Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M) regrets the EU's decision on increased herring fishing in the Baltic Sea. He receives support from both C, MP and the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation. We are very concerned, there is a clear risk of overfishing, says Kristersson.
Swedish politicsThe criticism is severe when the herring and sprat quota is doubled in the central Baltic Sea next year. The sea is on the verge of collapsing, warns former Environment Minister Isabella Lövin (Green Party).
Swedish politicsSweden and Finland are facing each other when EU countries are trying to unite on next year's fishing in the Baltic Sea. But in the fight against seals and cormorants, they are in agreement.
SwedenRural Affairs Minister Peter Kullgren (Christian Democrats) says that the government is pursuing a restrictive line for fishing in the Baltic Sea when the EU's fisheries ministers meet on Monday. But the opposition is strongly critical and believes that the stock of herring can collapse.
Swedish politicsA heat wave in the Baltic Sea has in some places driven up water temperatures to several degrees above normal.
SwedenLower quotas for salmon and herring but increased quotas for several herring species. These are some of the EU Commission's proposals on how much fish can be caught in the Baltic Sea next year. But the decision on herring in the Bothnian Sea is delayed.
WorldNorrbotten's municipalities reject the government's fisheries policy and demand that Minister for Rural Affairs Peter Kullgren (Christian Democrats) resign.
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