Managing Baltic Cod
When will Baltfish and EU Council start using the tools made available by the 2013 reform?
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Our Fish investigates
A new report highlights environmental failure and missed socio-economic opportunities by the Danish and German governments and provides several potential improvements for fisheries management.
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Latest council brief on Baltic TACs
This briefing provide analysis and comment on fishing quotas on the Fisheries Council agenda.
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Management Strategies
We support management strategies leading to sustainable fisheries embedded in thriving communities, aiming to minimise environmental impacts from fishing.
Baltic Sea
Working with the fishing industry and policy makers, we focus on improving fishery sustainability in the Baltic Sea through policy development.
Common Fisheries Policy
The CFP provides the framework for fisheries regulation in the European Union. We work with a number of polices and regulations emerging under the reformed CFP.
Latest news
May 10, 2018
Eel Evaluation Roadmap NGO submission
We strongly support the upcoming evaluation and welcome this opportunity to provide feedback on the effectiveness and implementation of the EU Eel Regulation. The population of European eel has declined dramatically since the 1970s*. Recruitment of juvenile eels remains extremely low despite the joint EU management framework, which has now been in place for … Continued
April 27, 2018
EU report – progress has stalled on fish stock recovery
The Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) has published its report: Monitoring the performance of the Common Fisheries Policy.
April 17, 2018
EU begins evaluation of eel management
On 13 April, the European Commission released a Roadmap for the upcoming evaluation of the Eel Regulation. The evaluation is set to help the Commission decide whether to review the regulation or focus on improving implementation. Stakeholders are invited to provide feedback on issues related to the implementation of the Eel Regulation until 11 May … Continued
March 6, 2018
Environment ministers struggle to deliver on promise of a healthy Baltic Sea
Today, 6 March, the HELCOM ministerial meeting will gather Environment Ministers from the Baltic region in Brussels. The first of its kind for five years sees implementation of marine environment laws as its focus. But ten years after the original Baltic Sea Action Plan was signed all countries fall short on the promise of a healthy Baltic Sea, as described in a new report from World Wildlife Fund, WWF.
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