Past Events

Online session. 09.30-12.30 Session with EFCA 14.00-17.00 Session with ICES The two sessions will provide BSAC member organisations with a unique opportunity to ask questions regarding control and enforcement in the Baltic, as well as scientific advice.

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• Meeting information

Online seminar series about the ecological, economic and social benefits of dam removal. It will cover issues such as the importance of free flowing rivers for migratory fish and biodiversity, as well as the practicalities of prioritizing between rivers, moving forward and funding the effort. Dates: 4 May–7 May, 2021 Time: each afternoon at 14.00–17.00 CET DRE goes alps 2021 programme

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• Meeting information and registration

The 2021 IWC Scientific Committee meeting (SC68C) will be held virtually to reduce risk of COVID-19 exposure to SC members.

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• Meeting information and registration

Meeting of GFCM Subregional Committee for the Adriatic Sea (SRC-AS), including a session on the establishment of Adriatic Fisheries Restricted Areas (FRAs). Online.

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• GFCM Meetings

15, 21 and 27 April. Online workshop.  

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• Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals

As part of the European Green Deal and the new EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, the Commission will be developing a Biodiversity Action Plan for fisheries and marine ecosystems. The action plan will bridge the fisheries and environmental competences of the Union, and is also linked to the reporting under the recently adopted Technical Measures Regulation. It will also be linked with the implementation of other EU environmental legislation, notably the Birds, Habitats and Marine Strategy Framework Directives. The overall objective of this initiative is to concretely exploit the synergies between the fisheries and environmental policies. In making fisheries more sustainable, protecting marine ecosystems and their biodiversity, it will directly contribute to one of the main objectives of the European Green Deal, and it is one of the deliverables announced in the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030. Roadmap Biodiversity Action Plan for fisheries and ecosystems

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• To the consultation
• About the EU Biodiversity Strategy
• About the European Green Deal

The meeting is open to the GFCM Contracting Parties Heads of Delegation, who may be accompanied by a maximum 2 national representatives, as well as to representatives of the GFCM Cooperating Non-Contracting Parties, in quality of observers.

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• Meeting information and draft agenda

The ICES Baltic Fisheries Assessment Working Group (WGBFAS) provides scientific advice on the stocks in the Baltic Sea and adjacent areas ranging from Kattegat to the Gulf of Bothnia.

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• WGBFAS meeting details
• ICES WGBFAS information

Under the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive, the Member States are required to develop strategies for achieving "good environmental status" (GES) and have clean, healthy and productive seas by 2020. A report on the first implementation cycle of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive published in June 2020 showed that while the EU’s framework for marine environmental protection is one of the most comprehensive and ambitious worldwide, it needs to be beefed up to be able to tackle predominant pressures such as overfishing and unsustainable fishing practices, plastic litter, excess nutrients, underwater noise and others types of pollution This initiative will review the achievements and shortcomings of the Directive, explore options for improvement and propose possible amendments. EU Roadmap MSFD review The deadline for responding is 6 May!

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• To the consulation
• Background on the MSFD

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