Our news about fish and fisheries
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New ideas on how to better value protected areas
2021-06-15
In a new scientific article scientists present a conceptual idea on how to take ecosystem services into account when evaluating marine protected areas.
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Bottom trawling threatens European marine ecosystems
2021-05-25
Recent research on bottom trawling effects points to the need for establishing larger trawl-free areas in all types of habitats to protect sensitive ecosystems and live up to principles of ecosystem-based management.
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Fishing ban required to save the European eel
2020-11-12
If the endangered European eel population is to recover there is an urgent need for a fishing ban, increased environmental monitoring and fewer obstacles to migration. This is concluded by the researchers at Baltic Sea Centre in a new Policy Brief.
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Guillemots of the Baltic: Linking the seabed and the sky
2020-09-23
On the island of Stora Karlsö up to 100 000 seabirds nest. In a new study a group of curious young researchers from three different universities show how guillemots fuel northern Europe's largest colony of house martins.
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A spatial regime shift
2020-08-27
The three-spined stickleback have gradually taken over large parts of the Baltic Sea’s coastal ecosystem, a new scientific study shows. This has caused a shift from predator to prey dominance.
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About the project Plant-Fish
2020-08-27
Plant-Fish is a large research project aiming to examine the functional role of vegetation and predatory fish and how they interact. Focus is on the ecosystems of shallow Baltic Sea bays.
