Past Events

Online seminar in Swedish, 13:00 - 13:45. More information here.

The date is tentative due to the pandemic. The seventh Our Ocean Conference will draw partners globally to identify solutions to sustainably manage marine resources, increase the ocean’s resilience to climate change and safeguard its health for generations to come. This meeting was originally scheduled to take place in December 2020 in Palau. It has been postponed, due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. The six areas originally selected for the focus of the conference are as follows: climate change, marine pollution, marine protected areas, sustainable fisheries, sustainable blue economy, and maritime security. The sixth Our Ocean Conference took place in Oslo, Norway, from 23-24 October 2019.  A SDG Knowledge Hub Summary is available here. Summaries for previous years are also available for: 2017,  2016, 2015 and 2014. Website

On 25 June 2021, OSPAR will hold a ministerial meeting hosted by the Government of Portugal in Lisbon. The meeting had originally been planned for June 2020 but was postponed in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Given the on-going uncertainty around COVID-19, the arrangements for the meeting will be kept under review. The meeting will look back at OSPAR's 2010-2020 strategy and celebrate successes. It will also look to the future with the launch of a new 2020-2030 strategy and work towards what still needs to be done to achieve OSPAR's vision of "a clean, healthy North-East Atlantic, used sustainably".  

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• Meeting information

The European Commission is inviting views on a draft Implementing Regulation regarding the identification of energy efficient technologies and a proposed methodology to determine the normal fishing effort of fishing vessels. The initiative establishes a methodology for measuring the reduction of CO₂ emissions from different fishing vessel engines, in order to provide a harmonised framework covering all Member States. It is related to the inclusion of funding for replacement or modernisation of a main or ancillary engine of a fishing vessels of up to 24 metres into the new European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF). Any vessel between 12–24 metres that receives such support, must ensure that the engine emits at least 20 % less CO₂ or uses 20 % less fuel than the previous engine. The consultation is open from 25 June to 23 July 2021.

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• Commission initiative and consultation

RAVON hands out the first ever Power to the Eel Award after investigating potential habitat for eels throughout the Netherlands and ranking the work of all the national Water Boards in making them more accessible to eels and other fish species.

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• Programme for Award event
• About RAVON

Agenda GFCM SAC22 2021The 22nd session of the Scientific Advisory Committee on Fisheries (SAC) under the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM), will be held online via Zoom. Among other things on the agenda, there will be updates on the research programmes on European eel, red coral and blue crabs.  

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• Scientific Advisory Committee on Fisheries (SAC) - 22nd session
• General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean

Time: 09.30–12.30 CEST This meeting will be held online on the Zoom platform.

The annual Fish Passage Conference brings together experts and practitioners from around the globe to focus on the future of river connectivity, discussing cutting-edge research and showcases on fish passage. The theme of this year’s four-day webinar is Global Solutions for River Connectivity Issues. In order to enable people from all continents to take part, there will be a 2.5 hour session each day.  

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• Register for Fish Passage 2021
• Announcement of Fish Passage 2021

High-level meeting on the new strategy, MedFish4Ever initiatives and the post-Covid response. Greece (TBC)/Online

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• GFCM Meetings

This Commission initiative reports on the implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy, including progress on:

• achieving sustainable fisheries
• assessing the state of fish stocks
• balancing fleet capacity and fishing opportunities.

It also launches a public consultation on fixing fishing opportunities for 2022: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/12937-Towards-more-sustainable-fishing-in-the-EU-state-of-play-and-orientations-for-2022_en The consultation is open from 9 June to 31 August 2021.  

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• To the consultation