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International Conference on Fishfriendly Hydropower

This conference is the final event of FIThydro, an EU-funded H2020 research project (2016-2021), which aims to support decisions on commissioning and operating hydropower plants (HPP) by use of existing and innovative technologies. The project concentrates on environmental impact assessment and the development of cost-effective environmental mitigation measures and strategies to avoid fish damage and to … Continued

OSPAR ICG-POSH (Extra) 2021

OSPAR Intersessional Correspondence Group on the implementation follow up of measures for the protection and conservation of species and habitats (ICG-POSH). Host Country: Secretariat Venue: Videoconference Chairman: Michael McLeod Contracting Parties to OSPAR work collectively on implementing conservation actions for the species and habitats in decline or under threat, among them European eel and cod.

OSPAR Ministerial Meeting

On 25 June 2021, OSPAR will hold a ministerial meeting hosted by the Government of Portugal in Lisbon. The meeting had originally been planned for June 2020 but was postponed in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Given the on-going uncertainty around COVID-19, the arrangements for the meeting will be kept under review. The meeting … Continued

Biennial IWC Meeting 2021 (IWC68)

The Government of Slovenia has generously invited the International Whaling Commission to return to Portorož for its next meeting in 2021. The venue will be the Grand Hotel Bernardin and Conference Centre in Portorož, Slovenia  

Global Conference on Aquaculture

Under the theme of “Aquaculture for Food and Sustainable Development”, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific with the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs cordially invite governments, business, academia and civil society to the Global Conference on Aquaculture Millennium +20. The programme contains … Continued

COFI34

FAO Committee on Fisheries (COFI) Thirty-fourth Session, 1-5 February 2021 Rome, Italy

SOFAS 2021

The International Symposium on Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (SOFAS) was set to be held from 25 to 27 May in Trabzon, Turkey. However, it has officially been postponed to a later date considering the continuous Covid-19 situation all around the world.