In a cover letter, NMFS regional administrator John Bullard cautioned that the study applies only to the way the Indian Point reactors currently operate, using the screens to block fish from being drawn into the plant with the millions of gallons of river water used for cooling.

WSJ: Feds: Relatively few fish die if NY nukes continue

The Association of Salmon Fishery Boards has called the project "recklessly irresponsible" and asked ministers to block further releases until the impact on fish stocks can be assessed.

BBC: Beavers arrive for spring release

This is the fourth round of negotiations for a new agreement for the management of shared fish stocks in the waters between the European Union countries and Norway, but one potentially stumbling block will be mackerel quotas.

BBC: EU-Norway fishing talks under way in Ireland