Catfish: spotted Anarhichas minor, striped Anarhichas lupus, blue An. latifrons.

8. Arctic cod (Boreogadus saida).

9. Navaga (Eleginus navaga).

10. Salmon (Salmo salar).

11. Char (Salvelinus alpinus).

12. Flounder: sea flounder (Pleuronectes platessa), ruffed flounder (Limanda limanda), river flounder (Pleuronectes flesus septentrionalis), ruff flounder (Hippoglossoides platessoides).

13. Halibuts: white (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) and black (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides).

14. Czech-Pechora herring (Clupea harengus pallasi suworowi).

15. Gerbil (Ammodytis hexapterus marinus).

16. Sharks: polar (Somniosus microcephalus), spiny shark (Squalus acanthias).

17. Star stingray (Raja radiata).

The main commercial fish of the Barents Sea: cod, herring, haddock, sea bass.

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Barencevo sea

The water area of ​​the Barents Sea is 1,400 thousand km2, the volume of water is 332 thousand km3. Its maximum depth is 600 m, the average depth is about 200 m. For the most part, the Barents Sea is located on a plateau with depths of less than 200 m, and depths of more than 500 m are only in the trench protruding from the west. In the eastern shallow waters there are several bottom rises - “cans”. From the west, the waters of the warm Atlantic Current penetrate into the sea with a water temperature of 4-12 °C and a salinity of 34.8-35.2 ppm, so the southwestern part of the sea does not freeze in winter. The waters of the western part of the sea are heated to the bottom, but in the middle and eastern parts of the sea 7/8 of the water column is with negative temperatures. In one day, between Cape North Cape and Bear Island, about 150 km3 of warm Atlantic water penetrates into the Barents Sea, 2/3 of which then turns first to the north and then back to the west. Only an insignificant part of them ends up through the Kara Gate into the Kara Sea.

The water surface temperature in the Barents Sea in winter (February) is 3-5°, and in summer it rises. At the junction of warm and cold water masses, a powerful vertical circulation occurs and the so-called “polar fronts” are formed, where, as a result of good aeration of the deep layers and the removal of nutrients to the surface, the enhanced development of plankton and benthos occurs, and nektonic hydrobionts accumulate - fishery objects. In the Barents Sea, the species composition of fish (ichthyofauna) includes 150 species from 41 families. Three ecological groups of species can be distinguished here: 1) boreal (temperate-warm-water), 2) moderate-cold-water and 3) arctic.

There are about 17 commercial fish species, most of them are boreal, for example, Atlantic herring, salmon, cod, haddock, pollock, sea bass, halibut. These species make up up to 80% of the total fish catch in the Barents Sea. They breed, as a rule, off the coast of Norway, and their young feed directly in the Barents Sea. Arctic fish (arctic shark, small-vertebrate herring, navaga, halibut, polar flounder, smelt) are distributed mainly in the eastern, colder part of the Barents Sea and in the White Sea. Their commercial importance is relatively small.

Moderately cold-water fish have a slightly higher weight than Arctic fish in local fishing: capelin, rays, catfish, etc. However, the main role in the fishery is played by only six species, which make up 95% of the total catch in the reservoir: cod, haddock, cod, sea ​​bass, herring and capelin.

Average fish productivity in the Barents Sea is about 4.5 kg/ha (about four times higher than in the White Sea). At the end of the 70s of this century, catches in the Barents Sea were maximum and reached almost 0.9 million tons, but later they decreased significantly as a result of excessive fishing pressure and low productivity of generations of fish such as capelin, herring, cod, haddock, sea bass, etc. The ratio of species in catches also changed: so, if before 1976 the basis of the catch of the USSR were cod and sea bass, valuable in nutritional terms, then after 1977 capelin became the basis of catches (70-90% of catches ). Later, capelin stocks also fell sharply, which dealt an indirect “blow” to cod, since capelin is the main source of food for cod. In addition, during the capelin fishery, large numbers of juveniles of other valuable fish species were caught using small-mesh fishing gear. As a result of all this, the Barents Sea has lost its former great economic importance for us, but after the restoration of the reserves of valuable species, this importance, presumably, will be restored.

How to get to the fishing spot:

The most convenient and cheapest way to get to Teriberka is by car. To make it profitable and comfortable for you on the road, there must be three people in the car (two drivers are required).

Why exactly three people and at least two drivers in the car?
This number of people allows you to comfortably get to Teriberka, without long stops. One driver drives the car, the second one takes a nap lying in the back seat, and the third participant provides backup.
*These are our recommendations based on experience, you make your own decision about the trip. You can go alone, but will it be safe? And you will have to pay for all the gasoline yourself. You shouldn’t put passengers in all the seats, you will deprive people of comfort and you most likely will not have enough trunk space for things and loading fish on the way back.

How many kilometers to Teriberka?
- from Vyborg 1550 km.
- from St. Petersburg 1400 km.
- 2000 km from Moscow.

How long does it take to get to the fishing spot?
- the road from St. Petersburg usually takes 18-26 hours, depending on road conditions, snacks, stops for photography, rest.

How much does it cost to buy gasoline?
- on average, a round trip for gasoline costs 15,000 rubles. to the car.

If I don’t have a car or don’t want to drive my own, how can I get to Teriberki?
There are several options:
- if there are free seats in the cars of other participants and the owner wishes, you can be taken with them.
- encourage friends who have a car to travel.
- buy a plane or train ticket to Murmansk, so as to be in time for the exit to the sea, order a transfer to Teriberka. In this option, there are disadvantages: due to weather conditions, the road may be closed, then there is a high probability of being late to Murmansk at the right time. And an interesting question arises: how to bring the caught fish?

Tackle for sea fishing on the Barents Sea in Teriberka.

