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Europêche calls for an urgent and binding recovery plan for the Baltic Sea. The European Commission hosted the Our Baltic Ministerial Conference in Stockholm to discuss the future of the […]
Agreement reached on 2025 fishing opportunities for the Baltic Sea. The Council of the European Union has reached a political agreement on the fishing opportunities in the Baltic Sea for […]
Low impact fishers criticise Baltic Sea proposals. “Incomprehensible and not fit for purpose” is how the Low Impact Fishers of Europe group (LIFE) describes the EC’s proposal on Baltic Sea […]
EC publishes report on fisheries multiannual plan in the Baltic Sea The European Commission has published the second report on the implementation of the multiannual plan (MAP) for the management […]
Maritime Spatial Planning in the North and Baltic Seas. Planning the use of maritime space is very complex, involving a high number of interrelated interests, also among different sectors. The […]
Discharges from ships causing great damage to Baltic Sea Discharge from ships with so-called scrubbers cause great damage to the Baltic Sea. A new study from Chalmers University of Technology, […]
Human activity is causing toxic thallium to enter the Baltic sea, according to new study. Human activities account for a substantial amount — anywhere from 20% to more than 60% […]
Baltic Sea: Agreement reached on 2024 fishing opportunities. The Council of the European Union reached an agreement on the fishing opportunities in the Baltic Sea for 2024, following the Commission proposal made […]
EC leads on efforts to improve state of the Baltic Sea. Commissioner Sinkevičius recently hosted the second edition of the ‘Our Baltic’ Conference to address pressing environmental challenges in the Baltic Sea. The high-level conference gathered […]
Conference to be held on problems facing the Baltic Sea. The Baltic Sea is facing an increasingly challenging environmental situation, mainly due to pollution. It remains the most polluted sea in […]
EC adopts proposal for 2024 Baltic Sea fishing opportunities. The European Commission has adopted its proposal for the 2024 fishing opportunities for the Baltic Sea in response to a scientific assessment that […]
Agreement reached on 2023 fishing opportunities in Baltic Sea. The Council of the European Union reached an agreement on the fishing opportunities in the Baltic Sea for 2023, on the […]
Some good news for overfished stocks in the Baltic Sea but could be too little too late. Baltic Sea EU member states choose to set some quotas at precautionary levels […]
Baltic Sea Landing Obligation Evaluation – EFCA: Landing obligation evaluation shows overall compliance in the Baltic Sea An evaluation of compliance with the landing obligation (LO) in selected fisheries in […]
Radical Measures Called for Baltic Sea – EU Must Respond to Baltic Sea Ecosystem and Fisheries Crash With Urgent, Radical Measures Responding to last week’s publication of annual scientific advice […]
Baltic Sea: EC adopts report on multiannual plan. Ahead of this autumn’s negotiations on fishing opportunities for 2021, the Commission has adopted a report taking stock of the multiannual plan […]
New project ECO-CATCH to ready Baltic and North Sea Fisheries for a fully sustainable future. A new multi-stakeholder project has launched to transform the future of fishing in the Baltic […]
New evidence reveals how Greenland’s seaweed locks away carbon in the deep ocean. An interdisciplinary study confirms, for the first time, the oceanographic pathways that transport floating macroalgae from the […]
KIMO and the North Sea Commission call for ambitious action against PFAS pollution in the marine environment. KIMO and the North Sea Commission (NSC) have issued a powerful joint statement […]
Europêche welcomes Council agreement on 2026 Baltic catch limits. Europêche welcomes the political agreement by EU fisheries ministers on the 2026 catch limits for key Baltic Sea fish stocks. The […]
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