Past Events

The GAP (Conecting Science, Society and Policy) 'Kick off' meeting for the Herring Case Study will present a series of sessions and discussions with focus on Western Baltic herring. There will also be group discussion which will  take up two selected topics, namely, MSY as a concept and Management objectives for particular herring stocks. The aims of the meeting are to produce a set of Minutes and an outline for the continued work within the Case Study, including tentative plans for an upcoming Seminar in 2012. Please see the attched document for agenda and travel directions.  

One of the issues, which will be discussed during this council meeting includes the  external dimension issue. For more information please check the provisional agenda below.

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• Provisional Agenda

On Wednesday 9th November, a discussion workshop will be held (hosted by Chris Davies) on behalf of the Fish for the Future group, with contributions from Norwegian fisheries experts to explain the Norwegian experience of policies intended to ban discarding, highlighting the strengths and weakness of such polices and opening up the discussion as to how such experience could help to shape the proposals set forth by the Commission. A sandwich lunch will be provided from 12.00, with the discussion beginning at 12.30. Please register at the link below. Spaces are limited!

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• Registration

DG Mare is hosting a conference on the opportunities and first achievements of Axis 4 of the EFF.

The aim of the meeting will be to discuss in detail the Commission's recently published proposal for a long-term management plan for salmon

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• BS RAC link
• FISH article on salmon plan

Please check the link below for the agenda, and further information.

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• North Sea RAC, complete meeting information

One- day fisheries science seminar,  “New Challenges and Opportunities facing Marine Fisheries Science", will be held in London the 31^st of October. It has just been confirmed that Ms. Damanaki will be attending and taking part in this workshop. Look below for more details of the seminar, including an agenda for the day.

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• Programme
• Seminar synopsis

The event organized by Fish for the Future on October 25-27, 2011, will feature a computer game developed by scientists at the University of Kiel that aims to visualize the common pool problem, the focal issue of the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy.

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• Event information provided by CFP Refrom Watch

For more information please check the Provisional Agenda under Agriculture and Fisheries Council October 20-21.

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• Provisional Agenda

Organized by the European Aquaculture Society, and hosted by The Federation of Greek Maricultures and the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Aquaculture Europe 2011 will be held in Rhodos, Greece between 18 and 21 October. 'Sessions will address vital questions affecting the development of Mediterranean aquaculture over the next decade, with reviews of the importance of aquaculture in EU food production; the sustainability of aquaculture feeds and the implementation of selective breeding strategies in aquaculture. A review of current EU-funded research programmes will highlight their relevance to the current and future production practices'. For more information please refer to the Aquaculture Europe 2011 official website. There is still a possibility to submit abstracts for this conference online,event though the offical deadline has passed, at  https://www.was.org/EasOnline/Abstracts/Default.aspx. For more information see below.

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• 'Aquaculture Europe 2011' Registration and information