Fishing for herring and sprat in the central Baltic Sea can increase by 139 percent, according to ICES, the International Council for the Exploration of...
Text: Peter Löfgren
the real rulers of the sea
The ocean’s resources belong to all citizens. We want healthy seas, full of fish and shellfish. So how could the EU’s seas be fished to the brink of ecological collapse? The overfishing is not an accident, it is the result of a conscious policy. Where the decisions are made in closed rooms, beyond democratic control.
In the Theme – The real rulers of the sea, we have collected reports and exclusive interviews, with researchers and decision makers to highlight the economic, ecological and social aspects of fishing in EU waters.
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The ocean is exposed to so many threats - but we must not give up hope for the future, says oceanographer Helen Czerski. By spreading...
Reportage: Peter Löfgren
Editing: Helena Fredriksson
Photo: Leif Eiransson
Supplementary photo: Kimmo Hagman, Johan Candert, Göran Ehlmé, Alexandre Gobatti Ramos, Erik Saanila, Adam Nilsson
Music: Peter Adolfsson
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...
Text: Peter Löfgren
Photo: Simon Stanford
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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...
Reportage: Peter Löfgren
Editing: Helena Fredriksson
Photo: Leif Eiranson
Attempts to change fishing rules after the fact are rejected by the EU Parliament. Now L wants the government to "step up" the protection of...
Text: Wiktor Nummelin/TT
Photo: Hasse Holmberg/TT
Axel Wenblad, is former director general at the Swedish Fisheries Agency. He was interviewed in Peter Löfgren's latest documentary "Power over the sea". After the...
Tet: Axel Wenblad f.d. generaldirektör Fiskeriverket
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In Brussels there are at least 30,000 lobbyists to influence the political decisions. Many of them work for the fishing industry, to ensure that the...
Reportage: Peter Löfgren
Editing: Helena Fredriksson
Photo: Leif Eiranson
The EU's highest court rules that the Council of Ministers breaks the law when it decides on overfishing of "target species", stocks that fishing is...
Text: Peter Löfgren
Photo: Göran Elhmé, Leif Eiranson
0:59
All citizens want fish-rich, healthy seas. The EU is governed democratically. So why are the EU's seas fished out and on the brink of ecological...
Director: Peter Löfgren
Editor: Helena Fredriksson
Cinematographer: Leif Eiransson
3:29
When two large wind farms were planned in the sea on the Swedish west coast, the shrimp fishermen became worried that they would no longer...
Reportage: Lena Scherman
Editing: Niklas Berglund
The ocean's resources belong to all citizens. We want healthy seas, full of fish and shellfish. So - how could fishing for cod in the...
Chronicler: Peter Löfgren
Photo: Leif Eiransson
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EU fisheries ministers exclude the public. The countries' mutual positions are kept secret. We citizens are not allowed to influence the decisions that are decisive...
Reportage: Peter Löfgren
Editing: Helena Fredriksson
Photo: Leif Eiranson
Archive: European Union
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The EU fisheries ministers have in a compromise agreed on this years herring fishing in the Baltic Sea next year. As usual, we can continue...
Reportage: Lena Scherman
Animation: Natalia Quintana
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