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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
“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 [...]
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 [...]
375,000+ citizens tell the European Commission “Hands off our water law!”
"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 [...]
The lnternational Year of the Salmon has started!
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 [...]
More garbage caught than cod
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 [...]
Crisis situation for the Eastern Baltic cod stock
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 [...]
CATCH Final Conference registration and call for abstracts open!
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 [...]
The Commission has adopted a proposal for fishing opportunities for 2019 for the commercially most important fish stocks in the Baltic Sea.
"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 [...]