Past Events

• Further information

A lunch seminar follwed by a panel discussion on aquaculture will take place between 11-13 at the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation office, Åsögatan 115. Participants include the Minister for Rural Affairs, Eskil Erlandsson. For further information and registration, contact louise.bjarke@naturskyddsforeningen.se by the 17th January.

The New CFP reform – More regionalisation, but how? When: Wednesday the 18th of January at 14.00 Where: European Parliament, N3.1, Louis Weiss, Strasbourg On behalf of the Fish for the Future working group, MEP Christofer Fjellner extends an invitation to a seminar on the new CFP reform, specifically addressing the issue of regionalisation in the new fisheries policy. Questions which will be explored include: How do we move the decision making about the waters closer to the member states and the fishermen that depend on them? Everyone seems to talk about it, but how do we make it happen? Speakers include: Mr. Ernesto Penas Lado – Director, Policy development and co-ordination, DG MARE Mr. Henrik Österblom – Associate Senior Lecturer in Environmental Sciences, Stockholm resilience center. For more information please see below.

• Fish For the Future

"The conference aims to show and trigger discussions on latest MSP developments at policy as well as implementation level within the European Commission and the Baltic Sea Region. It is open to maritime spatial planning experts and decision makers around all European countries". For more information check out the BaltSeaPlan links below.

• Conference registration
• Conference Information

Agenda has not yet been prepared. Please check the link below for updates.

• BSRAC website

January 1 until June 30 2012

• CFP reform on the Danish Presidency website

• PECH Information

Some of the issues during this council meeting: Baltic Salmon Long term Management Plan, North Sea/Atlantic TACs. For more information please check the provisional agenda below

• Provisional Agenda

• Detailed information

Based on Oceanas extensive research expedition in the Baltic Sea, the international marine organisation proposes new Marine Protected Areas in Sweden, Denmark and Finland. Oceana presents these areas in the new report “Conservation proposals for ecologically important areas in the Baltic Sea” which will be released at a press conference on Tuesday the 13^th   of December in Stockholm. For more information please see the attached document below.