Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A fisherman takes his boat back to the harbor in Wismar. The European Commission plans to end the exemption for German fishermen ...

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 ...

Even aged 84, Holger Sjogren nimbly untangles the knots in his herring net as it was lowered into the murky depths of the Baltic Sea. "When the trawl bag comes up, the seagulls give us a concert," he ...

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 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 ...

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 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 ...

HELSINKI (Reuters Life!) - They pickle it, salt it, marinate it with cream, berries or a dash of rum. There is just no limit to how Finns will serve up their favorite fish. Sign up here. Finland ...

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 ...