A couple of weeks ago, the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management (HaV) concluded in an investigation that two of the three seal species that inhabits Swedish waters are declining. The grey seal is increasing overall, but it has moved over to the Finnish side, the harbor seals are threatened by a total population crash, while the ringed seals have a stable population so far. Yet the government now wants to increase seal hunting to save the fish.
IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) slår i en ny rapport fast att om vi vill rädda hajar, rockor och havsmöss i vårt hav, måste vi få bukt med överfisket och bifångsterna.
Scientists warn that the significant coral bleaching, which the American weather agency NOAA warned about earlier this year, has spread to several places on earth.
I am now forbidden to fish for cod and the pike has disappeared from my bay. I'm looking for scapegoats. Who is responsible for the condition below the surface in the Baltic Sea? Small-scale professional fishermen along the east coast have been raising the alarm for several years that the herring has declined sharply. At the same time, the large-scale trawling in the open sea has continued to catch large quantities, which have gone directly to the fishmeal factories in Denmark.
The ocean is exposed to so many threats - but we must not give up hope for the future, says oceanographer Helen Czerski. By spreading knowledge about life below the surface, we can engage more people in the fight for a healthy ocean for future generations. We have to talk about it, says Helen Czerski…
Deep Sea's attention-grabbing film "The Power of the Sea" has set the debate about large-scale fishing in the Baltic Sea in high gear. In the days after Sunday's premiere on SVT, politicians, researchers, and environmental organizations have condemned the EU Council of Ministers and Sweden's Minister of Fisheries. The debaters claim that the ministers' decision, which is against the EU's fisheries law, threatens the herring in the Baltic Sea.
