Decades of pollution and climate change have caused fish to disappear from the Baltic Sea at an alarming rate, with the European Union on Thursday vowing to make the sea an "urgent priority".

The mission, dubbed Baltic Sentry, follows worry over increased Russian military activity near key undersea communication cables.

Sea rescuers watch a whale that got caught in fishing nets as they prepare to assist in cutting it loose, off the Baltic Sea beach near Miedzyzdroje, Poland, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (Maritime ...

Saboteurs Suspected of Cutting Yet Another Baltic Sea Cable as Three Ex-Soviet Republics Move To Join Europe’s Electricity Grid The attacks come as Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania prepare to cut on ...

Teams of sea rescuers and wildlife experts on Wednesday successfully freed a whale that got caught in fishing nets near a popular Baltic Sea resort in Poland.

After a series of suspicious cable cuttings feared to be Russian sabotage, NATO began a new mission called Baltic Sentry to patrol the Baltic Sea. Michael Schwirtz, an investigative reporter with ...

The Baltic Sea faces a collapse of its fish stocks From salmon to herring and cod, Baltic fish stocks are so low that small-scale fishermen are leaving the profession. This is because of ...

In just three months, three incidents of damage to Baltic Sea underwater cables have taken place. While accidential cable slices are common, the cluster raises suspicion.

The Baltic Sea, NATO's new front line The Baltic Sea is on the brink of a major geopolitical upheaval: Finland has just joined the North Atlantic Alliance and Sweden is on its doorstep. Russia ...

The Baltic Sea incidents take place against a backdrop of allegations of Russian sabotage, attacks and killings in Europe, which have increased since the invasion of Ukraine.

Unveiling its road map to protect Europe’s seas, the European Ocean Pact, Brussels announced a summit on the state of the Baltic Sea in late September.