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Mackerel now Greenland’s biggest fishery, offsetting drop in shrimp catches in 2013

Catches of mackerel, cod and lumpfish saw Greenland's overall catches of fish and shellfish rise last year despite a 10% drop in coldwater shrimp, until recently its biggest marine species in volumes

By Eva Tallaksen | June 30, 2014 08:46 BST
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Inshore halibut fishing in Greenland. Photo: Greenland's ministry for fishing, catch and agriculture.
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