Past Events

Further information on the annual conference from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea can be found here along with the draft programme.

The European Commission is hosting its annual "State of the Stocks" seminar and provide an update on achieving MSY for commercial stocks and analysis of biomass and fishing mortality trends, along with a focus on the economic performance of the European fleet. Further information and the meeting agenda.

This will be the first BALTFISH Forum under the Swedish Presidency. It is expected that discussions will focus on TACs and quotas ahead of the October Council. Agenda forthcoming.

Eel management will be the focus of the Baltic Sea Advisory Council working group meeting.

Further information

Agenda

The conference is organised by the Thünen Institute, a German research institute under the Ministry of Food & Agriculture.

At present the workshop plans to focus on three questions:

    * Which tasks of fisheries management should be in the responsibility of the fishing industry?

    * Which decisions of fisheries management should be taken at which level (EU, regional sea, national, local)?

    * Which institutions and decision-making processes are appropriate for the regional sea level?

The advisory council will aim to finalise its advice to the Commission regarding fishing opportunities in the Baltic Sea and management tools to recover stocks below biomass reference points for the fisheries in 2019. Agenda

It is expected that topics discussed will include the salmon management plan and TACs for 2019 as all stocks reach their maximum sustainable yield deadline. It will be the final meeting under the Danish Presidency with Sweden taking over in July.