Past Events

Wednesday 9 April

• 09:00-12:30 14:30-18:30

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Day 1 8^th April will consist into a Dialogue with Commissioner Kadis in the morning only, starting early at 09:00 and until 12:00. Afternoon free for participants.

Day 2 9^th April will focus on a discussion on key topics of the CFP and on the EU External Fisheries Action, with a wide range of DG MARE colleagues, from 09:30 to 17:00.

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1st Policy event 2025 - EU Oceans Pact, CFP evaluation & inclusion of Recreational Fisheries sector

This workshop will focus on the principles, challenges, and opportunities of Ecosystem-Based Management and fisheries, providing some practical examples from the Baltic Sea region. It will feature presentations from scientists, managers and non-governmental actors on how to operationalise EBM, including the Swedish Anglers’ Association, County Administrative Board of Stockholm and Baltic Waters.

• Baltic Coast Dialogue
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• Provisional Agenda
• Link to live morning session
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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.