BalticWaters re-elected to the Baltic Sea Advisory Council
The renewed mandate allows BalticWaters to continue to promote sustainable fisheries policy, for example by influencing fishing quotas in the Baltic Sea at an early stage and highlighting the need for increased scientific advice from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES).
Baltic Sea Brief 63: Ministers would rather break laws than save the fish in the Baltic Sea
Despite fish stocks being at critical levels, EU fisheries ministers took a decision to continue fishing in the Baltic Sea in 2024. This decision cannot go unnoticed. There are simply too many legal uncertainties and obvious missteps.
Report: Are EU fisheries ministers breaking the law?
In a legal review of political decisions on fisheries in the Baltic Sea, we have analysed whether fisheries ministers were legally entitled to take the decision they did on 2024 fishing quotas – despite herring stocks being at alarmingly low levels.
Baltic Sea Brief 62: Four measures for Baltic Sea fisheries in 2024
Last year was a dark year for the Baltic Sea environment and fish species. We list four essential measures needed to reduce the negative impact of fishing on the Baltic Sea.
Six new research projects for a living Baltic Sea
Each year, BalticWaters awards grants to a number of research projects that have the potential to contribute to a healthier Baltic Sea. Read about this year’s projects here.
NGOs comments on the 2024 fishing quotas in the Baltic Sea
EU ministers set quotas for Baltic herring that defy fisheries laws PRESS RELEASE from: BalticWaters, Coalition Clean Baltic, ClientEarth, the Danish Society for Nature Conservation, Deutsche Umwelthilfe,The Fisheries Secretariat, Oceana, Seas At Risk, Swedish Society for Nature Conservation, and WWF Baltic Ecoregion Programme Luxembourg, 24 October 2023: Today EU fisheries ministers have taken decisions concerning […]
Baltic Sea Brief 58: Let the Baltic Sea fish recover – and the fish caught become food for humans
A few decades ago, there were fish from the Baltic Sea to eat: cod and herring as well as coastal fish such as pike and perch, etc. Today, it is difficult to find any of these species in the fish counter. The pickled herring we eat at Midsummer is caught in the North Sea and […]
Report: Vision for a healthy Baltic Sea
We have developed a vision for a healthy Baltic Sea based on the current state of knowledge and interviews with scientists.
Project ReCod receives support from Ørsted
Ørsted is a world leader in offshore wind energy and wants to help improve marine biodiversity by supporting ReCod.
This year’s cod release
Join us below the surface as around 50 cod from the ReCod project are released back into the Baltic Sea.
