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The Polish World Water Day - Baltic Day will raise awareness about the importance of water resources, rivers and the Baltic Sea
19/03/2008
The Polish NGO Klub Gaja, in collaboration with the Centre for Environmental Heritage of Upper Silesia and Mr. Stanislaw Rozycki, a local environmental consultant, has planned a series of educational workshops to celebrate World Water Day - Baltic Day in Raciborz, southern Poland on 22 March.

Attempt to strengthen collaboration between Sweden and Denmark in order to create sustainable fisheries
11/03/2008
On 10 March the Swedish and Danish Ministers of Fisheries, Eskil Erlandsson and Eva Kjer Hansen met to discuss collective actions in order to safeguard the Kattegat cod stocks. Within a year the cod fisheries can be temporarily closed during the spawning season.

Community financial contribution of Member States fisheries control programmes
29/02/2008
Too much community funding towards Member States fisheries control programmes is spent on hard investments such as the purchase of aircrafts and vessels, rather than for training and recruitment of control staff according to the EU Commission.

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