the baltic herring

    Polite small talk while the sea dies

    Polite small talk while the sea dies

    The conflicts within Swedish fishing are very fierce. Small-scale coastal fishermen on the east and south coasts face a small number of giant trawlers from the West Coast. I was looking forward to tough discussions and fruitful exchanges at this year's Fishing Forum. But met with pleasant company in a luxurious mingling environment.

    Red Light for the Baltic herring? Old news!

    Red Light for the Baltic herring? Old news!

    The New Economics Foundation think tank was able to show in a report already in 2019 that EU countries took 300,000 tons more fish into the sea than the researchers in ICES recommended.