Past Events

The next Polish Fisheries Roundtable will cover the reform of the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF), as well as discussions concerning the future role of the Roundtable and the role of the Baltic Sea Regional Advisory Council (BS RAC). In 2012, three such meetings were held, dealing with: 1. Reform of the CFP and a presentation of the pilot project "Collecting ghost nets in the Baltic Sea"; 2. Utilisation of the Polish catch quotas, regionalisation and discards; 3. the future European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, coastal fisheries and wind power. The event will take place at MIR (the sea fisheries institute) from 9 - 15.15 and simultaenous translation between Polish and English will be available. For more information about the upcoming meeting contact WWF Poland.

The goal of the conference is to assist, on a regional level, the Baltic Sea States in complying with their obligations to fulfill conservation objectives of marine protected areas. For more information contact: Petra Kääriä petra.kaaria@helcom.fi  

The main purpose of the workshop is within the field of marine and coastal spatial planning in Skåne (Sweden) to:

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• ARTWEI

WWF Poland, Lithuanian Fund for Nature and Baltic Sea 2020 would like to invite stakeholders for a two day seminar to discuss ghost fishing issues. The main outcomes from the “Collecting ghost nets in the Baltic Sea” project, which has been carried out in cooperation with fishermen, will be presented at the seminar.

Agenda forthcoming. Only agriculture related issues will be discussed at this Council.

The trialogue negotiations are between the Council, Parliament and Commission. They will negotiate a compromise deal on the CFP between them. The Council will be represented by the Irish Presidency and the Parliament by rapporteur Ulrike Rodust.

The fisheries resources group meeting will take place and is chaired by Javier Garat of Europêche. The 21 members represent the main branches of the industry – production, processing and trade, in both fisheries and aquaculture as well as consumer groups and organisations dealing with environmental protection and development.

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• ACFA homepage