Past Events

The fishing sector, NGOs, national administrations, EU institutions and interested members of the public are invited to participate in a seminar and discussion on the status of European fish stocks and the economic situation of European fishing fleets. 

Presentations will be made by senior experts in fisheries biology concerning the Mediterranean and Black Seas, the northeast Atlantic and nearby waters, and a senior fisheries economist concerning the economic structure of the fishing vessels of the EU. 

A discussion on fisheries  management measures will also be held. The meeting will be chaired by Mrs. Lowri Evans, Director-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries.

More information including agenda and how to register can be found in the link below.

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• Information, agenda and registration

The meeting may be postponed to 30th October 2014. More information forthcoming.

Herring symposium focusing on herring in the southern Baltic – mainly Sweden, Poland and Germany. The project seeks to improve the sustainable and holistic management of herring in the South Baltic Region.  

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• Invitation

More info forthcoming.

Get to know your neighbor - Save the Baltic Sea together is organised by Östersjöfonden with the aim to increase collaboration between organisation in Sweden, Finland and Åland.

The workshop will take place in Mariehamn, Åland 22-23 September.

For more information please see attached document below.

Tentative dates, more information forthcoming.

46th Meeting of the Heads of Delegation. The meeting will take place in Helsinki, Finland.

The Meeting will start on Tuesday, 16 September at 10.00 o’clock and will terminate on Wednesday, 17 September by 16.00 o’clock.

Please see link below for more information. 

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• Meeting information

For information and agenda please see link below.

Links:

• Invitation and agenda

More information forthcoming close to date.

Fish Dependence is the day on which imports have to be relied upon because national catches would have run out if only home-caught fish had been eaten since 1 January.

UK relies on imports for approximately four months per year, to satisfy domestic demand for fish products.

Fish dependence is a powerful concept that illustrates how far over consumption outstrips domestic resources. One way to illustrate this trend is to represent a country’s degree of self-sufficiency as a calendar day – the day in the year when a country has consumed its own supply and must begin sourcing its products from elsewhere, hence the term ‘fish dependence day’. For the EU this date is currently 11th July, after which the EU depends on foreign resources. Fish dependence day is calculated by New Economics Foundation (NEF).