Fish farming is often portrayed as a sustainable solution to feed a growing population and protect wild fish stocks - but this is not true....
Text: Lena Scherman
Foto: Tobias Dahlin, Lars-Öivind Knutsen
Very few people can make a living from fishing along Sweden’s coasts today. Jobs in the fishing industry are disappearing and coastal communities are being torn apart. But Rune Wikström, who has been fishing for more than half a century, shows how it is possible to survive despite dramatically reduced catches. At the age of 78, he is the last fisherman on Möja in the Stockholm archipelago.
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