Past Events

Upcoming events
Jun
15

AG Fisk workshop: Fisheries and aquaculture in the marine environment

Location: Copenhagen, Denmark

Dates: 15 - 16 June 2015

Workshop on fisheries, aquaculture and the marine environment looking at the environmental challenges and regulations associated, with a particular focus on nitrogen.

Please see agenda below for more information.

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Jun
10

BSAC Joint Working Group

Dates: 10 - 11 June 2015

Agenda forthcoming. Please see pdf below for invitation.

Jun
10

HELCOM meeting of the Heads of Delegation

Location: Tallinn, Estonia

Dates: 10 - 11 June 2015

The 48th heads of Delegation meeting will take place in Tallinn. Please see below for more information.

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Jun
02

Growth in Blue Bio-economy conference

Location: Thorshavn, Faroe Island

Dates: 02 - 03 June 2015

The Conference is hosted by the Faroese Ministry of Fisheries as a flagship project in the 2015 Nordic Council of Ministers Chairmanship Program. The objective of the Conference is to provide an overview of the huge growth potential in marine bio-economy. The target audience is ministers, parliamentarians, industry, investors, decision makers and policy advisers. The focus will be on essential policy initiatives to support growth in the marine sector. The Nordic Marine Think Tank, NMTT, is responsible for the organisation of the conference.

  The conference has three themes: Theme I: Blue Bio-economy at the global and regional level. Theme II: Potential Growth in marine Industries. Theme III: Obstacles to and promotion of Blue Growth For more information and registration please see link below.

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Jun
01

ICES training: Analysing and visualization of VMS and EU logbook data

Location: Copenhagen, Denmark

Dates: 01 - 05 June 2015

The objective of the course is to provide instruction in the use of the VMS tools software package for the simultaneous analysis of VMS and logbook data. Emphasis will be placed on exploring the spatial distribution of fisheries, and the behaviour of fishers at sea. Application deadline: 17 April 2015
Please see link below for more information.

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May
22

Ghost fishing conference

Dates: 22 May 2015

Marint Centrum in Simrishamn, Sweden are hosting a conference dedicated to ghost nets.

Please see attached pdf for more information and how to register (in Swedish).

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May
11

Fisheries Council Meeting

Dates: 11 - 12 May 2015

May
11

HELCOM WG meeting: State and Environment

Location: Helsinki, Finland

Dates: 11 - 15 May 2015

Second Meeting of the Group on the State of the Environment and Nature Conservation. For more information please see link below.

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May
07

BSAC Executive Committee and General Assembly

Location: Helsinki, Finland

Dates: 07 May 2015

The meeting will take place in Helsinki, Finland. The Executive Committee will start at 09.00 and finish at 12.30. The General Assembly will start at 13.30 and end at 16.00.

Elections for members of the Executive Committee, the BSAC chair as well as the position of honorary chair of the General Assembly will be held. BSAC General Assembly organisations are invited to send nominations to the Secretariat (with a short CV of your nominee). Nominations are due Tuesday 7th April 2015.

For agenda and meeting information please see links below.

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May
06

Symposium “Tools for assessing status of European aquatic ecosystems”

Location: Malmö, Sweden

Dates: 06 - 07 May 2015

The Scientific Symposium ”Tools for assessing status of European aquatic ecosystems” is a joint product of the research programmes DEVOTES, WATERS (www.waters.gu.se) and MARS (www.mars-project.eu).

The symposium will bring together scientists and environmental managers to present and discuss state-of-the-art indicator development and assessment methods for ecological/environmental status of freshwater and marine ecosystems. The focus of the presentations will be related to the implementation of EU Water Framework Directive and EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive.

Please see link below for more information and how to register.

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