1. BACKGROUND
2. DATA MONITORING
2.1. Data use
2.2. Databases
3. MONITORING THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT
3.1. Hydrography
3.2. Pollution
3.2.2. Anthropogenic matter
4. MONITORING THE PLANKTON COMMUNITY
4.1. Nutrients and chlorophyll a
4.2. Phytoplankton
4.3. Zooplankton
4.3.1. Mesozooplankton biomasses and spatial distributions
4.3.2. Calanus species abundances and composition along the Fugløya-Bear Island transect
4.3.3. Biomass indices and distribution of krill and amphipods
4.3.4. Biomass indices and distribution of jellyfish
4.3.5. Macroplankton trawls
5. MONITORING THE PELAGIC FISH COMMUNITY
5.1. Fish recruitment, fish distribution and abundance/biomass indices
5.2. Pelagic fish abundance and distribution
6 MONITORING THE DEMERSAL COMMUNITY
6.1 Fish communities (demersal fish)
6.2 Benthos and shellfish community
7 MONITORING OF INTERACTIONS BY DIET STUDY
8. MONITORING OF BIODIVERSITY
8.1. Plankton biodiversity
8.2. Invertebrate diversity
8.3. Fish biodiversity
8.3.1. Small non-target fish species
8.3.2. Indicator- Species
9. MARINE MAMMALS AND SEABIRD MONITORING
9.1. Marine mammals
9.2 Seabirds
10 SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS
10.1 Sampling of snowcrab
10.2 Testing of new pelagic trawl
10.3 Genetic and molecular sampling
10.4 Collection of Gonatus
11 APPENDIX 1 – VESSELS AND PARTICIPANTS
12 APPENDIX 2 FISH SAMPLING
13 APPENDIX 3 INVERTEBRATE SAMPLING
