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Groups call on the European Commission to take action over huge number of cetacean deaths
Thousands of dolphins, porpoises and whales die in European waters, due to accidental capture in fisheries nets (bycatch). Today 21 environmental NGOs , led by Seas At…
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Joint NGO recommendations on Baltic Sea fishing opportunities for 2020
1. Executive Summary In October 2019, EU fisheries ministers will agree on fishing opportunities in the Baltic Sea for 2020. This will…
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Save #OurBlueLung – 20 measures for clean and healthy seas by 2020
With little more than a year until the deadline, all countries of the European Union are failing on their legal obligation to ‘take all necessary measures to achieve Good…
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A joint NGO proposal to EU Ministers regarding European eel
On December 17th and 18th 2018 the EU Fisheries Council (AGRIFISH) will decide on fishing opportunities for 2019 and will address measures for critically endangered European eel. ICES has yet…
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WWF Sweden, SSNC and CCB call upon Swedish government to stop fishing for eels
WWF Sweden, Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (SSNC) and Coalition Clean Baltic urges the Swedish government to ban eel fishing in the EU. The European eel is a critically endangered…
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Urgent political will needed to halt European marine habitat neglect
Environmental organisations call for real measures in areas protected on paper ClientEarth, Coalition Clean Baltic, Oceana, Seas at Risk and WWF warn that marine life across Europe is being harmed…
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EU ministers fail to help the Baltic cod but helped the salmon
Yesterday the EU ministers agreed to setting total allowable catches (TACs) for the main fish stocks in the Baltic Sea. Yet again, both Commission and Member States fail to…
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Nord Stream 2 AG has confirmed presence of “additional” 4 redlisted plant species within the proposed route of its gas pipeline across Kurgalsky Nature Reserve, in the Leningrad Region of Russia
In its official press-release from June 25, 2018 published only in Russian in Zug (Switzerland) and Saint Petersburg (Russia), the Nord Stream 2 AG, the developer of the…
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CCB position on grey seals in the Baltic Sea
The grey seal count for 2017 in the Baltic Sea was above 30 000 individuals. According to the IUCN, the counted animals are thought to be 60-80% of the total…
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CCB supports the joint call on the European anti-fraud office to open a formal investigation about electric fishing
CCB has signed the joint formal request, lead by the Bloom Association, to the European Anti Freud Office (known as OLAF from the French “Office européen de lutte antifraude”)…
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CCB position on the Sweden approval for the Nord Stream II
On 7 June 2018, the Swedish Government has granted a permit to the Nord Stream 2 AG for laying two natural gas pipelines on the continental shelf within the…
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Baltic Sea still blighted by illegal discarding and overfishing
Our Fish and CCB Press release: One-half cut in quota for eastern Baltic cod proposed Western Baltic cod under safe biological limits and illegal…
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Call to action for the EU countries: 3 steps to restore our seas by 2020
Despite the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD, 2008), most EU countries are a long way off in achieving their targets to protect and restore our seas to healthy…
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The turning point for saving the Baltic Sea is now
The action plan linked to the ecosystem approach which the Helsinki convention (HELCOM) agreed upon in 2007 is at risk. The progress of the Baltic Sea Action Plan (BSAP)…
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20 NGOs call upon EU ministers to explain what they will do to protect the eel
The eel is critically endangered. The EU Commission has proposed to ban EU marine catches of adult eels to increase possibilities for…
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CCB Briefing – the facts about eel
What you need to know and understand about the eel, Anguilla anguilla Facts about eel (Anguilla anguilla) There is only one single stock of European eel Eel is a commercial…
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CCB welcomes EU Commission proposal to ban fishing for eel in the Baltic Sea
The European Eel is a critically endangered fish species with a dramatic stock size decline the past 30 years. Conservation efforts have so far failed to deliver and scientific…
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Nord Stream 2 considers route through nature reserve optimal
The Russian Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology has provided its European counterparts with the report on Environmental Impact Assessment of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. The document favours…
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NGOs urge EU Parliament to remain firm against fisheries subsidies
CCB together with more than 100 European Organisations call upon MEPs to support the 2014 Parliament position that maintained the ban on subsidies for the construction of new fishing…
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Baltic-wide actions needed to reach SDG targets
Today, high-level representatives of the HELCOM Contracting Parties will meet in Helsinki to discuss regional Baltic Sea contribution to conservation and sustainable use of the seas and marine resources…
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Sweden designates large Natura 2000 area for the Baltic Sea harbour porpoise
As an early Christmas present to the harbour porpoises of the Baltic Sea, the Swedish government recently announced that a large Natura 2000 site will be designated for harbour…
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Urgent action needed for Lithuanian rivers
