Finns have been fishing for herring for generations, but new reduced EU quotas are threatening the traditional livelihoods of coastal communities.
Rising temperatures and falling salinity - itself due to increased rainfall and reduced inflow of water from the Atlantic Ocean - are threatening many species that are struggling to adapt.
“The more the Baltic Sea becomes a lake, the more harmful the situation will be for marine species,” explains Jukka Pönni, a researcher at the Finnish Natural Resources Institute (LUKE).
In the 1980s, the cod population reached record levels, but it has collapsed in the space of a few decades, to such an extent that the European Union has had to impose an emergency ban on its fishing in 2020.
“I eat herring every week,” Markku Karjalainen told AFP from the market square in the centre of Helsinki, which was teeming with people on an autumn weekday.
“The European fisheries policy dictated by Brussels should be completely overhauled”, insists the octogenarian, “and the tradition of the fishermen should be respected”.
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Finns have been fishing for herring for generations, but new reduced EU quotas are threatening the traditional livelihoods of coastal communities.
Rising temperatures and falling salinity - itself due to increased rainfall and reduced inflow of water from the Atlantic Ocean - are threatening many species that are struggling to adapt.
“The more the Baltic Sea becomes a lake, the more harmful the situation will be for marine species,” explains Jukka Pönni, a researcher at the Finnish Natural Resources Institute (LUKE).
In the 1980s, the cod population reached record levels, but it has collapsed in the space of a few decades, to such an extent that the European Union has had to impose an emergency ban on its fishing in 2020.
“I eat herring every week,” Markku Karjalainen told AFP from the market square in the centre of Helsinki, which was teeming with people on an autumn weekday.
“The European fisheries policy dictated by Brussels should be completely overhauled”, insists the octogenarian, “and the tradition of the fishermen should be respected”.
The original article contains 657 words, the summary contains 171 words. Saved 74%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!