Introduction: Baltic Sea Agriculture
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A research report from the Swedish Environmental Advisory Council, titled A Strategy for Ending Eutrophication of Seas and Coasts, argues that the Baltic Sea is facing an ecological flip, associated with changes characterized by excessive algal bloom and a fishing industry in crisis (MVB 2005). Eutrophication may be the most severe of the consequences faced by the Baltic Sea. According to HELCOM (2015, p. 12), “Eutrophication is a major problem in the Baltic Sea. Since the beginning of the twentieth century, the Baltic Sea has changed from an oligotrophic clear-water sea into a highly eutrophic marine environment”. The increase in algae is the most obvious effect of eutrophication and its most severe impact is the establishment of dead zones, caused by a decrease in dissolved oxygen in bottom waters (Diaz and Rosenberg 2
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