A proposal to amend the Lithuanian Water Act and Law of Protected areas threatens two of the last rivers in Europe with open fish migratory pathways, Nemunas and Neris,…
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CCB letter to Commisioner Vella about eel
In April 2016 CCB sent a letter to the Commission pointing to the illegal catches of eel but also questioning the legal fishery on an endangered species and if the…
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Ministers: uphold your responsibilities on marine protection
CCB has joined a group of NGOs (Greenpeace, Oceana, WWF, Swedish and Danish Societies for Nature conservation, Swedish and Danish Anglers Associations, Living Sea and Fisheries Secretariat) and written…
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PRESS RELEASE: Global temperature increases: an alarming scenario for the Baltic Sea
1 December 2015, Uppsala, Sweden Global temperature increases: an alarming scenario for the Baltic Sea Prior to the opening of the 2015 UN Conference on Climate Change, Coalition Clean…
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Demand EU to stop eel fishing
28 environmental organizations demand that the EU Commission will stop all eel fishing in Europe along with other needed action to halt the human induced eel mortality until the…
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International Day of the Baltic Harbour Porpoise
Baltic Harbour Porpoise Needs Protection The Harbour Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) is the only species of cetacean native to the Baltic Sea. It is estimated to consist of approximately 450 animals…
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Youth Declaration on the Protection of the Gulf of Finland
After studying specific features of the Gulf, current problems and possible ways to solve those problems, schoolchildren from Russia, Finland and Estonia developed a declaration that was adopted on…
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New facts on harbour porpoise
CCB has made a new brochure containing fresh scientific data on the amount -and location of Baltic harbour porpoises. The situation for the local population of porpoises is critical…
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Legal implications Natura 2000 and Common Fishery Policy (CFP)
An ongoing discussion in EU is how to solve legal conflicts within the EU legislation, not least between environmental legislation and policies such as agriculture and fisheries. CCB has…
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The Baltic Harbour Porpoise more widely distributed than previously known
CCB has produced a new brochure on the problems and needs of the Baltic harbour porpoise population. It is crucial that all Member states that has the porpoise in its…
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CCB report on Baltic EU Member States implementation of MSFD
The MSFD is an important EU legislation for our seas. If fully and coherently implemented, MSFD can be a powerful tool to monitor and improve EU seas and the…
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Helcom Ministerial Declaration 2013: Environmental ministers severely delay deadlines to restore the Baltic Sea
Today, Baltic Sea Environmental Ministers signed a HELCOM Ministerial Declaration, reviewing the progress on targets agreed in the 2007 HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan (BSAP), in Copenhagen ,…
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Diverging views between governments put the future of the Baltic Sea in jeopardy
Baltic Sea Environment Ministers will put pen to paper and sign the review of the Baltic Sea Action Plan in less than a month….
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Deletion of water bodies in Estonia – an action that was finally repealed
In April 2011 a precedent occurred in the domain of the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Estonia in the form of deleting a large amount of…
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Wetlands for clear water
“Wetlands for clear water” was the headline of a seminar organized March 24th – 25th, in Greifswald Germany by Grune Liga and University of Greifswald. Over 40 participants…
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HELCOM High-level meeting on the Baltic Sea Action Plan (BSAP), 9 March 2011
NGOs notice a surprising lack of progress in many National Implementation Plans (NIPs) of the BSAP from 2007. Concrete measures and its financing are lagging behind in order…
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CCB General Meeting and Annual Conference Baltic 10 on Biodiversity and the Baltic Sea, 7-9 May 2010, in Palanga, Lithuania
The CCB General Meeting and Annual Conference Baltic 10, took place in Palanga, Lithuania, between 7-9 May. On 10 May, following the CCB Meetings, a workshop on the…
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Environmental Degradation of Russian Coastal Regions: The Case of the Gulf of Finland
The authors, Trumbull and Bodrov, devote particular attention to two major developments, a multifunctional port complex and expansion of an existing nuclear power plant. Based on extensive personal…
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Report from the International River Watch Camp in Belarus
Between July 30 – August 5 2008, an International River Watch Camp was organised by ARB BirdLife (Belarus) and Friends of the Baltic (Russia) at the Vileiskoye lake…
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Comb jelly poses serious threat to Baltic Sea ecosystem
Alarming numbers of comb jellies (Mnemiopsis ledyi) have been detected in parts of the Baltic Sea. It is feared that the invasive species could have disastrous consequences for the…
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Environmental education programme River Watch supported by CCB arrived in Belarus in 2005 and captured the imagination of several schools straight away
Nina Palutskaya from Belarus writes about the implementation of the River Watch programme in her country. Read her article
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CCB has been awarded the 2004 Nordic Council Nature and Environment Prize
CCB Press-release in connection with the Nordic Council session in Stockholm, 1-3 November 2004 Download
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