Past Events

Α Regular meeting of the Water & Marine Directors from all Member States, EU candidate countries, EFTA Countries, as well as representatives of the European Commission and the European Environment Agency, will take place within the framework of the Greek Presidency.

During the meeting, the latest developments and future plans on European and International water and marine management issues will be discussed with a particular focus on the Water and Marine Strategy Framework Directives (MSFD).

Agenda forthcoming.

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• http://www.gr2014.eu/events/expert-meetings/informal-meeting-european-water-marine-directors

Please see link below for agenda and information.  

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• Information and agenda

Marint Centrum in Simrishamn will host a blue growth innovation seminar during the Skåne Innovation Week.

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• Marint Centrum information

Please see link below for more information.

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• Information and agenda

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.

Malta relies on imports for over seven months per year, to satisfy domestic demand for fish products.

Fish dependence is a powerful concept that illustrates how far overconsumption 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).

The advice will be available here at noon on May 30th.

The future of the European shellfish sector The European project Euroshell, part of the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7), aims at strengthening cooperation between scientific experts and producers in the domain of shellfish farming. The project brings together 18 partners from 6 different Member states (France, United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, Italy and Spain), including scientific bodies and business association representatives at national and European level. Over a period of 18 month, the project developed tools and recommendations in order to improve the transfer of knowledge among the different European actors involved in shellfish farming. Its ultimate goal is to create a network for dissemination. The first part of this meeting will present the Euroshell project, its tools, results and outcomes to ensure that these elements are taken into account in the framework of the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF). The second part of the meeting will seek to formally constitute an interim Executive Committee that will seek to agree on the required documentation necessary for the constitution of the new Advisory Council on Aquaculture and discuss i.e. the EUROSHELL stakeholders’ recommendation on extension activities within this council. See below for draft agenda and statues as well as location of the meeting. Draft agenda

First HELCOM Workshop on Regional Action Plan for Marine Litter, the workshop falls under the MONAS group. Please see link below for more information about he workshop.

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• Meeting information and agenda

Workshop to launch the case study under the FP7 MareFrame project To workshop will be held at the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management (SWAM) in Gothenburg. See links below for more information.

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• MareFrame project information
• Draft agenda

Information forthcoming.