Last week WWF Sweden hosted its annual Baltic Sea Seminar, held for the tenth consecutive year, as an important part of the Baltic Sea Festival. During the seminar WWF launched the report, “Counter Currents”, which presents a range of possible futures for the Baltic Sea leading up to the year 2030.
The first BALTFISH meeting to take place under the Estonian presidency took place in Tallinn yesterday. There was also a technical working group focused on implementation of the discard ban, which will most likely come into force in 2014 as well as discussions centred upon TACs and quotas for 2013 and the multispecies management plan for the Baltic.
With their film released over the summer, the Commission have given a final show of support for TFCs and put them in the CFP reform spotlight just months before the European Parliament plenary votes on the Basic Regulation package. Despite being rejected by both the Council and the ENVI committee in the Parliament, Commissioner Damanaki has continued to be a strong proponent of the system.
Today, the Commission has proposed quotas for Baltic Sea fish stocks for 2013. These will be negotiated at the October Council by national fisheries ministers, and concern five species; cod, herring, sprat, salmon and plaice.
M/S Anton is a floating art installation with more than 70 bronze sculptures. The refugee boat is a work of art and a political manifestation that brings the feel of the world’s refugee problems all the way into the city port to create reflection and debate.
Our Planet Foundation is marching for a cleaner Baltic through their sixth educational program “See the Baltic…”, for the International Clean Up the Baltic campaign.
Klub Gaja took over the streets of Katowice, Warsawa and Hel together with a school of salmon and children who came to learn about why the salmon needs clean waters to live in.
Greenpeace’s inflatable fishing boat takes over the city Centre in Gdansk, Poland, in a call for Poland and the EU to take action and support a sustainable CFP reform.
In their evaluation of national efforts during 2010 to achieve a sustainable balance between fishing capacity and fishing opportunities, based on reports submitted by Member States, the Commission concluded that “it will be difficult to eliminate overcapacity in the short term if no changes are made to the current policy”.
The CFP reform, with a focus on regonalisation and discards were the priorities during the 11th Polish Fisheries Roundtable meeting.