Past Events

The twenty-fourth session of the Scientific Advisory Committee on Fisheries (SAC) 20–23 June 2023 is held in person – FAO headquarters Rome, Italy.

• GFCM meetings website
• Meeting info, including agenda

Unformal meetings between decision makers and citizens Every year in June, the small town Allinge at the island of Bornholm turns into a large celebration of our democracy. With more than 2000 political events created by 650 different organizations the Democracy Festival of Denmark has become an important democratic event in Denmark with the purpose of creating unformal meetings and dialogue between decision makers and citizens. The Democracy Festival of Denmark is composed of various events covering a broad variety of topics – From Energy and Climate to Health, Education and International Politics. All events are created by societal stakeholders.

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Information from the GFCM-Secretariat:

"Following the recommendation of the 45th GFCM to form a permanent GFCM Expert Group on European eel in the Mediterranean (EGEMed) covering several aspects related to the fisheries and management of European eel and considering the fact that the workplan of the GFCM called for meetings of both EGEMed and WGMEASURES-EEL, the WGMEASURES-EEL 2023 has been incorporated under one single meeting of the GFCM Expert Group on European eel in the Mediterranean (EGEMed)."

INFORMATION AND AGENDA

"According to the requests of the 45th GFCM and Recommendation GFCM/45/2022/1, the GFCM Expert Group on European eel in the Mediterranean in 2023 foresees a first day to discuss the next steps of the GFCM research programme on European eel and a second day to discuss relevant available information to further evaluate the possibility of implementing additional measures addressing glass eel, inter alia a total ban, catch limitations or determining key habitats, towards the possible implementation of new long-term measures in 2024, for the consideration of the 24^th SAC in June 2023."

An annotated agenda will be circulated once registration is closed.

Participants are invited to submit a contribution, in line with the above-mentioned requirements and with the topics outlined in the provisional agenda, by sending an email to the GFCM Secretariat (GFCM-Secretariat@fao.org).

PARTICIPATION AND REGISTRATION

Participants: experts on European eel in the Mediterranean (partners of the research programme in particular), experts from the administrations of Mediterranean CPCs and relevant GFCM partners.

Location: The meeting will be held at FAO Headquarters in Rome in hybrid modality.

Registration: Interested participants are invited to register online through the GFCM website no later than Monday, 24 May 2023, ensuring to indicate the modality of attendance.

CONTACTS

For technical matters:

Ms Elisabetta Betulla MORELLO, GFCM Fishery Resources Officer

E-mail: Elisabetta.Morello@fao.org

For administrative issues and any other matters:

GFCM Secretariat

E-mail: GFCM-Secretariat@fao.org

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• Provisional agenda

Time: usually at 12.00 CET

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The Baltic Sea Advice Drafting Group (ADGBS 2023) is held online.

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The smeinar has been re-scheduled, new time will be announced when approved! 27 April, Thursday, 13.00-14.00, MC216 and Zoom PFAS in the Baltic Sea Tove Porseryd, project researcher, Södertörn University https://sh-se.zoom.us/j/64810630785?pwd=eGVTeWgrbFRxM2dvLzZUMDAzc0ZFdz09 Passcode: 111 The subject of PFAS (per- and polyfluorinated substances) in our environments is a highly ‘toxic issue’ on the EU environmental policy agenda. Join the seminar and find out how these ‘forever chemicals’ affect human and non-human species. Tove is a researcher in the project ‘Health hazard in the Baltic sea: the effect of fluorinated substances on Baltic sea organisms’.   Please feel free to ask questions after the presentation!

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CONFERENCE More big fish in the sea! Questioning the MSY paradigm for a sustainable long-term marine fisheries management Co-chaired by MEP Caroline Roose and MEP Isabel Carvalhais When: April 25 12:30-13:30 Where: Brussels and online. On 25 April 2023, the Forum on Recreational Fisheries and Aquatic Environment will organise an event on the Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY) instrument in regard of a sustainable fish stock structure management. The conference will be chaired by MEP Caroline Roose and MEP Isabel Carvalhais and will take place in the European Parliament, Room Spinelli 5E1. The event will be live-streamed and a link provided before the day of the event. This conference will help drive the debate on the Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY) as the sole target considered for the sustainability of fisheries management in the EU. It will be co-chaired by MEP Caroline Roose and MEP Isabel Carvalhais and will take place in the European Parliament, Room 5E1 (Altiero Spinelli building). The event will be video broadcasted. Commercial fisheries management based on MSY has led to a progressive reduction in fish size. Indeed, this instrument is solely based on tonnage targets and does not consider the preservation of fish stocks’ structures, posing a problem for the fish species’ ability to cope with the growing risks of climate change, eutrophication of waters and for the maintenance of marine ecosystems. Indeed, the age and size distribution of individuals in the populations of commercially-exploited species is indicative of a healthy population according to the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). The recreational fisheries sector wishes to raise awareness of this problem, which endangers the long-term sustainability of commercial and recreational fisheries. This “RecFishing Forum” event aims at launching a dialogue between the EU decision-makers and scientific experts to consider the issue of fish populations’ structure (as foreseen by the Marine Strategy Framework Directive) when taking decisions for more a sustainable management of commercial fisheries.

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• Agenda
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Workshop on Assessing the Impact of Fishing on Oceanic Carbon

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Agriculture and Fisheries Council where ministers will exchange views on the Commission’s new package of measures to increase the sustainability and resilience of the EU’s fisheries and aquaculture sector.

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• Commission press release: Fisheries, aquaculture and marine ecosystems: transition to clean energy and ecosystem protection for more sustainability and resilience