Animal rights group Peta has called on Stockholm mayor Karin Wanngård to change the name of a street from one which recalls the "mass murder of sensitive sea creatures" to one which encourages "respect and kindness".
A Swedish fisherman has captured a once in a lifetime encounter on camera after a group of orcas swam up beside his boat in the hope of earning some lunch.
Researchers are scratching their heads over the discovery that the health of fish along Sweden’s coasts has declined, despite the presence of fewer toxins in the area.
Keen fisherman Liam Mårskon bit off more than he could chew when he reeled in an eight kilo pike, only to discover that it had a half-eaten sausage complete with packaging in its belly.
Fishermen in Sweden are turning their backs on their trawlers according to new figures which reveal that a third of them have quit their jobs over the past 12 years as the industry continues to take a battering.
The first lobster caught in Swedish waters this season sold for a record 102,000 kronor ($15,450) per kilo at auction in Gothenburg on Tuesday morning.
Sweden’s lobster fishing season kicked off on Monday morning with eager fishermen taking to the seas early in the hopes of snagging themselves a traditional Swedish delicacy.
Swedish archaeologists believe they have discovered the world's oldest wooden fishing equipment on the Baltic Sea floor of the coast of southern Sweden.
A German fishing enthusiast has snagged a massive 29-kilogramme salmon in a stream in northern Sweden, four years after first casting his line in Swedish waters.
The first five lobster of the season reached a record price of 31,600 kronor ($4,640) at auction in Gothenburg on Tuesday morning and will go one sale in stores in Gothenburg and Stockholm.
Anglers have reported a dramatic decline in the fish population in Hanö Bay of the east coast of southern Sweden, leaving the authorities baffled as to the underlying cause.
Swedish Greenpeace experts have accused the Swedish government of breaking European law as the government after failing to implement safeguards against the exploitation of the seas.
Ivrfan Hadzahmetovic from Hässleholm in southern Sweden couldn't believe his luck on Friday when he went salmon fishing for the first time. He hooked a fish weighing some 14.2 kilograms.
Two of seventeen people charged with illegally fishing more than 100 tonnes of cod from Swedish waters admitted wrongdoing on Wednesday in one of Sweden’s largest ever fish poaching cases.
A fisherman made an unlikely catch in Kroppkär Lake after the trolling spoon at the end of his line became lodged in the throat of an unsuspecting bather swimming nearby.
Swedish fishermen should be bought out in order to conserve fish stocks in the seas around Sweden. This is the idea being put forward by the Swedish Society for Natural Conservation (SNF), which says EU money could be used to fund the scheme.
Two Lithuanian fishermen were killed and one was injured after apparently being exposed to toxic fumes onboard a fishing boat off Sweden's southern coast, rescue services said on Wednesday.
