From the country's scientists, the practice of dumping
millions of tonnes of waste rock in deep Norwegian fjords is coming under close
scrutiny. The Norwegian Institute for Water Research is raising a sequence of
studies to assess the consequences. The three-year project being run by Nave
will try to describe those impacts more fully, but also look at strategies for
containment and recovery of the deposits.
The mining industry is an important sector for the Norwegian
economy, employing some 22,000 people. Prof Sweet man meticulous the study plan
through a session at the assembly devoted to deep sea protection imperatives in
the 21st Century. There's deep-water fishing and the most severe effects of
that would be bottom-trawling, which is widespread in certain parts of the
world.
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