A reminder for those who want to buy equipment for sea fishing. This article contains purely personal recommendations based on many years of experience. We'll tell you what gear we use and explain why.

What does sea fishing gear consist of?
Spinning rod, sea reel, braided cord, equipment - single hooks, carabiners, rings, punda with tee.

Spinning rod for sea fishing in the Barents Sea.
The length of the spinning rod must be no less than 1.6 meters and no more than 2.1 meters with a dough weight of 300 to 1000 grams. With a large test, you can drag the fish without fear that something will break, but the pleasure of fishing is proportionally reduced by the test. But with a small dough the opposite is true. The rod is very sensitive, every jerk is felt, but you need to be careful with sudden movements, the spinning rod may not withstand excessive jerks.
The longer the rod, the more jerking the fish is felt, with a long rod it is not very convenient on the boat, it will get in the way everywhere, it is more difficult to untangle, and it is more difficult to lift the fish on board.
You need to find a middle ground for yourself; there is no ideal option.

There are two options for spinning rods with rings or rollers. Each has its own pros and cons

Pros and cons of spinning rods with rollers:
The main advantage of rollers is that they withstand blows and throwing of a spinning rod very well, and this very often happens on an iron vessel when pulling out fish. It is believed that a spinning rod with rollers rubs the braid less. The downside is that sometimes the cord jumps off the rollers and gets stuck; you definitely need to keep an eye on this.
Sea rod Mystic Heavy Pilk 59EH (175 cm, 500-1000g)

Sea fishing rod Surf Master Commander with rollers 1.65m (300-700g)

Pros and cons of spinning rods with rings:
Silent and lightweight, rarely found with large dough and small long ones. Very often, inserts in rings fly out and break during transportation and fishing. You should always carefully place the spinning rod on the deck.
Sea rod Maximus Deep Hunter 210H

Recommendations:
- be sure to immediately disassemble the spinning rod and wash it in fresh water immediately after each fishing trip.
- The end of the handle must be equipped with an axial rotation locking cross.
- The thicker the handle, the more comfortable it is.
- It is advisable to have an aluminum ring for attaching the coil.

Marine reel.
The best reel in terms of price-quality-reliability ratio Penn Comander pro 30. For many years the reel has not failed.

Recommendations:
- be sure to lubricate the mechanisms after each fishing season

- More comfortable thick handle
- The more bearings a reel has, the better.
- Mandatory presence of a line layer.
- The reel must hold at least 250 meters of braided fishing line with a diameter of 0.4 - 0.8 mm.

Cord
Braided cord should be selected with a diameter of 0.4 to 0.8 mm. The breaking load must be at least 30 kg. The fishing line is not suitable for sea fishing, since it stretches during sharp swings of the rod, and the equipment practically does not move at depth.
Recommendations:
- Take a cord with a color change every 10 meters. You can easily determine the depth and level of reeling of the bait.
- The most common cord diameter is 0.5 mm. with a breaking load of at least 45 kg.
- Use special knots for the cord


- It’s better to buy a winding of 300 meters.
- The cord is a consumable item, there is no point in buying very expensive ones.

Equipment
The equipment consists of a spoon and one or two single hooks.
We use “pondas” with a tee and no more than two hooks in the suspension.
“Pundas” have a relatively large weight - from 500 grams. up to 1 kg. The most optimal weight is 700 grams. This weight is necessary for the “punda” to sink to the bottom as quickly and smoothly as possible without interfering with other fishermen; very often in the Teriberka area there are strong undercurrents, light tackle will be carried away and you will constantly get confused with your partners.
The size of “Punda” is from 15 to 30 cm, this is the approximate size of capelin, herring and juvenile cod. We recommend making “Pundas” yourself from stainless steel pipes and filling them with lead; it will be much cheaper than store-bought ones.
“Punda” is equipped with a large, strong tee no less than No. 12. The larger the hook, the easier it is to pull it out of the fish’s mouth. You can attach a red cambric to the tee.
The tackle is equipped with a suspension, one or two single hooks with red cambrics of at least size No. 10, tied to the main cord on short leashes at a distance of 50-80 cm from each other above the “punda”.
The gear should look like this:
Cord, swivel, carabiner, rig with two hooks, carabiner, swivel ring, punda, ring, swivel, ring, tee
Recommendations:
- do not buy cheap and Chinese fittings, everything breaks and bends.

How to catch?
Fishing takes place using vertical lures. At the captain’s signal, the tackle is lowered to a depth, usually 1–2 meters from the bottom. Next, you need to jerk the spinning rod sharply and rhythmically. The amplitude of the strokes should be 1-2 meters. During the flashing process, we change the speed, amplitude, and try different options. When changing the fishing location, the captain gives a signal and everyone lifts the gear on board.

What time do we start and finish fishing?

Since ancient times, Teriberka has been considered the most profitable place for sea fishing due to its proximity to the open sea. Capelin comes here to spawn, and this is a delicacy for cod. And the cod itself spawns here. From March to June, huge schools of fish gather in the Teriberka area and it is easy to catch them at depths from 20 to 120 meters.

07:30 - 08:00 from the port of Teriberka
- Boarding the boat
- Checking documents by border guards
- Vessel departure

Going to the fishing spot: Dolgaya Bay - 40 minutes, Cape Teribersky - 1 hour, Opasovo Bay - 1.5 hours, about. Kildin - 3 hours

At the request of guests, to prepare fish soup or other delicacies, you can hide from the excitement in the nearest lip. There you can fish in a calm atmosphere and clean the deck. At sea, as a rule, we don’t cook food, it’s rocky.

In case of stormy weather, force majeure, MORF exercisesThe captain makes his own decision to stop fishing and proceeds to the port.

18:00-20:00 Arrival in Teriberka

Checking the catch by a fish inspector
- Unloading the catch