Events

Past events
Jan
20

Shaping the European Oceans Pact: a call for evidence

Dates: 20 January - 17 February 2025

Today the European Commission has launched a call for evidence to shape the European Oceans Pact, a political initiative that aims to promote sustainable ocean management and ensure the health, resilience, and productivity of the oceans and thus the prosperity of the EU’s coastal communities. The pact was announced by President von der Leyen in her political guidelines for the next European Commission (2024-2029). The call for evidence will run until 17 February 2025, with the Commission expecting to receive a wide range of contributions from stakeholders, experts, and citizens. The feedback collected will be used to shape the European Oceans Pact, which the Commission aims to present in time for the 3rd UN Ocean Conference in June 2025.

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Jan
27

Commission opens public consultation on the common fisheries policy regulation

Dates: 27 January - 21 April 2025

You can provide input to this public consultation until 21 April 2025. Building on the call for evidence, which opened on 20 June 2024 and drew 87 responses, this consultation is the next step in a comprehensive evaluation of how the existing CFP Regulation is performing and whether it is meeting its objectives and addressing certain challenges. The evaluation will assess the impact of the CFP Regulation on the conservation of marine biological resources and the management of fisheries and fleets that rely on them. It will also examine the policy’s effects on the supply chain, consumers, and public authorities across all EU Member States over the past decade (2014-2024). This consultation is part of Commissioner Costas Kadis’ political mission mandate to complete and follow up on a comprehensive evaluation of the common fisheries policy.

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Feb
19

PECH Committee

Location: Brussels, Belgium/ hybrid

Dates: 19 - 20 February 2025

Feb
24

Agriculture and Fisheries Council

Location: Brussels, Belgium/ hybrid

Dates: 24 February 2025

Feb
25

BSAC – Demersal Working Group

Location: Online

Dates: 25 February 2025

Feb
27

BSAC – Pelagic Working Group

Location: Online

Dates: 27 February 2025

Mar
17

PECH Committee

Location: Brussels, Belgium/ hybrid

Dates: 17 - 18 March 2025

Monday 17 March

  •  15:00-18:30
Tuesday 18 March
  • 09:00-12:30 14:30-18:30

Mar
20

Workshop on Seals & Cormorants in the North and Baltic Seas

Location: Luleå, Sweden

Dates: 20 March 2025

On March 20, 2025, the NSAC and BSAC will jointly host a Workshop on Seals & Cormorants in the North and Baltic Seas. The date has been changed from the previously announced one due to scheduling conflicts with other meetings. The workshop will be held in-person only in Luleå, Sweden, and both BSAC and NSAC members, as well as observers, are welcome to attend.

The discussion surrounding predation by seals and cormorants, and the call for this workshop, obviously comes from the fishing industry. As NSAC members, we have sought to shape the Terms of Reference to ensure a more neutral, science-based foundation for discussion. However, an agreed version has not yet been finalized. A key unresolved issue is the starting point of the discussion—the industry asserts that seals and cormorants are the problem, but the underlying concern, as they describe it, is the decline of juvenile cod and the overall poor status of several fish stocks, particularly in the Baltic, Skagerrak, and Kattegat.

For us, it is essential that the workshop’s outcome includes the possibility that no direct action will be taken against seals and cormorants, should the scientific basis not support it.

Mar
24

Agriculture and Fisheries Council

Location: Brussels, Belgium/ hybrid

Dates: 24 March 2025