Past Events

The proposed discard ban and its implementation in the Baltic Sea will be the focus of the meeting along with the proposed long-term multi-species management plan. The meeting will be held at the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Copenhagen, Slotsholmsgade 12, 1216 Copenhagen K, meeting room B, between 11-17.

Links:

• Invitation
• BALTFISH technical working group discussion paper on discard ban implementation
• Joint NGO paper for technical working group on discards
• DG Mare paper on the proposed Baltic multispecies management plan

Agenda forthcoming. Following on from the PECH meeting on 6 September, amendments submitted for the Basic Regulation will now have been consolidated into a list of compromise amendments. These will be discussed at the meeting. Alain Cadec (EPP, FR) will present his draft report on the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) to the committee.

The roundtable discussion has been organised by the Mediterranean Platform of Artisanal Fishers (MedArtNet), and will take place on September 18 between 1130-1300 in the European Parliament (room ASP 5F385). It will be introduced by the chair of the Fisheries Committee (PECH) Gabriel Mato Androver (EPP, ES).

The Ulrike Rodust (S&D, DE) report on the Basic Regulation in the CFP reform for the Fisheries Committee (PECH) report has received 2,549 amendments. These will be condensed into compromise amendments and a final voting list will be compiled by the PECH Secretariat ahead of the final committee vote on 8-9 October.

The North Sea Marine Cluster (NSMC) are hosting the seminar and networking event.

It will take place on 13^th September 2012, from 13:00 to 17:30 at the University of East Anglia, London Campus, 102 Middlesex Street, E1 7EZ

For more information contact:  communications@nsmc.eu.com

Links:

• Book online

The Ulrike Rodust (S&D, DE) report on the Basic Regulation in the CFP reform for the Fisheries Committee (PECH) report has received 2,549 amendments. These will be condensed into compromise amendments at this meeting and on 17 September.

The meeting provides a forum for Member States to have an exchange of views as a precursor to the Council meeting on 24-25 September, at which the reform of the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) will be discussed.

Links:

• Cypriot Presidency page on the meeting

Aquafima Roundtable: AQUAFIMA: Integrating Aquaculture and Fisheries Management towards a sustainable regional development in the Baltic Sea Region. AQUAFIMA was established as part of the Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region aims to integrate national representatives and related stakeholders to enable discussions regarding connections between stocking/restocking measures and actual stocks of fishes in the coastal areas of the Baltic Sea.

Links:

• AQUAFIMA project database

Further information, such as the programme and registration details, can be found at the link below.

Links:

• http://www.oceansofpotential.org/index.html