The fish stenbit, or sjurygg, is primarily fished for its roe, but soon it may be finished, writes Sydsvenskan.
In two years, the Swedish catch of stenbit, which mostly takes place in the Öresund, has decreased by over 90 per cent.
According to the newspaper Syre, 37 tonnes of stenbit were caught in Sweden in 2021. Last year, the catch decreased to 3.2 tonnes.
The stock is not what it used to be, says Mikael Svensson, environmental analyst at SLU Artdatabanken, to Sydsvenskan.
Overfishing may be a contributing cause, but so may the climate changes fueled by fossil fuels, as well as the spread of species such as tuna, seal, and cormorant in the Öresund.
As early as 2018, SLU warned that the stenbit was threatened in the Skagerrak, Kattegatt, and Öresund.
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