Past Events

Environment Ministers from the nine countries bordering the Baltic Sea will meet to negotiate a package of policies which aim to improve the health and state of the Baltic. HELCOM has posed the question: after six years of the Baltic Sea Action Plan (BSAP), are Baltic countries on track to reach Good Environmental Status by 2020? FISH, together with other stakeholders, has initiated the Race for the Baltic campaign, which is working to ensure improved biodiversity and marine protection, an end to overfishing, and a reduction in eutrophication.

Links:

• HELCOM information for the Ministerial meeting
• HELCOM associated documents
• Race for the Baltic petition

Ahead of the Ministerial meeting on 3 October, national civil servants will seek to iron out issues ahead of the final negotiation. FISH, together with other stakeholders, has initiated the Race for the Baltic campaign, which is working to ensure improved biodiversity and marine protection, an end to overfishing, and a reduction in eutrophication.  

Links:

• Further information

Agenda forthcoming.

Ahead of the Ministerial meeting on 3 October, national civil servants will seek to iron out issues ahead of the final negotiation. HELCOM has posed the question: after six years of the Baltic Sea Action Plan (BSAP), are Baltic countries on track to reach Good Environmental Status by 2020? FISH, together with other stakeholders, has initiated the Race for the Baltic campaign, which is working to ensure improved biodiversity and marine protection, an end to overfishing, and a reduction in eutrophication.

The Marine and Water Authority in Sweden (Havs- och vattenmyndigheten) will be presenting its findings from an investigation of Hano Bay (Hanöbukten). The programme is completely in Swedish but if you would like to attend please email ann-marie.camper@skaneshavochvatten.se by September 16, 2013. You are also welcome to spread this information to your network and take a look at the attached programme. For more information about Hanöbukten click here.

Amendments to the deep sea fishing file are on the agenda, however, discussions concerning The Fisheries Partnership Agreement between EU-Morocco has been postponed.

Links:

• Draft agenda

The meeting is organised by DG Mare and features an overview of the state of fished stocks in EU waters, while input on economic performance is provided by the STECF. More stocks are now managed in line with Fmsy, however, 50% of fished stocks are data poor while only 24 of 82 stocks are within safe biological limits.

Links:

• FISH article on Commission communication on 2014 TACs
• Invitation and agenda