ICES Working Group on Eels has today released the new report on the state of the European eel population. "The status of eel remains critical. Indices of both glass and yellow eel recruitment strongly declined from 1980 to about 2010, and have remained at a low level since. The annual recruitment of glass eel to European waters in [...]

Project CATCH partners met again at the 6th international meeting in Nida, Lithuania at 8-9th November 2018. At the meeting the results of joint work of the project partners were presented. This is particularly about the already prepared website http://www.fishingsouthbaltic.eu/ and the program of the final conference of the Catch project that will take place [...]

"On Monday, the European Union Fisheries Ministers agreed on the 2019 fishing opportunities for ten Baltic Sea stocks. “The 2020 deadline we set ourselves for achieving the sustainability of our fisheries resources is getting closer. Today's decision is another important step towards meeting this goal, whilst at the same time respecting the socioeconomic viability of [...]

"In Fishing Zealand we have had an idea for a long time - we want to bring everyone interested in coastal fishing for sea trout together ... for a really fun day, which we call Seatrout Jam! Therefore, we invite you to a day where the main purpose is to hang out and spend time [...]

The Catch project was proudly promoted at the Communal Harvest Festival in Łobez by our cordial partners from the Society of Rega River Lovers association. During the harvest festival, the Rega River Lovers association, on its promotional stand, told interested anglers about the CATCH project. Everyone interested in the project received promotional materials in the form [...]

"More than 100 representatives of 24 European countries gathered from 15 to 19 October at the World Heritage Site Wartburg for the 10th Pan-European Green Belt Conference. The European Commission has highlighted the importance of the 12,500-kilometre-long Green Belt Europe by recognising it as a project of European importance. "The Green Belt initiative is a [...]

"Insight and possible solutions to improve the management of the European cormorant population to protect, among other things, endangered fish species were presented during a conference held in the European Parliament in Brussels. The panel speakers provided evidence to demonstrate that a European-wide management plan is needed to tackle the issue of the cormorant’s threat [...]

"Healthy freshwater ecosystems are essential for nature, for society and for economies. Yet not even half the waters in the EU are currently considered healthy. The EU Water Framework Directive (WFD), agreed by EU governments in 2000, is a holistic piece of legislation that aims to achieve good status of Europe’s freshwater bodies by 2027 [...]

"The EU's Council of Ministers will meet on September 27th when it is expected to adopt a measure meaning EU citizens will finally be able to keep sea bass caught recreationally from October 1st until the end of 2018. Once adopted, one bass per day can be legally retained by anglers and other recreational fishers [...]

The European Commission has published its proposal for next year fishing opportunities in the Baltic Sea. The proposal covers cod, herring, salmon, plaice and sprat stocks.