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 [...]

"375,386 people have called on the European Commission to defend Europe’s strong water law, making the EU’s public consultation on the legislation one of the largest ever in the history of the European Union. This law is critical to ensure that Europe’s rivers, lakes and wetlands are protected and brought back to good health. The [...]

A Special Year for a Special Fish: The lnternational Year of the Salmon has started! "The International Year of the Salmon (IYS) is a project launched by NASCO, the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization NPAFC, North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission and other partners. The IYS focal year will be 2019, with projects and activities starting [...]

More garbage caught than cod: NGOs call for emergency measures to protect Eastern Baltic cod   NGOs in the Baltic Sea Region have sent an urgent letter to the European Commissioner in charge of Environment Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Karmenu Vella, urging him to implement emergency measures in accordance with article 12 of the EU Common Fisheries Policy [...]

Crisis situation for the Eastern Baltic cod stock – emergency measures needed now. "Dear Commissioner Vella We are writing to urge you in the strongest terms to take immediate emergency measures under CFP basic regulation article 12 to prevent further catastrophic damage to the Eastern Baltic cod stock. " Read more here: http://catch-southbaltic.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Letter-about-crisis-for-the-Baltic-cod-stock-emergency-measures-needed.pdf

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 the South Baltic Region, is now open!More information about the conference can be found here: catch-southbaltic.eu/april-conference-english. To register for the conference, fill out the form below and [...]

"The proposal is part of the European Union's approach to adjust the levels of fishing to long-term sustainability targets, or maximum sustainable yield (MSY) by 2020 as agreed by the Council and the European Parliament in the Common Fisheries Policy. The Commission's proposal is also in line with the policy intentions expressed in the Commission's Communication on Fishing [...]

" The Water Framework Directive (WFD) is an ambitious and innovative piece of legislation that must not be weakened. This was the main message conveyed at a conference held in the European Parliament on Tuesday where anglers, scientists, policy-makers, NGOs and industry representatives discussed the status of the Directive and exchanged views on what is [...]

"The next conference of the Forum on Recreational Fisheries and Aquatic Environment entitled ‘The Water Framework Directive Fitness Check and the protection of EU waters’ will take place on the 29th of January in the European Parliament in Brussels. The Water Framework Directive (WFD) is the most comprehensive instrument of EU water policy and is [...]

On 11-13 January there was a national fishing competition XII Troć Iny 2019 for the cup of the mayor of Goleniów, co-organized by the Green Federation "GAJA". 99 anglers from all over the country participated in this year's fishing competition. During the fishing competition there were CATCH trainings on anglers tourism in the southern Baltic [...]