In the Kalix archipelago household fishing is one of the single most important factors for a high quality of life in the local communities (see chapter 6 in this report and Kvamstrom & Bostrom, 2018). This is in accordance with recent HELCOM assessments (HELCOM, 2017a). In Aland, there was agreement on observations of enormous increases in seals, particularly in the Baltic Sea - numbers reaching beyond those encountered in living memory. Furthermore, cormorant and swans (Cygnus olor and C. cygnus) have increased.