Past Events

47th session of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) Where: FAO Headquarters

Links:

• https://www.fao.org/gfcm/meetings/info/en/c/1698231/

Usually published around noon.

Links:

• www.ices.dk

BSAC Workshop on predators in the Baltic (seals, cormorants) second edition Time: 09.00-16.00 EET

Links:

• https://www.bsac.dk/upcoming-meetings/

Time: 10:00-17:30 EET The meeting will be held in Helsinki, Finland, and online through Zoom.

Links:

• https://www.bsac.dk/upcoming-meetings/

The Agriculture and Fisheries Council will be held in Luxembourg on 21-22 October 2024.

Links:

• More information will be available here

The webinar and discussion will take place on October 17th at 15:00 GMT +1 (4:00PM CET). Sciaena welcomes the second speaker of the webinar series "EBFM: From paradigm to practice" - Jessica Tengval from the University of Bergen in Norway Jessica Tengval is completing a PhD at the University of Bergen, studying natural mortality in fisheries management. Originally drawn to marine life, Jessica gained a deeper understanding of fishing as both a necessity and cultural value through work with small-scale fisheries in the Philippines. Now based on a remote peninsula in western Norway, Jessica’s researches and communicates fisheries management issues in a community where the ocean remains central—from its fishing heritage to its modern surf culture.

Links:

• Registration link

Links:

• https://www.ices.dk/news-and-events/meeting-calendar/Pages/ICES-CalendarDisp.aspx?sd=2d247feb-2e94-ee11-9297-00155d2c0b06

The webinar and discussion will take place on October 16th at 15:00 GMT +1 (4:00PM CET), and the registration is free. Sciaena welcomes the first speaker of the webinar series "EBFM: From paradigm to practice" - Marie-Julie Roux from the Maurice-Lamontagne Institute of Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Marie-Julie Roux is a member on the advisory committee (ACOM) of the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES) since 2020 and will present FEISA - a new framework which the authors state "aims to create an avenue of inclusion for the full variety of data, knowledge, methods, and syntheses that are required to deliver practical and operational EBM"

Links:

• Registration link

Important agenda points include: the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the negotiations on an International Legally Binding Instrument on Plastic Pollution and a report on the 69th meeting of the International Whaling Commission.

Links:

• Meeting Page