Herring from different parts of the Baltic Sea belong to distinct populations genetically adapted to local differences in salinity and temperature. However, these populations can also mix with each ...

A comparison of the fast-growing fish-eating Baltic herring (Slåttersill in Swedish) and slow-growing plankton-eating spring- and autumn-spawning Baltic herring. Photo: Leif Andersson. Atlantic and ...

Herring from different parts of the Baltic Sea belong to distinct populations genetically adapted to local differences in salinity and temperature. However, these populations can also mix with each ...

The EU Commission has adopted its proposal for 2025 fishing opportunities in the Baltic Sea, responding to a "scientific assessment that indicates several fisheries are in a dire situation." It has ...

A new study from the Stockholm University Baltic Sea Centre highlights Sweden's key role in shaping EU fisheries policy that has allowed large-scale industrial fishing of herring in the Baltic Sea, a ...

Intensive agriculture, forestry, heavy traffic, industry, shipping, and overfishing are all taking their toll on the world's second-largest brackish-water sea and its unique flora and fauna. Last ...

BRUSSELS, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Fishermen in the Baltic Sea should be allowed to haul in much more cod next year but herring populations are in peril and quotas should be cut by nearly a third, Europe's ...

A comparison of the fast-growing fish-eating Baltic herring (Slåttersill in Swedish) and slow-growing plankton-eating spring- and autumn-spawning Baltic herring. Credit: Leif Andersson/Uppsala ...