Agriculture and Fisheries Council
Agriculture and Fisheries Council where ministers will exchange views on the Commission’s new package of measures to increase the sustainability and resilience of the EU’s fisheries and aquaculture sector.
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Baltic Breakfast on eel and salmon restocking
The Stockholm University Baltic Sea Centre is organising a breakfast seminar (Baltic Breakfast) with focus on compensatory restocking of eel and salmon from the fish’s perspective on 14/3 at 8.30-9.15. Johan Östergren (SLU) will talk about the latest research on how restocking affects the salmon’s genetics and Henrik Svedäng (Stockholm University, Baltic Sea Centre) will present the … Continued
GFCM workshop on European eel
The SSF Forum’s second workshop on “Connecting scientists and fishers in the process towards data collection and management of European eel in the Mediterranean”, taking place on 28 February to 2 March 2023. NB it will not be possible to follow the event from remote during the excursion to the Orbetello lagoon on Wednesday 1 March from 8:30-15:00. … Continued
Workshop on Assessing the Impact of Fishing on Oceanic Carbon
Workshop on Assessing the Impact of Fishing on Oceanic Carbon 25–28 April 2023 ICES Headquarters, Copenhagen, DenmarkRegistration deadline: 11 April 2023 The role of fish and fishing in the marine carbon budget is an area of growing interest in the context of the marine biological carbon pump (BCP) helping to regulate atmospheric CO2 levels. Fish … Continued
Baltic Stakeholder Conference 2023
Registration is now open for this year’s Baltic Stakeholder Conference (BSC2023). The Conference is hosted by Latvia and aims to “speed up the implementation of the HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan and send an emphatic call for action”. Deadline for registrations is 28 February 2023.
Folkemødet, the Danish Democracy Festival on Bornholm
Unformal meetings between decision makers and citizens Every year in June, the small town Allinge at the island of Bornholm turns into a large celebration of our democracy. With more than 2000 political events created by 650 different organizations the Democracy Festival of Denmark has become an important democratic event in Denmark with the purpose … Continued
SwAM and Formas conference on marine environmental monitoring
The annual Havs– och vattenforum which is usually held in Gothenburg in May will not be held this year. Instead, the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management (SwAM /HaV) and Formas will hold a larger conference in November 2023 with a focus on the marine environmental monitoring of the future (more information is to come). … Continued
Baltic Breakfast: Messing with the seabed – Potential effects of CCS and seabed mining
The seabed is becoming a hot topic in the sustainable development debate, especially the green growth discussions. More and more people are turning their eyes to the seabed for raw materials. Lately the possibility to retract manganese nodules from the seabed has been discussed and some companies have shown interest to get started. Another sea … Continued
December council
At December council, Agriculture and Fisheries ministers will meet to reach a political agreement on fishing rights for 2023 in EU and non-EU waters, in the Atlantic, North Sea, Mediterranean and Black Sea.
Swedish webinar on the status and future of Baltic cod
The Fisheries Secretariat will be arranging the webinar “Östersjötorsken – status och framtid” (held in Swedish) in collaboration with Länsstyrelsen Skåne and Marint centrum Simrishamn. Presentations will be given by the report authors, and invited experts will present some of the factors affecting cod in more detail. Registration for the event can be done here.