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05:12

A fish paradise

During the summer, there have been alarming reports from the Baltic Sea that the herring is running out. The cod is long gone. The party...
Reportage: Lena Scherman
Photo: Lars Öivind Knutsen, Roberto Lo Monaco, Göran Ehlmé
Editor: Alexandre Gobatti Ramos
07:08

Out and scare whales

We are going to the northern Norwegian fjord Kvänangen approximately 20 miles north of the Arctic Circle. Fishing boats from all over the Norwegian west...
Reportage: Lars-Öivind Knutsen
Photo: Lars Öivind Knutsen, Roberto Lo Monaco, Göran Ehlmé, Simon Stanford, Anders Kronborg
Editor: Apollonia Meleouni, Alexandre Gobatti Ramos
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Changing the end of eel fishing upsets fishermen

The annual fishing ban on eels is brought forward by one month. Now it will be forbidden to catch the critically endangered fish even during...
Text: Daniel Kihlström/TT
Photo: Emil Langvad/TT
05:10

With Europe as the last hope when the fish runs out

For decades, trawlers from Europe, China and Russia have been draining the sea off the coast of Senegal. With the fish running out, desperate poor...
Reportage: Lena Scherman
Photo: Simon Stanford
Editor: Apollonia Meleouni
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Shark slaughter in Lysekil: criminal investigation launched

Deep Sea Reporters/Tobias Dahlin's minute-long film footage of the shark massacre in Lysekil harbour basin has provoked strong reactions. Hundreds of thousands of people in...
Text: Peter Löfgren
Photo: Tobias Dahlin
00:30

The black-mouthed goby – a successful intruder

The black-mouthed goby was first discovered in Swedish waters in 2008. Today, it is common in many areas and there is every indication that it...
Text: Anna Axelsson
Photo: University of Gothenburg
UV Photo: Leon Green
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Shrimps remain in the sea if diesel becomes more expensive

The high price of diesel is also affecting the fishing industry. The biggest shrimp trawlers on the west coast are expected to stay at berth...
Text: Micke Larsson/TT
Photo: Tore Meek/NTB/TT
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“A lot of herring has been eaten” – Stockholm’s archipelago’s fishing history

The Stockholm archipelago has been fishing for 9,000 years. Commercial fishing was widespread long before motorization and modern-day industrial trawlers. Herring and cod have been...
Text: Daniel Hedström
Photo: Vimar Ericsson, Karl Ransell, Larsson's studio, Peter Norman (More info in the fact box above)
07:23

Ålagillet – a feast on endangered animals

The eel is critically endangered, and now research says that all human impact on the eel must stop. But in southern Sweden, eel fishing is...
Reportage: Fanny Jönsson
Photo: Marcus Larsson, Robert Westerberg
Pictures of eels: Marko Wramén, Hans Berggren
UV Photo: Göran Ehlmé and Johan Candert
Editor: Alexandre Gobatti
15:41

“Hard to take a fisherman from the harbor” – meet the fishing family in Läjet

In a fishing village in Halland, we follow a family whose life is built around coastal fishing. We get to take part in their everyday...
Report: Alice Asplund, Gina Bäck, Sanna Kalla
Music: Thomas Bäcklund Tuneström, The Chickpeas Band, McKennard
Participants: Lovisa Bengtsdotter, Joakim Ingemarsson, Patrik Ingemarsson, Rosanna Ingemarsson, Frans Ingemar Karlsson
08:36

“As long as there are fish, I fish”

Manjula Gullikson is the only female professional fisherman in Västernorrland. But she finds it increasingly difficult to make a living from the profession. Her herring...
Reportage: Louise Frilund, Miranda Lörstad, André Sandberg, Harris Vagelopoulus
Music: André Sandberg, Bensound
31:57

Competition beneath the surface

As fish stocks decline in the Baltic Sea, so does competition increase – does anyone have more rights to the fish resource than anyone else?...
Report: Johan Candert
Editing: Alexandre Gobatti Ramos, Daniel Hedström
Photo: Simon Stanford, Erik Saanila
UV Photo: Johan Candert
Stock Photo: Pond5

New report maps archipelago fishing since the Viking Age

According to a new publication from the Swedish Institute for the Marine Environment, organized fishing was conducted in Stockholm's outer archipelago already in the early...
Reporter: Daniel Hedström
Photo right: Simon Stanford
Photo: Per-Olov Eriksson/N/TT
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