The third HELCOM holistic assessment (HOLAS 3) provides a comprehensive overview of the Baltic Sea’s ecosystem health during the assessment period from 2016 to 2021. On 31 October 2023, HELCOM will host an online event to mark the release of the much-awaited State of the Baltic Sea 2023 summary report. The summary report consolidates and integrates results from various assessment products within HOLAS 3, including five thematic assessments and the indicator reports. The event will commence with a presentation of key findings from HOLAS 3, followed by a panel discussion on the results and their policy implications, titled ‘Now that we know, where do we go?’. The discussion will be moderated by Gun Rudquist from the Baltic Sea Centre, Stockholm University. Audience is invited to submit questions for the panellists and HELCOM experts. Speakers at the event include Rüdiger Strempel (HELCOM), Jannica Haldin (HELCOM), Lone Munk Søderberg (Danish Ministry of Environment), Dominic Pattinson (OSPAR), Michel Sponar (European Union) and Johanna Källén Fox (WWF). For more information, please visit the event page. Advance registration is required. The event will also be recorded and made available online for those who cannot attend live.

Contact

Eeva Nyyssönen Communication Secretary eeva.nyyssonen@helcom.fi +358 40 6473996

Links:

• https://helcom.fi/registration-is-now-open-for-the-state-of-the-baltic-sea-2023-report-launch-event/

Date: 10/27/2023 Time: 09:00-15:30 CEST Location: Gdynia, Poland and online BSAC Workshop on predators (seals – cormorants) Gdynia, Poland and online 27/10/2023 Registration link and background documents will be provided one month ahead of the meeting.

Links:

• https://www.bsac.dk/upcoming-meetings/

Links:

• https://damremoval.eu/dam-removal-europe-cafe6/

Date: 10/26/2023 Time: 10:00-17:00 CEST Location: Gdynia, Poland and online BSAC Executive Committee Gdynia, Poland and online 26/10/2023 Agenda and background douments will be provided one month ahead of the meeting.

Links:

• https://www.bsac.dk/upcoming-meetings/

Link to agenda: https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/CM-4680-2023-INIT/en/pdf   On this page you will soon find all the information related to this meeting:

• agenda highlights (a week before the meeting date)
• main results (after the meeting)
• press material
• photos, videos and live streaming
• related documentation

Updated content will be added in the run-up to as well as during and after the meeting.  

Press information

Press contacts

Miruna Georgescu

Press officer

+32 471 33 53 34

+32 2 281 47 70

@mirunag_press

Links:

• https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/agrifish/2023/10/23-24/

ICES Eel Advice Drafting Group meeting is held 18-19/10, as an online meeting.

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• Meeting details

  Hur kan man egentligen veta hur fiskar rör sig i naturen? Laxens vandring mellan hav och älv är välkänd, men nästan alla fiskarter vandrar. De vandrar från lekområde till uppväxtområde, från djuphav till grundhav, fiskyngel driver med strömmar, och rovfiskar följer bytesdjur. FishBase har bjudit in sju experter som kommer att berätta om hur man med modern teknik kan spåra fiskars vandring över tid och rum, och vad man från det kan lära sig om deras ekologi och miljö! Jordan Matley (Flinders University, Australien) Global perspectives on tracking fishes with telemetry Naiara Rodriguez-Ezpeleta (AZTI, Spanien) Tracking Fishes through their DNA. Christopher Jerde (UCSB, USA) The critical role of data science in tracking fishes and monitoring global biodiversity Brian R. MacKenzie (DTU Aqua, Danmark) The return of a large migratory predator, bluefin tuna, to northern European waters - why did it come back, and how can we keep it coming back? David Righton (CEFAS, Storbritannien) The long slow road: tracking European eels across the Atlantic Ocean Robert J. Lennox (Dalhousie University, Kanada) Studying predation with electronic tagging and tracking technology - fundamental knowledge and applications to conservation Lucas P. Griffin (University of Massachusetts, USA) Unraveling the Migratory Mystery of the Atlantic Tarpon: A Call for Conservation   Tid: Måndag den 16 oktober 2023, heldag med start 9:30, slut 17:00. Registrering från 9:00. Plats: Stora hörsalen, Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, Stockholm. Poster: Det blir en posterutställning i anslutning till symposiet. Ange i din anmälan om du vill presentera en poster eller annat informationsmaterial. Anmälan: Lunch ingår om du anmält dig senast 12 oktober 2023. Anmäl dig HÄR eller mailafishbase@nrm.se Är ni en större grupp, tex skolklass eller en hel kurs, anmäl er via mail och inte formuläret. Information: Föredragen hålls på engelska. För närvarande är museet stängt på grund av problem med innertaken i byggnaden. De utrymmen symposiet hålls i har dock åtgärdats och bedöms som säkra, men renoveringsarbeten pågår fortfarande på museet. Ingången till symposiet kommer därför att nås via restaurang Fossilens egen entré.

Links:

• https://www.nrm.se/forskningochsamlingar/zoologi/fishbasesymposium2023.9009590.html

The first meeting of a new joint special group gathering Member States’ fisheries and environmental authorities, to support them in preparing their national roadmaps and to follow up on implementation.

5 October, Thursday, 13.00-14.00, Room TBC and on Zoom PFAS in the Baltic Sea Tove Porseryd, project researcher, Södertörn University   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’.   https://sh-se.zoom.us/j/64892215758?pwd=QzBjckEyQ2VjTzdLektSRHBwb2RHZz09 Passcode 111

The GFCM High-level conference on MedFish4Ever initiatives: Transformative actions to address new challenges aims to take stock of advances and inspire reinforced ambition towards sustainable Mediterranean and Black Sea fisheries and aquaculture.

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• Meeting info and registration
• Programme