During the summer, there have been alarming reports from the Baltic Sea that the herring is running out. The cod is long gone. The party is over. Of all the world's fish stocks, 90% are fully exploited or threatened with collapse. The oceans are running dry, but there is a sea where there is enough fish for everyone, humans and fish, whales and birds. In northern Norway, the water is teeming with life.
We are going to the northern Norwegian fjord Kvänangen approximately 20 miles north of the Arctic Circle. Fishing boats from all over the Norwegian west coast come to this particular fjord during some intense winter months to fish huge amounts of herring. But there are also other creatures that want the herring. In addition to a number of predatory fish and gulls, an unusually high number of killer whales and large humpback whales have also become increasingly numerous. Sometimes there may be conflict
The annual fishing ban on eels is brought forward by one month. Now it will be forbidden to catch the critically endangered fish even during October. "Up to 40 percent of the fishing will disappear," says eel fisherman Hans-Inge"Hånsa"Olofsson
For decades, trawlers from Europe, China and Russia have been draining the sea off the coast of Senegal. With the fish running out, desperate poor people are scrambling to find new ways to survive. More and more people see Europe as a last resort. But that road is hard and expensive to take, and many times people end up back in Senegal again
Deep Sea Reporters/Tobias Dahlin's minute-long film footage of the shark massacre in Lysekil harbour basin has provoked strong reactions. Hundreds of thousands of people in Sweden and the world have seen the film, and a large number have reacted with disgust at how some fishermen treat marine animals, in this case protected sharks and rays
The black-mouthed goby was first discovered in Swedish waters in 2008. Today, it is common in many areas and there is every indication that it is here to stay. But what makes the fish so successful? And what will be its impact on marine ecosystems?
The high price of diesel is also affecting the fishing industry. The biggest shrimp trawlers on the west coast are expected to stay at berth next week, if diesel becomes as expensive as feared. It's not profitable anymore," says Peter Ronelöv Olsson, chairman of Sweden's fishermen
The Stockholm archipelago has been fishing for 9,000 years. Commercial fishing was widespread long before motorization and modern-day industrial trawlers. Herring and cod have been the most important species, and for Stockholmers, fish have contributed greatly to both jobs and protein intake. We go through the fishing history of the area with two experts
The eel is critically endangered, and now research says that all human impact on the eel must stop. But in southern Sweden, eel fishing is seen as a cultural tradition, and every autumn large parties are organized where it is cooked and served in different ways. How is it that Swedes continue to eat the critically endangered species?
In a fishing village in Halland, we follow a family whose life is built around coastal fishing. We get to take part in their everyday lives, their history, and their thoughts and hopes regarding the future – both for themselves and for fishing on the Swedish coasts
Manjula Gullikson is the only female professional fisherman in Västernorrland. But she finds it increasingly difficult to make a living from the profession. Her herring catch is only getting smaller and smaller
As fish stocks decline in the Baltic Sea, so does competition increase – does anyone have more rights to the fish resource than anyone else?
According to a new publication from the Swedish Institute for the Marine Environment, organized fishing was conducted in Stockholm's outer archipelago already in the early Middle Ages
