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Seal hunting part 8 – Why do we shoot seal and not porpoises?

Seal populations rebound after hunting ban and environmental efforts, sparking debate between conservation needs and the impact on fishing. Dive into the story....
Reportage: Lena Scherman
Editing: Alexandre Gobatti
Photo: Kimmo Hagman, Johan Candert, Leif Eiransson, Simon Stanford, Anders Kronborg, Lunds Universitet
06:34

Porpoise – Why does so many die?

In part two, we delve into the threats facing the small-toothed whales that inhabit Sweden's waters. Why are these porpoises becoming increasingly rare, and what...
REPORTAGE: MARKO T WRAMÉN
PHOTO: MARKO T WRAMÉN, SARA TORRES ORTIZ, JAKOB HØJER KRISTENSEN, LASSE/KULLEN DYK
EDIT BY: ANNA W THORBJÖRNSSON
06:34

Porpoise – Unique research in Lund, Sweden

Sweden's only whale is not easy to see. In the Baltic Sea it is acutely threatened, but outside Kullaberg there is a small colony. There,...
REPORTAGE: MARKO T WRAMÉN
PHOTO: MARKO T WRAMÉN, SARA TORRES ORTIZ, JAKOB HØJER KRISTENSEN, PER CARLSSON
EDIT BY: ANNA W THORBJÖRNSSON

Dead porpoise outside Blekinge was pregnant

A dead porpoise was found in the Blekinge archipelago in August. When the unusual find is now investigated, it turns out that the cause of...
Text: Anna Karolina Eriksson/TT
Photo: Paula Olson/AP Archive image
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Historical humpback whale and porpoise examined

62 dead seals, porpoises and whales were examined last year by the National Veterinary Institute (SVA). Among them were a humpback whale from the Baltic...
Text: TT
Photo: Suvad Mrkonjic/TT
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Warning sounds to spare porpoises in the Baltic Sea

Professional fishermen can now apply for funding to buy so-called pingers for fishing nets to scare away porpoises that risk getting caught in the nets...
Text: Erik Paulsson Rönnbäck/TT
Photo: Håkan Aronsson/TT

Good news for the Baltic Sea’s only whale

The Swedish Museum of Natural History has released a new report showing that the porpoise population in the Baltic Sea may be recovering. The porpoise,...
Source: Naturhistoriska riksmuseet
Photo: Martin Almqvist / TT Bild
03:48

Is it too late to save the Baltic harbour porpoise?

For thousands of years there have been porpoises in the Baltic Sea - a shy dolphin-like whale. But due to environmental toxins and fishing, their...
Reportage: Martin Widman and Björn Hagberg
Header image: Martin Almqvist
Porpoise video: Jens Peder Jeppesen, Öresundsarkivet
Header image: Martin Almqvist
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