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.

Sea turning into a lake. With stocks plummeting since the 1970s, Baltic herring could face the same fate as many other species that all but disappeared from the region.

Two species of flatfish were studied in the Baltic and the North Sea — the two most polluted seas — in order to figure out the link between cancer defences and pollution Baines comparative study of ...

Disappearing species. With fish populations plummeting since the 1970s, ... "The more the Baltic Sea becomes a lake, the more harmful the situation will be for marine species," explains Jukka ...

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

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

Researchers have successfully revived algae that remained dormant within sediment at the bottom of the Baltic Sea for more than 7,000 years. The tiny diatom cells have regained full biological ...

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 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 ...

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 ...