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Öresund is a unique marine environment. In the waters between Denmark and Skåne, the sweet and oxygen-poor waters of the Baltic Sea meet the salty oxygen-rich water from the Kattegat. Trawl ban has been in place for almost 90 years…
Report: Marko T. Wramén
Whales, with their majestic appearance, enthrall most people, but human activity in the oceans makes it increasingly difficult for animals. Now the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is pulling the emergency brake, requiring special whale protection areas for the routes whales migrate along…
Text: Tomas Lauffs/TT
Photo: Johan Hallnäs/TT, Tony Wu/WWF
07:23
The eel is critically endangered, and now research says that all human impact on the eel must stop. But in southern Sweden, eel fishing is seen as a cultural tradition, and every autumn large parties are organized where it is cooked and served in different ways. How is it that Swedes continue to eat the critically endangered species? …
Reportage: Fanny Jönsson
Photo: Marcus Larsson, Robert Westerberg
Pictures of eels: Marko Wramén, Hans Berggren
UV Photo: Göran Ehlmé and Johan Candert
Editor: Alexandre Gobatti