News
September 2, 2011
European Commission developing multi species management plan for the Baltic Sea
According to DG MARE staff the Commission is currently planning to develop a multi species plan for the Baltic Sea, including pelagic and demersal species.
August 18, 2011
Deep sea species and ecosystems: worth saving?
For the first time ever, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) will conduct an open review of national and regional actions to protect deep-sea species and ecosystems— beyond national jurisdiction— from the harmful impacts of bottom fishing. This open review is scheduled to take place at UN headquarters in New York, on 15-16 September, 2011.
August 15, 2011
New management plan for the Baltic salmon released
On 12 August, after a long preparation process, the European Commission finally tabled the anticipated proposal for a new management plan for the Baltic salmon.
August 4, 2011
‘Oceans for Sale’- Greenpeace ranks retailers in Poland
Published today, in their report 'Oceans for Sale', Greenpeace ranks nine largest retailers of fish and seafood products in Poland for the third time since 2008. Some improvements have been noted in terms of the sourcing strategies and the quality of fish and seafood products. The aim of the ranking is to draw attention to overfishing and the problem of poor management of marine resources.
August 3, 2011
Clean-up the Baltic and save the fish!
The 5th annual International Clean-up the Baltic 2011 event will take place on 22 September in Hel, Poland, and all organizations around the Baltic Sea are invited to join in! This year’s theme of the campaign focuses on the protection of more than one-hundred fish species that inhabit the Baltic Sea waters, under a slogan: ‘Sea of Rubbish or Sea of Fish?'
July 30, 2011
OCEAN2012 hands over European Fish Week photobook to the Polish Ministry
On 27 July in Gdynia, during a WWF conference "New Common Fisheries Policy - challenges and chances", Polish members of OCEAN2012 handed over a commemorative photobook based on the 2011 European Fish Week (EFW) to Leszek Dybiec, the Political Adviser to the Polish Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development.
July 28, 2011
Baltic region stakeholders and experts debate the CFP reform in Poland
On 27 July a WWF meeting "New Common Fisheries Policy - challenges and chances", under the patronage of the Polish EU Presidency, explored the proposed measures in the CFP reform package and provided a forum for about 70 stakeholders— NGOs, fishermen, scientists, fish processors— to express their opinions on the current reform proposals.
July 21, 2011
Polish inspectors find half-a-ton of illegal cod
Only a few weeks after the Common Fisheries Policy reform proposals package was released by the European Commission (July 13), which supports the continued efforts to fight Illegal Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) commercial fishing activities, it was revealed that Polish fisheries inspectors and coast guard in Słupsk found half a ton of illegally caught cod on a vessel from Kołobrzeg.
July 19, 2011
Council will discuss reform package and Celtic Sea cod
Today, the EU Fisheries Ministers will have their first debate on the reform package published last week. Ministers will also hear about the Polish Presidency priorities for fisheries and agriculture.
July 14, 2011
Three groups grab CFP reform reports in European Parliament
After the Commission’s publication of reform proposals yesterday, rapporteurs were appointed in the European Parliament through an unusal move, leaving three party groups with all the reports and a greater influence over the results.