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Wild-Caught Fish More Sustainable than Farmed - New Report Shows
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At the ongoing UN meeting in Cali, Colombia, strategies are being discussed to reverse the loss of biodiversity. Meanwhile, a new report from Greenpeace International warns that the target of protecting 30 percent of the world’s oceans by 2030 is at risk of not being met….
Text: Lina Mattsson
Photo: Tobias Dahlin
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They have just arrived in what they believe and hope is paradise. Raja Ampat is located in the centre of what is known as the ‘coral triangle’, which stretches from the Philippines down to Malaysia, Indonesia and over to East Timor….
Reportage: Johan Candert, Helena Fredriksson
Photo: Johan Candert, Tobias Dahlin, Göran Ehlmé
The island paradise of Raja Ampat is one of the last outposts of the Indonesian archipelago. A remote group of islands with lush white beaches surrounded by turquoise waters, a unique place characterised by its biodiversity. But even here, nature is not left alone by the human footprint. The increasing amount of rubbish in the water is becoming a growing problem with multiple bottoms. …
Text och Foto: Louise Candert
They are described as ‘fish taxis’, refrigerated vessels that act as mobile harbours for fishing boats. They allow fishing boats to stay out at sea for extremely long periods, and allow shady operators to ‘launder’ their catch.
Researchers have now identified who actually owns these vessels….
Text: TT/Nyhetsbyrån
Photo: Tommy Trenchard/Greenpeace
THEMES
warmer sea
The sea gets warmer - the species die. It's not just coral reefs and fish that are threatened as the oceans warm - it's all life. Not since an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs...
plastics in the sea
Plastics has been a revolutionary good product in many areas, but equally bad when it pollutes both our nature and our human body. Today, microplastics are found pretty much everywhere on our planet. In the air, in our food, in our bodies, in the sea...
the outlaw ocean project
The Chinese fishing fleet is a great power on the sea. Fishing far out to sea where no country's laws reach, they are catching more fish than any other nation right now. And it comes at a terrible human cost...
ocean devotion
Many of us love the sea, the beach, the water and swimming in the waves, but there are those who care a little more than the rest of us. Those who, with commitment and passion...
the real rulers of the sea
The ocean's resources belong to all citizens. We want healthy seas, full of fish and shellfish. So how could the EU's seas be fished to the brink of ecological collapse? The overfishing is not an accident...
seal hunting
In an overfished sea, the seals have begun to move towards the coasts to look for food. Here they encroach on people's territory. From being nearly extirpated in the early 1980s...
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Editorials/Debate
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….
Chronicler: Peter Löfgren
Photo: Ida Ã…kesson/SPA
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I am now forbidden to fish for cod and the pike has…
Chronicler: Peter Löfgren
Foto: Johan Candert, Simon Stanford
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Biomass and biodiversity. Two rather dull and stiff words. But words often…
Text: Johan Candert
Photo: Johan Candert, Göran Ehlmé
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24 August, 2023
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The EU’s and Sweden’s marine policy has for several decades led to…
Text: Peter Löfgren
Editors' Choice
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Erlendur Bogason considers Eyafjör∂ur in northern Iceland to be his backyard. He has dived here for over 25 years and has not just become familiar with the fjord and its inhabitants but has made some surprising fish friends.  The close contact that Erlendur has with Stephanie, the Wolffish and the other residents of this marine protected area is astonishing. It gives us a whole new insight into the complexity of fish behaviour and how they interact.  …
Reportage/editing: Helena Fredriksson
Photo: Tobias Dahlin, john Jonsson, Simon Stanford
A research expedition in the North Atlantic has found several groups of sperm whales along with many other whale species in an area where Norway wants to conduct deep-sea mining….
Text: Lena Scherman
Photo: Christian Ã…slund/Greenpeace
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The film “What have we done?” which shows man’s ruthlessness towards our oceans was praised and named “Honorable mention” in the international competition DPG/Wetpixel Masters 2022….
Paradise beaches with swaying palm trees and colorful fish. But also washed away villages, bleached corals and constant worry about the next alarm.
On the frontline of climate change, the Pacific Islands are fighting for their future.
– The world’s most beautiful places can disappear, warns Mona Ainu’u from Niue….
Text: TT Nyhetsbyrån
Foto: Henrik Montgomery/TT
Foto: Carl Douglas
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There is one ocean.
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Fishing
Humanity has always sourced food from the sea. And fishing is an ancient way of doing so that can be traced back to the early Stone Age around 40,000 years ago. In the last 100 years, fish stocks have dramatically declined in the Western Sea and the Baltic Sea. And in most cases, overfishing is considered to be the major cause. …
Text: Lina Mattsson
Photo: Simon Stanford, Lena Scherman, Kimmo Hagman
Fishing for herring and sprat in the central Baltic Sea can increase by 139 percent, according to ICES, the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, which today published its recommendations to the EU for fishing in 2025….
Text: Peter Löfgren
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In a report from 2020, published by BalticSea2020, the authors believe that large-scale fishing in the Baltic Sea is neither economically nor financially profitable for the state. On the contrary, it costs us all big money….
Reportage: Peter Löfgren
Editing: Helena Fredriksson
Photo: Leif Eiranson
The EU’s highest court rules that the Council of Ministers breaks the law when it decides on overfishing of “target species”, stocks that fishing is directly aimed at. But at the same time, the court gives the ministers the right to “flexibility” in terms of bycatch….
