News

June 24, 2008

European Commission open for harmful fuel subsidies

Fishermen in several Member States are pressing their governments for additional public aid to help with rising fuel costs. Fuel for the fisheries sector is already heavily subsidized and this is a controversial issue. To tackle the fuel crisis the European Commission has agreed in principle on the contents of an emergency package of measures. … Continued


May 23, 2008

ICES advice

Today, ICES’ Advisory Committee (ACOM) published their advice regarding the exploitation of the Baltic Sea fish stocks in 2009. FISH has made a summary of the ICES advice regarding the two Baltic cod stocks, which can be found under hot topics.


May 20, 2008

Polish Ministry of Agriculture announces cod fishing ban for Polish fishermen, starting 22 May

Polish fishing vessels larger than 12 meters will not be fishing for cod in the Baltic Sea this summer. The Minister of Agriculture, Marek Sawicki, signed a legally binding order which limits cod fishing activities from 22 May until 30 September. Kazimierz Plocke, the Polish Vice-Minister of Agriculture, released this information at a press conference … Continued


May 19, 2008

NGO fisheries Workshop in Warsaw

On 8-9 May, FISH organised a workshop in Warsaw, Poland, to address current NGO work efforts with fisheries in the Baltic Sea. The programme of the workshop included: Discussions on strengthening and broadening the Swedish-Polish and the regional cooperation on marine and fisheries issues. Information-sharing about ongoing and planned activities and current fisheries policy issues. … Continued


May 16, 2008

Swedish Board of Fisheries suggests ban on high grading

In the struggle against high grading the Swedish Board of Fisheries has put forward a proposal to ban the discarding of fish that is suitable for landing. As with fisheries world wide, discarding of unwanted fish is one of the main problems plaguing Swedish fisheries. Each year, huge amount of fish is thrown over board … Continued


May 12, 2008

Parsêta River Clean-Up 2008

On May 10, 2008, FISH was invited to the Parsêta River Clean-Up 2008 event in Zabrowie near the coastal city of Kolobrzeg. Parsêta River flows into the Baltic Sea and is one of the most important habitats for salmon in Poland. The river clean up was arranged as a part of the Agreement for Parsêta, … Continued


March 19, 2008

The Polish World Water Day – Baltic Day will raise awareness about the importance of water resources, rivers and the Baltic Sea

The Polish NGO Klub Gaja, in collaboration with the Centre for Environmental Heritage of Upper Silesia and Mr. Stanislaw Rozycki, a local environmental consultant, has planned a series of educational workshops to celebrate World Water Day – Baltic Day in Raciborz, southern Poland on 22 March. The main objective during the Water Day – Baltic … Continued


March 11, 2008

Attempt to strengthen collaboration between Sweden and Denmark in order to create sustainable fisheries

On 10 March the Swedish and Danish Ministers of Fisheries, Eskil Erlandsson and Eva Kjer Hansen met to discuss collective actions in order to safeguard the Kattegat cod stocks. Within a year the cod fisheries can be temporarily closed during the spawning season. Eskil Erlandsson reports to be satisfied with the dialogue kept with his … Continued


February 29, 2008

Community financial contribution of Member States fisheries control programmes

Too much community funding towards Member States fisheries control programmes is spent on hard investments such as the purchase of aircrafts and vessels, rather than for training and recruitment of control staff according to the EU Commission. The Commission gave a presentation at a recent meeting with the Advisory Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture (ACFA) … Continued


February 27, 2008

Illegal fishing promts Polish NGO to investigate practices

News coverage in Poland in January shows that misreporting and overfishing continues despite last year’s clamp down by the EU. While the Polish Government is striving to implement tougher fishery inspection standards, new cases of severe underreporting of catches were seen in Polish ports. The fishing sector and inspectorates will come under additional scrutiny this … Continued