FISH, Coalition Clean Baltic, Oceana and other stakeholders in the region have come together in a call for action to improve practices and protection in the Baltic Sea. The targets are there; now we have to meet them!
As one of the partners that initiated the Race for the Baltic campaign, FISH is proud to announce the official launch today. The campaign brings together stakeholders that care for the Baltic Sea to create a coalition made up of NGO’s, businesses, concerned citizens and policy makers who are determined to see the environmental health of the Baltic Sea restored.
Our campaign will be gathering support over the coming months and will culminate in the handover of a Call for Action to our Ministers of Environment in Copenhagen on 3 October in connection with the HELCOM Ministerial meeting.
The call for action is focused on three asks:
1. REVIVE the biological diversity of the Baltic Sea.
2. RECOVER the natural wealth of the fish stocks in the Baltic Sea to ensure long-term sustainability.
3. RESTORE the water quality through a reduction of nutrients and pollutants flowing into the Baltic Sea.
Our objective in the short term is to ensure that politicians at the HELCOM Ministerial meeting in October take action to fulfil the obligations that have been agreed upon to address the pressing environmental issues in the Baltic Sea. We believe that the Baltic Sea region can become a model for management and protection of the marine environment across the EU and globally.
To show our commitment, we will bike around the Baltic Sea this summer, visiting 9 countries and riding around 3 500 km in 3 months, collecting signatures from the public and other stakeholders.
We hope that you can join us in our campaign activities and become an official partner, supporter or even sponsor of the Race for the Baltic. Together we can show our politicians that there is a strong support for action and that we are many that care about the Baltic Sea environment.
You can support the Race for the Baltic in a number of ways:
- Sign the petition and show that you care for the Baltic Sea
- Visit the new Race for the Baltic site