Past Events

JRC are hosting a phase 2 workshop on Descriptor 1 to provide some specific recommendations on the outstanding issues identified during cover outstanding issues identified during phase 1 of the review process.

Registration and logistics: The workshops will be held at JRC - Ispra, Italy - registration is mandatory.

To have access to the JRC’s event module you have to use your ECAS credentials (or signing-in, if you don’t have an ECAS password) and then you will automatically redirect to the events page. Look for the “MSFD BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY WORKSHOPS (D1)” workshop page to complete you registration. Deadline for submission of applications for the workshop: 7 August 2015.

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• Registration

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• Fisheries Council information and agenda

One of the central objectives of the EU Common Fisheries Policy is to implement the ecosystem-based approach to fisheries management. SwAM will commence development of a strategy for how this can happen in Sweden and has initiated a pilot project in the 8-fjordar area of Västra Götaland. But what does ecosystem based fisheries management (EBFM) mean and how can in work in practice? SwAM will host a seminar with Prof. Craig Johnson from University of Tasmania in Hobart, Australia, on 7 September 2015 focusing on this topic and showcasing how  EBFM has been applied in Tasmania. The seminar will be followed by a workshop examining how EBFM could be defined and implemented in Sweden.

A live internet broadcast of the seminar will be available and open to all.

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• Seminar information and registration

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• Fisheries Committee meeting agenda

Meet MEP Linnea Engström (MP), Deputy Chairman of the Fisheries Committee, and discuss the new fisheries policy (Baltic multiannual plan). September 2 at. 18.00 at Marine Centre, Simrishamn.

Topics to be discussed are i) ICES advice for the Baltic Sea for 2016 and the corresponding fishing opportunities, ii) Multispecies Plan for the Baltic Sea and iii) Implementation of the Landing Obligation in the Baltic Sea as well as information on the work of HELCOM group on sustainable and ecosystem-based fisheries.

The working group meeting will focus on technical measures.

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• Meeting information and agenda

On the agenda are among others:

•  A new CFP: structure for technical measures and multiannual plans
• Common rules with a view to the application of the external dimension of the CFP, including fisheries agreements

Please see draft agenda below.

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• Dragt agenda

A public seminar on the state of fish stocks and the economic performance of fishing fleets will take place in Brussels on 14 July 2015. The seminar will review the latest information on the state of fish stocks and of the economic developments of the fleets in the North east Atlantic, the North Sea, the Baltic Sea, and in the Mediterranean.

Commissioner Vella will attend the opening session. Senior scientists from independent bodies, the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea and the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries will make presentations on the state of fish stocks in EU waters and on the economic conditions of fishing fleets, and there will be an exchange of views with the Advisory Councils and the participants.

The seminar is open to all members of the public. If you are interested, please register at: fishstocks.onetec.eu

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• Agenda