Past Events

46th Meeting of the Heads of Delegation. The meeting will take place in Helsinki, Finland.

The Meeting will start on Tuesday, 16 September at 10.00 o’clock and will terminate on Wednesday, 17 September by 16.00 o’clock.

Please see link below for more information. 

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• Meeting information

For information and agenda please see link below.

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• Invitation and agenda

More information forthcoming close to date.

Fish Dependence is the day on which imports have to be relied upon because national catches would have run out if only home-caught fish had been eaten since 1 January.

UK relies on imports for approximately four months per year, to satisfy domestic demand for fish products.

Fish dependence is a powerful concept that illustrates how far over consumption outstrips domestic resources. One way to illustrate this trend is to represent a country’s degree of self-sufficiency as a calendar day – the day in the year when a country has consumed its own supply and must begin sourcing its products from elsewhere, hence the term ‘fish dependence day’. For the EU this date is currently 11th July, after which the EU depends on foreign resources. Fish dependence day is calculated by New Economics Foundation (NEF).

Tentative date, information forthcoming.

Thee meeting will take place at the Ministry of Agriculture in Vilnius, Lithuania. - BALTFISH Forum Seminar 11:00- 18:00 on 8 September; - High Level Group Meeting 9:00- 16:00 on 9 September. Please see agenda below.

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In light of the findings of MSFD Article 12 assessment, a review of the Commission Decision 2010/477/EU on criteria and methodological standards for GES will be carried out, to be completed by the end of 2014. The review will be complemented by a set of recommendations, to be compiled in 2015, which will lead to the possible revision of the Commission Decision (2010/477/EU).

ICES will, in the process of the Review of Commission Decision, organise an open workshop for descriptors 3 (commercial fisheries).

The workshop will take place in ICES HQ, Copenhagen.

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• Agenda

On the agenda for the meeting are among others the landing obligation, delegated acts and a briefing note on conflicts arising from the use of static and mobile fishing gear in coastal fisheries.

Please see below for agenda and meeting documents.

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• Agenda
• Meeting documents

In light of the findings of MSFD Article 12 assessment, a review of the Commission Decision 2010/477/EU on criteria and methodological standards for GES will be carried out, to be completed by the end of 2014. The review will be complemented by a set of recommendations, to be compiled in 2015, which will lead to the possible revision of the Commission Decision (2010/477/EU).

ICES will, in the process of the Review of Commission Decision, organise an open workshop for descriptors 6 (sea floor integrity).

The workshop will take place in ICES HQ, Copenhagen.