Past Events

The European Parliament is in the midst of its negotiations on the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) for the next seven years. Will these subsidies be used to promote the progressive reform to finally create the sustainable Common Fisheries Policy that the Parliament voted for in February? Or will the €7 billion be used to create more over-capacity in the fleets, to develop unsustainable aquaculture and to promote a “big business” approach to fisheries? The event is organised by the Greens/EFA group in the Parliament.

Links:

• Programme and registration

The EPP group is hosting a workshop on diversification of aquaculture sites, including environmental services, ecotourism and sportfishing. The workshop will take place in the European Parliament in Room JAN 6Q1. Contact  Erik Bánki, MEP, EPP Group for more information

Baltic Fisheries Assessment Working Group (WGBFAS) annual meeting to assess the state of these stocks.

The 14 fish stocks presently covered by the working group are: 3 cod stocks (the Kattegat, western and eastern Baltic), the Baltic sprat stock, 3 herring stocks (SD25-32, SD30 and SD 31),  the Kattegat sole stock, two plaice stocks (SD21-23 and SD24-32), flounder (22-32), brill (SD22-32), dab (SD22-32), and turbot (SD22-32).

The meeting will take place at ICES headquarters in Copenhagen.

Links:

• Baltic Fisheries Assessment Working Group
• WGBFAS

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:

Links:

• PartiSEApate
• 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.