10th Annual Forum of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region 2019!

"We will meet on June 12-13, 2019 in the Hanseatic and symbolic city of Gdańsk to discuss topics very much related to the future of the Baltic Sea Region. These are demographic changes along with the circular and sharing economy. There are at least three reasons to come and participate in the Gdańsk Forum. Firstly, [...]

10th Annual Forum of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region 2019!2019-05-02T12:36:23+00:00

Eastern Baltic cod stock on the brink of collapse

"An increasing number of stakeholders, including the European Anglers Alliance, are urging the EU to intervene to save the Eastern Baltic cod stock from collapse. According to a report published by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) at the beginning of April, the Eastern Baltic Cod stock is “estimated to be in extremely [...]

Eastern Baltic cod stock on the brink of collapse2019-05-02T12:27:38+00:00

Great success of the conference “Sustainable Coastal Angling Tourism – a development chance for the South Baltic Region”

91 participants from five countries of the South Baltic Region (Poland, Denmark, Germany, Sweden and Lithuania) attended the final conference of the CATCH project (co-financed under the EU Interreg South Baltic Region Programme) – Sustainable Coastal Angling Tourism – a development chance for the South Baltic Region. The conference held in Dźwirzyno, Poland on Friday [...]

Great success of the conference “Sustainable Coastal Angling Tourism – a development chance for the South Baltic Region”2019-05-04T21:27:24+00:00

Greener cruising across the Baltic Sea

"Cruise shipping in the Baltic Sea region has grown enormously. In 2018, the number of cruise guests visiting destinations at the Baltic Sea was almost five times higher than in 2000 and the boom is expected to last at least. More passengers means more jobs and growth for the port locations and their hinterland. For [...]

Greener cruising across the Baltic Sea2019-04-17T09:31:24+00:00

European Parliament adopts report on the next European Maritime and Fisheries Fund

"Two months ahead of the European elections, the European Parliament voted on Thursday 4 April in favour of the report drafted by MEP Gabriel Mato on the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund post-2020 (EMFF), the financial tool supporting the implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). MEPs agreed they would like to increase the EMFF [...]

European Parliament adopts report on the next European Maritime and Fisheries Fund2019-04-17T09:26:59+00:00

Recreational fisheries ignored for too long, scientists say

“For too long, the considerable importance and impacts of recreational fisheries have been ignored,” states a team of fisheries scientists, economists, sociologists and ecologists in an opinion paper published earlier this month. The paper includes a five steps policy reform to address the shortcomings. Recreational fisheries: Very important but ignored  According to the scientists globally [...]

Recreational fisheries ignored for too long, scientists say2019-04-17T09:22:44+00:00

CATCH Final Conference – registration deadline extended!

The deadline to register for the conference "Sustainable coastal Angling Tourism – a development chance for the South Baltic Region" is extended until 25 March 2019. The CATCH Consortium and the Organizing Committee are pleased to announce that registration and call for abstracts for the final conference of the Interreg project CATCH Coastal Angling Tourism – a development chance for [...]

CATCH Final Conference – registration deadline extended!2019-04-02T10:33:25+00:00

CATCH Best Practice Report

Building on the findings of the CATCH angler survey and provider survey, the CATCH Best Practice Report defines best practice criteria, role models and activities for improvement that can be taken up by coastal angling service providers throughout the South Baltic Region. Exemplary service providers were selected and presented with their offers, strengths and shortcomings. Although they [...]

CATCH Best Practice Report2019-04-02T10:31:39+00:00

“Where there’s a will there’s a wave: Efforts to clean up the Baltic Sea are slowly making progress”

"The bottom of the Baltic Sea is littered with over 40,000 tonnes of chemical weapons and half a million tonnes of conventional weapons, a deadly memento of WWII. According to the Mare Foundation, another 60 percent of the garbage found in the sea is plastic, while marine fauna and flora is continually destroyed by around [...]

“Where there’s a will there’s a wave: Efforts to clean up the Baltic Sea are slowly making progress”2019-03-26T12:37:20+00:00

Denmark’s first pike factory

On Friday March 15 Vordingborg Municipality invites to the opening of Denmark's first pike factory. Along the stream Hulebækken Denmark's first pike factory will be official opened. The event is open for the public and everybody is welcome. If you don't know what a pike factory is - please use a couple of minutes and see this movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ahco9h3ZwM You [...]

Denmark’s first pike factory2019-03-18T09:44:23+00:00
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