Past Events

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ICES will attend and present the annual advice for Baltic fish stocks.

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• Meeting information
• Draft agenda
• Meeting invitation

The theme of the United Nations World Oceans Day in 2021 is "The Ocean: Life and Livelihoods" - a celebration to shed light on the wonders of the ocean and how it is our lifesource, supporting humanity and every other organism on Earth. The purpose of the World Oceans Day is to inform the public of the impact of human actions on the ocean, develop a worldwide movement of citizens for the ocean, and mobilize and unite the world’s population on a project for the sustainable management of the world's oceans. They are a major source of food and medicine and a critical part of the biosphere. In the end, World Oceans Day is a day to celebrate together the beauty, the wealth and the promise of the ocean.

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• World Oceans Day 2021
• UN World Oceans Day

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• ICES Advice Release dates

The Council session will take place on Wednesday 26 and Thursday 27 May in Brussels. Ministers will receive information on the state of play with regard to EU-UK fishing relations and the WTO negotiations on fisheries subsidies. This will be followed by a press conference with Mr Serrão Santos and Virginijus Sinkevičius, European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries. In the evening, ministers will seek to approve the Council’s conclusions on the EU’s priorities for the 2021 United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS). Ministers are then expected to return to the morning’s discussion of the CAP reform package.  

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• Background brief with links

The International Symposium on Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (SOFAS) was set to be held from 25 to 27 May in Trabzon, Turkey. However, it has officially been postponed to a later date considering the continuous Covid-19 situation all around the world.

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• SOFAS 2021

In its annual meetings, the Steering Group for the ASCOBANS Recovery Plan for Baltic Harbour Porpoises (Jastarnia Plan) and the Conservation Plan for the Harbour Porpoise Population in the Western Baltic, the Belt Sea and the Kattegat (WBBK Plan) will review progress under the action plans, learn about complementary initiatives, and aim to move implementation forward. Online meeting. Register before 24 April.

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• Meeting information and registration

Online meeting.

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• GFCM Meetings

The United Nations has proclaimed 22 May the International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) to increase understanding and awareness of biodiversity issues. This day for biodiversity was created in 1993, but this year will be special. The 15th Conference of Parties under the Convention on Biological Diversity had to be post-poned last year, but is scheduled to take place in the second quarter of 2021 in Kunming, China. The monumental meeting will adopt a post-2020 global biodiversity framework, working towards the 2050 Vision of “Living in harmony with nature”.

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• UN International Day for Biological Diversity

Remember the European eel, sharks, rays and other endangered fish species on the 16th Annual Endangered Species Day!  

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• Endangered Species Day 2021