SLU Aqua in Lysekil has for several years filmed bottoms in three different marine protection areas. Bratten is a Natura 2000 area far out to sea towards the Norwegian border. It is located in an area that is one of Europe’s most fished places. Here it is possible to trawl right through the protection area, except in certain specific zones. Watch in the feature what it looks like on the bottom after a trawl has pulled out.
Bottom trawling is to be banned and phased out in all marine protected areas by 2030. The proposal is included in the European Commission's new action plan to save the marine ecosystem.
The Green Party wants to see an immediate end to all industrial trawling in the Baltic Sea. At the same time, the entire maritime area should be protected. We have an acute crisis that requires urgent crisis response, says spokesman Per Bolund
Today, a parliamentary majority has voted to move the limit for trawl fishing from 4 to 12 nautical miles from the Baltic Sea's Swedish coast. The Riksdag has also decided to allow more hunting of both seals and cormorants, and to make it easier for those who engage in small-scale commercial fishing
