Past Events

HELCOM Working Group on Ecosystem-based Sustainable Fisheries (WG Fish) deals with fisheries in relation to the implementation of the ecosystem approach. Moreover, the group works on finding solutions about how the fisheries sector could further contribute to reaching Good Environmental Status of the Baltic Sea. WG Fish involves representatives from fisheries and environment authorities of the Baltic Sea countries, as well as EU, and HELCOM Observers and others as appropriate. By adopting the Baltic Sea Action Plan, the HELCOM Contracting Parties recommended that all fisheries management should be developed and implemented based on the ecosystem approach in order to enhance the balance between sustainable use and protection of natural marine resources.

Links:

• https://helcom.fi/helcom-at-work/groups/fish-group/

The hearing for Ms Roswallwill be followed by a meeting in which the Chairs of the Committees and group representatives (coordinators) concerned will evaluate the performance of the Commissioner-designate they just heard. After the completion of the evaluation process, the Conference of Committee Chairs will assess the outcome of all hearings and forward its recommendation to the Conference of Presidents. The latter will exchange views and decide whether to close the hearings in its meeting on 21 November; it will also decide to place the vote on the College as a whole on the plenary agenda.

Links:

• Commission's announcement
• Commissioners-designate

47th session of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) Where: FAO Headquarters

Links:

• https://www.fao.org/gfcm/meetings/info/en/c/1698231/

Usually published around noon.

Links:

• www.ices.dk

BSAC Workshop on predators in the Baltic (seals, cormorants) second edition Time: 09.00-16.00 EET

Links:

• https://www.bsac.dk/upcoming-meetings/

Time: 10:00-17:30 EET The meeting will be held in Helsinki, Finland, and online through Zoom.

Links:

• https://www.bsac.dk/upcoming-meetings/

The Agriculture and Fisheries Council will be held in Luxembourg on 21-22 October 2024.

Links:

• More information will be available here

Links:

• https://www.ices.dk/news-and-events/meeting-calendar/Pages/ICES-CalendarDisp.aspx?sd=2d247feb-2e94-ee11-9297-00155d2c0b06

The webinar and discussion will take place on October 17th at 15:00 GMT +1 (4:00PM CET). Sciaena welcomes the second speaker of the webinar series "EBFM: From paradigm to practice" - Jessica Tengval from the University of Bergen in Norway Jessica Tengval is completing a PhD at the University of Bergen, studying natural mortality in fisheries management. Originally drawn to marine life, Jessica gained a deeper understanding of fishing as both a necessity and cultural value through work with small-scale fisheries in the Philippines. Now based on a remote peninsula in western Norway, Jessica’s researches and communicates fisheries management issues in a community where the ocean remains central—from its fishing heritage to its modern surf culture.

Links:

• Registration link

The webinar and discussion will take place on October 16th at 15:00 GMT +1 (4:00PM CET), and the registration is free. Sciaena welcomes the first speaker of the webinar series "EBFM: From paradigm to practice" - Marie-Julie Roux from the Maurice-Lamontagne Institute of Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Marie-Julie Roux is a member on the advisory committee (ACOM) of the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES) since 2020 and will present FEISA - a new framework which the authors state "aims to create an avenue of inclusion for the full variety of data, knowledge, methods, and syntheses that are required to deliver practical and operational EBM"

Links:

• Registration link