Crab claws are considered a delicacy, while the crab body itself is not always appreciated by customers. That’s why the claws are valuable to the fishing industry, while the body is harder to sell. And to ensure that fishermen don’t simply break off the claws and throw the clawless crabs back into the sea, there are, in Sweden, regulations governing the sale of crabs.
Although a general ban on bottom trawling in marine protected areas has been in force since 1 July this year, exceptions are now being made. The Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management has today decided that shrimp fishing may continue in Kosterfjorden-Väderöfjorden for an indefinite period. In Gullmarsfjorden, shrimp fishing is to be phased out and completely banned by July 2027.
An international team of scientists has measured the temperature and salinity of the ocean, and the measurements show that the oceans continue to break records - year after year. And last year was by far the warmest so far. And that has consequences for us on land.
Mozambique plans to plant 100 million trees along its coast. The country in southeast Africa is severely beset by both tropical storms and rising water levels
UN member states agree to develop a legally binding agreement to stop plastic emissions
