Events

The European Commission has launched a targeted stakeholder consultation on the planned Action plan to conserve fisheries resources and protect marine ecosystems. The action plan is part of the EUs efforts to restore and protect marine ecosystems and apply an ecosystem-based management approach. It was announced in the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 - see section 2.2.6.  The targeted consultation is open until 20 December 2021 and adoption of the Action Plan is expected in the Spring 2022. .

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• To the consultation
• Commission Road Map for this initiave
• The EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030
• Commission report on implementation of the Technical Measures Regulation
• Technical Measures Regulation 2019/1241

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• https://www.nmtt.org/forum

On this page you will soon find all the information related to this meeting:

• agenda highlights (a week before the meeting date)
• main results (after the meeting)
• press material
• photos, videos and live streaming
• related documentation

Updated content will be added in the run-up to as well as during and after the meeting.

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• https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/agrifish/2021/12/13-14/#

OSPAR Intersessional Correspondence Group on Coordination of Biodiversity Assessment and Monitoring

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• Meeting information

The European Commission is organising a conference on the future of the EU's seas, looking specifically at how the Marine Strategy Framework Directive and other legislation can be improved to support ocean recovery, marine ecosystems and biodiversity. Time: 09.30-16.30 CET

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• Meeting information and programme

The annual MIACO meeting - a Meeting between ICES, Advisory Councils and other Observers - in 2022 will be a hybrid meeting, i.e. a physical meeting at ICES headquarters with limited participation and a possibility for further participation online. ICES will circulate a registration form, and encourages each organisation to send at most one representative to ICES HQ. Last year's report can be found here.

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• Meeting information

This ICES Workshop for the Technical evaluation of EU Member States’ Eel regulation Progress Reports 2021 (WKEMP3) will support EU DG MARE in evaluating the implementation of the national Eel Management Plans (EMPs) under the Council Regulation (EC) No 1100/2007 establishing measures for the recovery of the stock of European eel.

This is a HELCOM workshop on Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (OECMs) in the Baltic Sea area.

Time: 10.00-16.00 CET

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• Meeting information

This is an invitation only stakeholder workshop organised under the project Ecocentric Management for Sustainable Fisheries and Healthy Marine Ecosystems (EcoScope), which is funded by Horizon 2020. The EcoScope Project aims to promote an ecosystem-based approach to fisheries management, through a range of tools and activities, such as the EcoScope Toolbox and the EcoScope Platform. The four-year project (2021-2025) addresses ecosystem degradation and anthropogenic impact that cause fisheries to be unsustainably exploited in several European seas and promotes efficient, holistic, sustainable, ecocentric fisheries management that will aid towards restoring fisheries sustainability and ensuring balance between food security and healthy seas. Time: 09.00-17.00 CET

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• For more information about the EcoScope Project

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• More information about the meeting