Text: Peter Löfgren
Photo: Göran Elhmé, Leif Eiranson
Climate and Environment
Our planet relies on the oceans as climate regulators. At the same time, the effects of our emissions are most evident in the oceans. Today, eutrophication, climate change, ocean acidification, and invasive species are some of the challenges the oceans face. …
Text: Lina Mattsson
Photo: Kimmo Hagman, Johan Candert, Tobias Dahlin, Simon Stanford
Blowing up the Kakhovka dam was a disaster – but now nature is taking over.
Let’s face it – this is not just about the sea, but about water near the Black Sea and that nature once again takes over where man leaves off….
Text: Lena Scherman
Photo: Ivan Moysiyenko
A research expedition in the North Atlantic has found several groups of sperm whales along with many other whale species in an area where Norway wants to conduct deep-sea mining….
Text: Lena Scherman
Photo: Christian Ã…slund/Greenpeace
I have just finished a film about the depletion of our oceans. It is frightening to see how people are affected, everywhere, when the fish disappear. How people both lose jobs and their source of protein. But how overfishing has affected the ecosystem, in the ocean, can be a far more serious consequence – long-term. …
Text: Lena Scherman
Photo: Tobias Dahlin, Johan Candert, Göran Ehlmé
Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is a unique and sensitive sea where organisms live on the edge of what they can tolerate due to the low salinity. It has also been called the world’s most polluted inland sea due to eutrophication and the chemical cocktail caused by human activities….
Text: Lina Mattsson
Foto: Johan Candert, Kimmo Hagman, Simon Stanford
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For an extended period, the cod population in the Baltic Sea has been facing severe challenges. Overfishing and environmental issues have taken a toll on their well-being, causing a decline in their health. Consequently, many of them have become thin, emaciated, and susceptible to diseases. However, a pertinent question arises: What happens when wild cod are given the opportunity to recuperate? …
Reportage: Johan Candert
Photo: Simon Stanford, Daniel Hager
UW-Photo: Johan Candert
Edit by: Alexandre Gobatti Ramos
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The Baltic Sea is grappling with a severe ecological crisis primarily marked by oxygen depletion, leading to extensive dead zones. Human activities, including industrial processes and nutrient-rich agricultural runoff, have fueled the growth of algae, contributing to oxygen-starved conditions. These anoxic zones threaten marine life, disrupting ecosystems and fisheries. …
reportage: Daniel Hager/Lena Scherman
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Never before have there been so many different chemicals in our world. The production of plastics, pesticides and not least pharmaceuticals has created a chemical cloud around us…
Report: Martin Widman
Photo: Leif Eiranson and Robert Westerberg
Archive: Pond5
International
Dive into the intricate ecosystems of the world’s oceans, their lawless stretches, and the extremities that teem with life, all crucial to our existence and well-being….
Text: Lina Mattsson
Photo: Tobias Dahlin, Simon Stanford, Johan Candert
China uses thousands of workers from the Hermit Kingdom,
in violation of U.N. sanctions and U.S. law. Many at the plants recounted rampant sexual abuse….
Text: Ian Urbina
Photo/Video: Douyin, The Outlaw Ocean Project, Living in North Korea
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An exploration of the motivations and methods behind China’s growth and control overfishing across most of the high seas….
Written by: Ian Urbina, Ben Blankenship
Narrated by: Ian Urbina
Videographers: Ben Blankenship, James Glancy, Youenn Kerdavid
Produced & Edited by: Ben Blankenship
Co-Producers: Raphaela Morais, Adrienne Urbina
Motion Grephics: Drew Evans
Archivists/Researchers: Chloe Darnaus, Sonia Szczesna
Additional Footage provided courtesy of: GreenPeace International, Environmental Justice Foundation, ABC News Australia, CICC, CGTN, Natural History New Zealand Limited, Kinolibrary, Bloomberg originals, U.S. Navy, COSCO Shipping, Puerto de Chancay, Prefectura Naval Argentina, Center for Strategic & International Studies, British Pathé
The Great Barrier Reef is larger than Finland, and it is still bursting with life. But climate change poses several kinds of threats to the future of coral reefs…
Text: Ulrika Eriksson
Photo: Matt Curnock, Katerina Katopis, Jordan Robins/Ocean Image Bank, Emma Kennedy
Research
Fish behavior, toxic algae, and the role of the sea in climate. These are some of the topics that marine research can address. Diverse subjects, but with a common goal: to better understand what happens beneath the surface….
Text: Lina mattsson
Foto: Hans Berggren, Kimmo Hagman, Johan Candert, Simon Stanford
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Fish act as a kind of guide, finding the prey and ‘pointing out’ the location to the octopus, which can use its flexible arms to catch the hidden prey….
Reportage: Lena Scherman
Editing: Ronja Arnold-Larsen
UW photo: Dr Eduardo Sampaio Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
They are everywhere, in the sea and on land, in animals and plants and in the human body.
Twenty years since the term ‘microplastics’ was defined in a scientific paper; the prestigious publication Science has taken on the task of examining where we are today and how we can tackle the growing problems caused by microplastics.
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Text: Lena Scherman
Photo: Tobias Dahlin
GREENPEACE Several offspring of the endangered hammerhead shark species have been found by researchers on an expedition in the Galápagos Marine Reserve. …
Text: Linnea Gustafsson/TT
Photo: Greenpeace
