As Finland gets ready to assume the chairmanship of the Arctic Council this spring, it must bear in mind the need for reform and new thinking.

A dispute between Norway and the EU on commercial fishing rights to snow crab has escalated significantly, challenging Norway’s current Svalbard policy.

A large, new marine reserve in the Arctic Ocean – is it at all foreseeable? What would be the consequences for the Arctic states that control most of these waters today? FNI researchers will find these issues, and many more, on the agenda at this year’s Arctic Frontiers conference.

Salmon farming is a booming business in Norway and both the business and public authorities want expansion. However, a new research report concludes that current efforts at finding environmentally sound ways to expand meet with legal and constitutional challenges.

Research from the Fridtjof Nansen Institute is mentioned in one of the ten most read NRK news articles in 2016 – and is also included on a ‘top 100’ list of the most discussed scientific articles globally.