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EU Scientific body confirms stronger bycatch measures are needed to protect Bay of Biscay common dolphins and Baltic Proper harbour porpoises
NGO concerns over EU countries’ inadequate response to the bycatch of protected species have now been confirmed by the evaluation of the Scientific, Technical and Economic…
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EU will propose new law to make nature restoration legally binding in the EU
Nature as we know it is heading towards extinction. And it’s because of human activity. Logging, intensive agriculture and overfishing have pushed one million animal and plant…
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Ambition, concrete actions and commitment: key elements to save the Baltic Sea
NGOs recommendations towards the updated Baltic Sea Action Plan 17 March 2021 – This year will mark a milestone for the protection of the…
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Out of Sight, Out of Mind: How Conservation Is Failing European Porpoises
New scientific paper calls for urgent action to protect Europe’s porpoises. Sweden, February 2021 – In a paper just published in the journal…
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NGOs New Year’s “resolution list” to ensure Ministers deliver a future-proof plan to save the Baltic Sea
December 2020 – Another year has come and gone, and we, the Coalition Clean Baltic and WWF…
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NGOs Welcome EU Fisheries Ministers Setting More Baltic Fishing Limits In Line with Science – But Ecological Crisis Not Averted
Luxembourg, 20 October 2020:- Environmental NGOs this morning welcomed the decision of EU Fisheries Ministers to set Baltic fishing limits for 2021 in accordance with scientific advice…
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Online exhibition Live in / Leaving
Live In / Leaving is an online and on-going exhibition starting from October 12, 2020. It’s organised by CCB in collaboration with artists and environmental activists from…
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Clean Games Baltic Cup 2020: a one-hour challenge to clean the Baltic Sea region
For the second year, on 19th September, people from all over the Baltic Sea Region will take part in the Clean Games Baltic Cup , a one-hour…
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European nations under pressure to save the critically endangered Baltic harbour porpoise
At a meeting of northern European nations held online this week, the issue of the critically endangered harbour porpoise population in the Baltic Sea was discussed and…
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EU Council of Ministers Urged to Take Decisions to Counter Baltic Sea Crisis
Brussels, 31 August 2020:- Responding to the publication of the European Commission’s proposal for Baltic Sea fishing limits for 2021, NGOs today called on EU Baltic…
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Russian-German coalition demands to stop nuclear waste movement from Germany to Russia
# Russia is not a nuclear waste dump! # Saint-Petersburg – Berlin, July 2020 – The appeal to the authorities of Russia and…
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Commission takes legal action against France, Spain and Sweden to protect marine mammals
The European Commission has demanded today that France, Spain and Sweden take immediate action to prevent the needless deaths of dolphins and porpoises killed every year…
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Lack of national political will is driving European seas to the brink
Today, the European Commission published a report assessing the progress with the implementation of the EU’s Marine Directive , adopted in 2008. The report comes…
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Baltic Sea Fish Stocks Remain in Crisis – NGOs Call for Closures of Herring and Cod stocks
Brussels, 29 May 2020:- Responding to today’s publication of annual scientific advice for EU fishing limits for…
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Miljöorganisationer välkomnar vetenskapliga råd för att stoppa bifångster av den akut hotade Östersjötumlaren
Sverige, 26 Maj 2020 – Forskare från ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea) släppte idag vetenskapliga råd för att stoppa bifångster av tumlaren…
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NGOs welcome scientists’ advice to halt bycatch of endangered Baltic Proper harbour porpoise
Scientists from the International Council for the Exploration (ICES) have published a landmark advice today, warning the European Commission that immediate action is…
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CCB joins the Surfrider Foundation Europe´s campaign #DrillingIsKilling
On the 20th of April 2010, the explosion of Deepwater Horizon, the deepest offshore oil platform, led…
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NGOs urge Baltic countries to speed up commitments to the Baltic Sea Action Plan
Helsinki, 3 March 2020 – This week at the HELCOM Stakeholder Conference and High-level Meeting , Coalition…
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Ten actions on our Christmas “wishlist” to ensure Ministers deliver a concrete plan to save the Baltic Sea
As the end of the year approaches, children and adults alike, will be writing their wish lists in the hopes that they might get a present on…
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EU Commission misses opportunity to halt dolphin and porpoise deaths this winter
The European Commission said today that it will not take emergency measures this winter to tackle the tragic death of dolphins caught in fishing nets.
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Support and criticism for Commission proposal for Baltic Sea fishing 2020
Helsinki, 4 Sept 2019 – Environmental NGOs The Finnish Association for Nature Conservation, Coalition Clean Baltic and the Fisheries…
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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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Calls for Emergency Halt to Baltic Fishing
Brussels May 29, 2019:- Responding to scientific advice that a number of important Baltic fish populations are in a state of crisis and cannot be fished sustainably,…
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Eastern Baltic cod stock has collapsed – NGOs call to immediately close fishing of Eastern Baltic cod
Responding to the release of an alarming new report by international fisheries scientists that Eastern Baltic Cod is…
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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
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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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Joint NGO recommendations on Baltic Sea fishing opportunities for 2019
In October 2018, EU fisheries ministers are scheduled to agree on fishing opportunities in the Baltic Sea for 2019. The following text outlines the joint NGO recommendations on Baltic…
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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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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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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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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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International Seminar on Land Based Aquaculture Systems
Last week, on 11-12th of November, in cooperation, Coalition Clean Baltic (CCB), Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (SSNC), the Swedish Agency for Marine…
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Radioactive Steam Generators
Press release about the Proposed Shipment of Radioactive Steam Generators from Canada to Sweden. Download
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1st International NGO Meeting
Press release about the 1st International NGO Meeting on the Nord Stream Project, 4 March 2008, Helsinki, Finland. Download
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Public Hearings on the Russian part of the Nord-stream project
Press release about the Public Hearings on the Russian part of the Nord-stream project – 122 km of gas pipe-line in the Gulf of Finland, 23 November 2007, Vyborg,…
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Outcome of the 31st Session of the IBSFC
CCB Press release on the outcome of the 31st Session of the International Baltic Sea Fishery Commission (IBSFC), 5-9 September 2005, Visby, Sweden. Download
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CCB requests HELCOM to assess the problem of Industrial hog rearing farms
CCB Press release in connection with the 26th Meeting of the Helsinki Commission, 1-2 March 2005, Finland Download
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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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Outcome of the IBSFC
CCB Press-release on Outcome of the IBSFC (International Baltic Sea Fishery Commission) meeting 6-10 September 2004 Download
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Svartfiske och överproduktion
Svartfiske och överproduktion hot mot Östersjöns fiskbestånd. Download
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Polish green groups opens up the debate on international level
Assess the environmental impact of the industrial pig farms rules Helcom. Polish green groups opens up the debate on international level. Download
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Baltic Cod Fishing Quotas for 2004 – still a threat
Baltic Cod Fishing Quotas for 2004– still a threat for the long-term survival of the Baltic cod. The cod stock is planned to be overfished with 45% for year…
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Baltic Cod Fishing Quotas for 2003 – still a threat
Baltic Cod Fishing Quotas for 2003 – still a threat for the long-term survival of the Baltic cod. Baltic Herring stock is planned to be overfished with 33% for…
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Call to stop off-shore oil extraction
Call to stop off-shore oil extraction in the baltic sea Download
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CCB Yearbook 2002
Baltic Sea Hot Spots Hazards and Possibilities for the Baltic Sea Region. Download
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Miljöaktivister hotas i Ryssland och Litauen
Under februari månad har två allvarliga attacker mot miljöaktivister rapporterats från Ryssland och från Litauen. Download
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