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Feb
21

Save a third for the birds

Location: Stockholm, Sweden

Dates: 21 February 2012

------------------------------------------------------ THE STOCKHOLM SEMINARS - focusing on the dynamics and stewardship of social-ecological systems ------------------------------------------------------ “Save a third for the birds: Tipping points and why seabirds depend on access to one third of the world’s fish“ Dr. Henrik Österblom Stockholm Resilience Centre Tuesday 21 February, 2012, 10.00–11.00 Linné Hall, Beijer Hall, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Lilla Frescativägen 4, Stockholm The seminar is open to all interested and free of charge. No registration needed. Abstract: Seabirds form an important link between human societies and marine ecosystems and are some of the best and most easily measured indicators when it comes to diagnosing the health of the world’s marine ecosystems. Seabirds prey on marine resources that are increasingly sought after in the global marketplace, with a rapidly growing demand for high value protein. In the most comprehensive study ever undertaken, an international group of scientists, including centre researcher Henrik Österblom, has shown that many seabird species decline strongly when the food available for them in the ocean declines below a third of the maximum amount recorded. Understanding how seabird species can be sustained while securing food security for a growing human population is a massive challenge, highlighting the necessity of making trade-offs between different services. This talk will describe the social-ecological role of seabirds and forage fish, using global data-sets on their interactions. The talk will investigate predator-prey relationships and critical tipping points analogous to the planetary boundaries concept and explore the potential applicability of these findings in the Anthropocene. About Henrik Österblom Henrik Österblom is associate senior lecturer in environmental sciences at Stockholm Resilience Centre. He is a joint theme leader for Governance and ecosystem management of coastal and marine systems. His research is focused on seabirds, food-web interactions, trophic cascades and ecosystem regime shifts, and governance of marine resources. ABOUT THE STOCKHOLM SEMINARS - FOCUSING ON THE DYNAMICS AND STEWARDSHIP OF SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS The Stockholm Seminars cover a broad range of perspectives on sustainability issues and are focused on the need for a sound scientific basis for sustainable development policy. The seminars are given at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and are visited by a large audience, including scientists, students, media and policy makers in the public and private sector. The lectures are free of charge and open for all interested. For more information contact Albaeco:  08-674 74 00, e-mail: info@albaeco.com, or visit www.albaeco.se/stockholmseminars ARRANGED BY: - The Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences - The Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University - Stockholm Environment Institute, SEI - The International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme, IGBP, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences - The Swedish Secretariat for Environmental Earth System Sciences, SSEESS, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences - Albaeco

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Feb
08

Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture

Location: Brussels, Belgium

Dates: 08 February 2012

The meeting will take up 'Aquaculture' issues.

Feb
02

The 7th International Forum on Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing

Location: London, United Kingdom

Dates: 02 - 03 February 2012

Chatham House host their annual forum on IUU fishing at 10 St James's Square, London.

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Jan
31

BS RAC Salmon & Seatrout WG meeting

Dates: 31 January 2012

The working group will take place at the Park Inn Copenhagen Airport Hotel, Engvej 171, 2300 Copenhagen. The meeting will start at 09.00 hrs. and finish at 17hrs. Please see the link below for detailed information.

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Jan
25

BALTFISH forum meeting

Location: Helsinki, Finland

Dates: 25 January 2012

Under the Finnish Presidency of the BALTFISH forum, a meeting will take place covering both TFCs and regionalisation between 1245-1700

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Jan
25

CFP Reform: Common organisation of the market in fisheries and aquaculture

Location: Brussels, Belgium

Dates: 25 January 2012

This is one of a series of hearings organised by the PECH (Fisheries) Committee in 2012. Please see the agenda in attachment below. The hearing will take place from 15:00 until 18:30, and is open for public viewing.

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Jan
24

Results of “Researching the Environmental impacts of the MSC certification program”

Location: Stockholm, Sweden

Dates: 24 January 2012

INVITATION Purpose: Present and discuss the results from the study  “Researching the Environmental impacts of the MSC certification program”, carried out by MRAG, Poseidon and Meridian Prime. We are very pleased to invite you to an occasion to hear and to discuss the results from the study “Researching the Environmental Impacts of the MSC certification program”, carried out by MRAG, Poseidon and Meridian Prime. Your participation is very important to us as discussions such as these are crucial to the process through which MSC strives towards enhancing both our own work and the state of the world’s seas and fish stocks. The meeting will take place in Stockholm during one afternoon. Please confirm your presence (or absence) to helene.tivemark@msc.org, no later than January 12th.


Date:  24th of January, 2012 Time: 13:30-16:00 Venue: Kungliga Skogs- och Lantbruksakademin, Drottninggatan 95B, Stockholm

Preliminary program: Welcome and agenda setting (Minna Epps, MSC) MSC:s Theory of change (Camiel Derichs, MSC) Presentation of the report (Chris Grieve, Meridian Prime) Presentation from featured fishery (TBA) Pause Panel discussion (Participants TBA) Wrap-up  

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Jan
24

Fisheries (PECH) Committee Meeting, European Parliament

Location: Brussels, Belgium

Dates: 24 - 25 January 2012

The meeting will take up 'Fisheries Resources'. This will be an important meeting during which the new chair and vice presidents will be presented, and secondly the Danish  Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Ms. Gjerskov, will present the priorities of the Danish Presidency. Please check the draft agenda below.

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Jan
23

MIRAC meeting between ICES and the RACs

Location: The Hague, Netherlands

Dates: 23 - 24 January 2012

The annual meeting between ICES and the RACs will be held in The Hague on 23-24 January. It will cover cooperation between ICES and the RACs, including a discussion on how to deal with LTMPs and data poor stocks.

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