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 days after Sunday's premiere on SVT, politicians, researchers, and environmental organizations have condemned the EU Council of Ministers and Sweden's Minister of Fisheries. The debaters claim that the ministers' decision, which is against the EU's fisheries law, threatens the herring in the Baltic Sea.
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 an agreement on future quotas mainly in the North Sea and the Atlantic.
A battle for fermented Baltic herring and small fishermen, the government believes when it now takes up the fight against the EU Commission's proposal to stop herring and sturgeon fishing in the Baltic Sea. Heavy night mangling awaits in Luxembourg.
