Past Events

The fourth annual forum will be jointly hosted by the Commission and the Lithuanian Presidency, and is entitled "Baltic Sea, Baltic Growth, Baltic Environment". Under the EU Strategy several fisheries related flagship projects have been initiated, such as the BALTFISH forum and a plan of action for salmon recovery and an end to discards. The process began during the Swedish EU Presidency in 2009.

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• Further information and agenda

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• Slow Fish website
• Slow Fish Fair info (in German)

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• Preliminary programme

On 4 November, stakeholder integration will be discussed. RACs have been invited to this forum for improved coordination and cooperation with ICES. The meeting will take place at the Stockholm Resilience Centre.

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• RAC position paper

  Conference Topics: - Climate driven changes in ecosystems and biodiversity - Climate driven changes in the physical environment - Science for ocean management - Genetic and molecular methods - Coastal systems and multiple stressors - Future operational systems and products - Aquaculture, food production and fish deceases - Acidification of the oceans - Society and science - The Oslo fjord - ecosystems under pressure   Read more about the conference and register trough www.havforsk.no

DG Mare will organise a meeting on the implementation of certain aspects of the new CFP. Attendees will be from national administrations, MEPs and the RACs.

The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the practical issues of the changes for the RACs under the new CFP.

A two day conference about marine litter in the Baltic Sea hosted by Keep Sweden Tidy About the conference: Marine litter has not been considered a major problem in the Baltic Sea, still there has been a huge knowledge gap about the amounts and sources of marine litter. During the Baltic Marine Litter project, beach litter has been monitored on the shores of the Baltic Sea, using a standardised method developed by UNEP/Regional Seas. Responsible authorities of implementing the Marine Strategy Framework Directive will present national challenges concerning marine litter. Representatives from NGOs, the tourism sector, shipping sector and waste management experts will also be there to discuss actions and good examples to reduce litter entering the environment.   

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• Project Marlin homepage

Expected vote on the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund. Agenda forthcoming.

The meeting will be held at the Natural History Museum in Stockholm, and will take place in both English and Swedish. Email fishbase@nrm.se for registration by 17 October.

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• Invitation (Swedish)