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State of the Ocean in Crisis

The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has published this year's State of the Ocean Report, which describes...

Text: Lena Scherman

Photo: Tobias Dahlin, Johan Candert

Climate and Environment

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The fishing vessels secretly fish in our oceans

Three quarters of the world's industrial fishing vessels are "dark", they are not publicly tracked. This is shown by a new study, published in Nature,...

Text: Lena Scherman

Photo: Simon Stanford

Fishing

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Ban on bottom trawling – proposal from governmental investigation

An investigation has been handed over to Rural Affairs Minister Peter Kullgren (KD) with proposals for a general ban on bottom trawling in protected sea...

Text: Niklas Svahn/TT

Photo: Berit Roald

Fishing

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Devastating bottom trawling in marine protected areas – Interview

Mattias Sköld is a researcher at SLU Aqua in Lysekil. He has been involved in filming the seabed in marine protected areas, including in Bratten,...

REPORTAGE: LENA SCHERMAN

UW-PHOTO: SLU AQUA/LYSEKIL

PHOTO: LEIF EIRANSSON

West coast

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Devastating bottom trawling in marine protected areas

SLU Aqua in Lysekil has for several years filmed bottoms in three different marine protection areas. Bratten is a Natura 2000 area far out to...

REPORTAGE: LENA SCHERMAN

PHOTO: LEIF EIRANSSON

UW PHOTO: SLU AQUA LYSEKIL

GRAPHICS: DANIEL HAGER

Other

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Ban on bottom trawling – new EU-proposal

Bottom trawling is to be banned and phased out in all marine protected areas by 2030. The proposal is included in the European Commission's new...

Text: TT/Nyhetsbyrån

Photo:Michael Probst/AP/TT

Fishing

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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)...

Text: Peter Löfgren

Graphics: Daniel Hager

Photo: Kimmo Hagman

Research

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Sharks and corals protected in Öresund

Öresund is a unique marine environment. In the waters between Denmark and Skåne, the sweet and oxygen-poor waters of the Baltic Sea meet the salty...

Report: Marko T. Wramén

Climate and Environment

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Marine protected areas

State of the Ocean in Crisis

The fishing vessels secretly fish in our oceans

Ban on bottom trawling – proposal from governmental investigation

Devastating bottom trawling in marine protected areas – Interview

Devastating bottom trawling in marine protected areas

Ban on bottom trawling – new EU-proposal

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Sharks and corals protected in Öresund

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