Thanks! I like it too....during the summer that is.
St. Petersburg sewage is the main threat now...
Also, we are pretty concerned about that new oil port to be built by russians. One serious oil spill in this closed sea will destroy if for decades if not centuries.
Commercial fishermen?? They seem to be complaining always about something! If it is not the fish, its's the seals, if not the seals, it's the EU...... Same goes for our farmers.
Gulf of Finland is now much better that it was some five years back. Still, it's pretty bad. I just hope that the bloody swedes would allow the cod to Baltic again!!!
We have pike in lakes and in sea as well as Baltic sea is a pool of bracish water. They grow to respectable size indeed. Largest one speared can be seen here.
http://www.teamkampela.com/gallerypics/img/031020231900_836.jpg
Tero got this monster of 11.5kgs last fall.
Viz is usually pretty bad....late fall waters clear up considerably and I have once dived in 14m viz near Tammisaari.
Cheers,
Mikko