News
November 25, 2005
Baltic Sea to become pilot area for EU marine efforts
Environmental Ministers take first steps to make the Baltic Sea a pilot area for implementation of the EU Marine strategy. On 23 November, Environmental Ministers from all affected states met to discuss ways to deal with the environmental crisis in the Baltic Sea. “We have had a successful meeting where the Ministers around the Baltic … Continued
November 24, 2005
Forum on the New European Maritime Policy: a wake-up call to stakeholders?
Conference in Brussels to discuss the developing European Maritime Policy leaves little doubt that maritime stakeholders are not always treated equally. The Mare Forum, the Dutch Maritime Network, and the European Network of Maritime Clusters, with support from the European Commission held a conference in Brussels on 17 November entitled ‘The New European Maritime Policy … Continued
November 21, 2005
Baltic Environment Ministers meet to discuss future actions
Later this week Baltic Environmental Ministers will meet to discuss the future of our shared sea. Lena Sommestad has consulted Swedish NGOs on priority areas for action. The Swedish Minister for the Environment, Lena Sommestad, has taken the initiative to gather her fellow Environmental Ministers from around the Baltic Sea for an informal meeting. The … Continued
November 21, 2005
Baltic Sea RAC prepares its formal establishment
In late October, the interim Executive Committee of the Baltic Sea RAC met to discuss issues related to its formal establishment. On 26 October, organisations that had flagged an interest for participating in the work of the interim Executive Committee of the Baltic Sea RAC met in Copenhagen to discuss a number of issues that … Continued
November 17, 2005
Swedish seminar on Individual Fishing Rights
On 9 November, the Swedish Institute for Food and Agricultural Economics (SLI) in Lund hosted a seminar to discuss different management options for Swedish fisheries, with a focus on individual fishing rights and quotas. It was aimed at an audience concerned with fisheries management in Sweden, but presentations were given by Swedish as well as … Continued
November 8, 2005
North Sea Regional Advisory Council: a model 1st year?
The North Sea Regional Advisory Council (NS RAC) held its second General Assembly in Stockholm, Sweden, on October 20, marking a busy and successful year. Regional Advisory Councils (RACs) were provided for under the 2002 reform of the EU Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), and specifically in Council Regulation 2731/2002, to provide enhanced stakeholder involvement in … Continued
November 5, 2005
Nordic & Baltic Perspectives on the European Marine Strategy
Frustration expressed at failure to build new EU Marine Strategy and Framework Directive on past and ongoing efforts and concepts at recent Copenhagen workshop. A workshop was held in Copenhagen on 3-4 November, 2005, to consider the European Marine Strategy (EMS; COM(2005)504), and the recent European Commission proposal for a supporting Marine Framework Directive (MFD; … Continued
October 24, 2005
EU eel management seminar
On 20 October 2005, the Fisheries Secretariat, the Swedish Board of Fisheries and the Swedish Fishermen’s Federation hosted a seminar about the problems facing the eel stock, its management and eel fisheries. The seminar was held at the Observatory Museum in Stockholm, Sweden. Is the eel disappearing? Current status and future consequenses The purpose of … Continued
October 15, 2005
Hearing on Fisheries Partnership Agreements disappointed
A recent EU Parliament hearing on Fisheries Partnership Agreement was disappointing from a sustainability perspective. On September 14, the Fisheries Committee in the EU parliament held a discussion on EU Fisheries Partnership Agreements (FPAs). Fisheries and Maritime Affairs Commissioner, Joe Borg, spoke to the Members of the Committee about FPAs and the role of Regional … Continued
October 15, 2005
Nordic conference on environmental effects on fish stocks
Calls for more efforts to mitigate a range of environmental effects on marine resources as well as new studies made at Nordic conference. The Nordic Council held a conference on Fisheries and Environment on 15-16 September. The purpose was to give an overview of environmental effects, such as climate change and eutrophication, on fish stocks … Continued