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 [...]
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 [...]
"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 [...]
"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 [...]
“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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]