Fiskarnas rike - Episode Guide

The presenter Martin Falklind takes us on a journey in our flowing waters, where we meet migrating fish, endangered prehistoric animals and swimming starfish - all dependent on the rushing waters. The main protagonist in this section is the salmon, a fish with superpowers. We visit a älvdal where the forsarna tystnat, where animals, plants and people have been affected by large-scale water power. But we also get to see how human efforts contribute to a better future for life along the river - hundreds of miles of streams and rivers have been restored in Sweden, most of them voluntary efforts.

In this section, Martin Falklind comes to our lakes. Under the water lilies live fish and animals whose existence we know surprisingly little about. We meet researchers and get to know Sweden's largest lake fish, a predatory fish that can be three meters long. But it is the voracious pike with its six hundred teeth that has the main role in this section. We find out that both pike and perch along the Baltic coast are having a tough time, but that overgrown lakes inland have started to be restored to the clear bathing and fishing lakes they once were. We also meet lake fishermen from Mälardalen who show how they work with sustainable fishing.

In the third part and the last part, the Swedish gardens are in focus. We get to meet sharks that can be up to ten meters in size and we get to know some of the strangest creatures that live in our ocean depths. The presenter Martin Falklind tells the fantastic story of the return of the bluefin tuna to Sweden and he finds out where the cod has gone. In the section about the sea, we are thrown mellan oro och hopp. We get to see large trawlers that fish for the feed mill industry and we get to take part in advanced and successful fish management, where the curve for both job opportunities and fish has turned upwards.

Many fish need running water to reproduce. But in rivers and streams they are often met by hydroelectric dams and other obstacles that we humans have built. Martin Falklind explores the possibilities of helping the fish to migrate freely. We also meet Sweden's first inhabitants after the ice sheet, the char, and meet 12-year-old Edvin who does everything he can to help the fishermen.

We humans have always liked to catch big fish. This has led to the extinction of the sturgeon and the almost complete disappearance of the catfish from Sweden. Miraculously, these giants are back. Martin Falklind takes us on a journey to meet both these strange fish and the people who are committed to their return.

Martin Falklind offers both hope and despair as he takes us on a journey along our coasts. We find dead and dying sharks dumped in a harbor, while scientists discover that giant sharks are hiding in a deep-sea canyon. The herring shortage is affecting both animals and people along the east coast, while large tuna have begun to return to the west coast thanks to more sustainable fishing.