Launched a few weeks ago at this year’s Donsö Shipping Meet, new Swedish fishing industry organisation Vi Svenska Fiskare brings together the Swedish Pelagic Federation (SPF PO), Svenska Insjöfiskares Centralförbund,…
Despite the repeated criticism of commercial fishing, fisheries in the European Union are showing clear signs of improving sustainability, as the European Commission’s Sustainable fishing in the EU: state of…
Demersal fishing in waters off the west of Sweden for groundfish, shrimp and langoustine are well regulated, with a stable increase in stocks and positive markets, according to Swedish Fishermen’s…
The odds are stacked against fishermen in Sweden who believe that current regulation of fishing in protected areas is sufficient under existing legislation. Swedish political parties hold positions on bottom…
The Swedish government has decided to give permission to Galene and Vattenfall Syd to build and operate two wind farms outside Sweden's territorial waters off Varberg and Falkenberg respectively. ‘We…
Writing to the Members of the European Parliament’s Committee on Fisheries, Swedish Fishermen’s PO (SFPO) chairman Peter Ronelöv Olsson has set out his serious concerns for the future of European…
The Joint Demersal Fisheries, a collaboration of large and small-scale fisheries in the North Sea, Skagerrak and Kattegat, meet the rigorous requirements for sustainable fishing set by the Marine Stewardship…
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