The conflicts within Swedish fishing are very fierce. Small-scale coastal fishermen on the east and south coasts face a small number of giant trawlers from...
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
In a report from 2020, published by BalticSea2020, the authors believe that large-scale fishing in the Baltic Sea is neither economically nor financially profitable for...
Leaner cods, guillemot, and seals. Sluggish and red-spotted salmon. Several of the Baltic Sea's large animals are being pressured by ill health and new environmental...
Text: Hanna Odelfors/TT
Photo: MARY EVANS PICTURE/ROLAND JOHANSSON/TORBJÖRN JACOBSSON / TT, ROLAND JOHANSSON/TT, PAULA OLSON/AP/TT, STIAN LYSBERG SOLUM/TT/NTB, HASSE HOLMBERG/TT
A continued limited eel fishery in the Baltic Sea remains alive since the fisheries ministers of the EU countries struggled through the night to reach...
Starting Friday, two Swedish corvettes will patrol the Baltic Sea - as part of a major investment in the protection of critical underwater infrastructure....
The Baltic Sea is grappling with a severe ecological crisis primarily marked by oxygen depletion, leading to extensive dead zones. Human activities, including industrial processes...
Targeted fishing for herring and sturgeon can also continue in 2024. The EU countries have agreed on significantly larger catch quotas than what the European...
In recent years, the stickleback has increased dramatically in the Baltic Sea. According to an as yet unpublished study that Vetenskapsradion has taken part in,...
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