Past Events

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

Hear the latest on how MSC propose to revise and update our sustainability standard, and get details of opportunities for you to get involved. Registrations and more info here.

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