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    Shoot the seal – or stop industrial fishing?

    Shoot the seal – or stop industrial fishing?

    I am now forbidden to fish for cod and the pike has disappeared from my bay. I'm looking for scapegoats. Who is responsible for the condition below the surface in the Baltic Sea? Small-scale professional fishermen along the east coast have been raising the alarm for several years that the herring has declined sharply. At the same time, the large-scale trawling in the open sea has continued to catch large quantities, which have gone directly to the fishmeal factories in Denmark.

    Lobster fishing threatened

    Lobster fishing threatened

    In 2023, relatively many lobsters were caught in the Swedish and Norwegian waters, but this was not because the number of lobsters has increased, on the contrary.

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    It’s now been scientifically proven. If you stop fishing, the number of fish increases! A new report from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) confirms that no-take zones enhance fish populations and combat the effects of eutrophication.

    No tourists – no guillemots

    No tourists – no guillemots

    When society was put on pause during the pandemic, many people's opinion was that nature and wildlife would now have a chance to recover. But for the herring pigs on Stora Karlsö, it was the other way around – the missing tourists

    New study: time to review the release of farmed salmon

    New study: time to review the release of farmed salmon

    The release of farmed salmon has affected the wild salmon stocks, according to a new study from (SLU)

    New technology reveals the unknown life of fish

    New technology reveals the unknown life of fish

    In a new project, researchers want to track fish individuals, and with the help of new technology, map and track the fish throughout the Baltic Sea