If you're fishing in the Bering Sea, traffic may be in your backyard.There are two Arctic routes from the Pacific to the Atlantic. Both begin at Bering Strait.The fabled Northwest Passage heads via Alaska to the maze of Canada's Arctic Archipelago, then into Baffin Bay.The Northern Sea Route, or Northeast Passage, is via Siberia to Europe.Both are beginning to become viable commercial routes. Both mean more traffic for fishing boats in the Bering Sea. Oil, gas, and mining development is occurring along the length of both routes.The Northwest Passage: On Sept. 6, 2013, the panamax bulk carrier Nordic Orion sailed from Neptune Terminals in Vancouver with 73,500 metric tons of metallurgical coal on a historic voyage bound for Pori, Finland, via the Northwest Passage. The coal wasmined by Teck Resources Ltd. in the Canadian Rockies. The buyer was Ruukki Metals Oy of Finland. It was the first commercial cargo shipment through the route.
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