A new study reveals that decades of overfishing have altered the evolution of cod in the eastern Baltic Sea. The research, ...

Decades of overfishing have altered the genetic makeup of Baltic cod, shrinking their size and threatening their recovery.

Eastern Baltic cod, previously used to being large, are now significantly smaller. Mature cod today are only 20 cm on average ...

The researchers demonstrated for the first time that decades of intense fishing, combined with environmental change, have ...

Intresting case of Punctuated Equilibria sub-speciation in the Atlantic herring. It colonized brakish and very recently fully formed Baltic sea (8 Ka BP).

(CN) — Intensive fishing caused the once-mighty cod to shrink by roughly half its size between 1996 and 2019, according to a ...

"The Baltic Sea is entering a period of warmer and probably even fresher seawater. In new conditions, all species must try to ...

Two new studies add to the evidence that human activity, from fishing to urban development, is driving the evolution of wild ...

Giant clone of seaweed in the Baltic Sea Date: March 4, 2025 Source: University of Gothenburg Summary: Researchers have discovered that what was previously thought to be a unique seaweed species ...

Beyond the fish, the entire ecosystem of the Baltic, a shallow, semi-enclosed sea covering almost 400,000 km² and bordered by nine riparian countries from Denmark to Russia, is in danger.

The species was officially registered as an invasive species in the North American Great Lakes, parts of Europe and the Baltic Sea in the 90s, according to the U.S. Geology Survey Nonindigenous ...

The Council today reached a political agreement on new limits on fish catches for the Baltic Sea's key fish stocks, including herring, cod, plaice, sprat, and salmon, in order to ensure sustainable ...