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  • NGOs New Year’s “resolution list” to ensure Ministers deliver a future-proof plan to save the Baltic Sea

    Posted by CCB on December 7, 2020

    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

    Posted by CCB on October 20, 2020

    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

    Posted by CCB on October 13, 2020

    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

    Posted by CCB on September 18, 2020

    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

    Posted by CCB on September 11, 2020

    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

    Posted by CCB on August 31, 2020

    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

    Posted by CCB on July 8, 2020

    # 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

    Posted by CCB on July 2, 2020

    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

    Posted by CCB on June 25, 2020

    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

    Posted by CCB on May 29, 2020

    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

    Posted by CCB on May 26, 2020

    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

    Posted by CCB on May 26, 2020

    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

    Posted by CCB on April 20, 2020

    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

    Posted by CCB on March 3, 2020

    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

    Posted by CCB on December 17, 2019

    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

    Posted by CCB on December 5, 2019

    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

    Posted by CCB on September 4, 2019

    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

    Posted by CCB on July 10, 2019

    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

    Posted by CCB on June 11, 2019

    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

    Posted by CCB on May 29, 2019

    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

    Posted by CCB on April 11, 2019

    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

    Posted by CCB on February 21, 2019

    NGOs in the Baltic Sea Region have sent an urgent 


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  • Urgent political will needed to halt European marine habitat neglect

    Posted by CCB on November 13, 2018

    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

    Posted by CCB on September 24, 2018

    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

    Posted by CCB on June 13, 2018

    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

    Posted by CCB on June 1, 2018

    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

    Posted by CCB on March 5, 2018

    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

    Posted by CCB on February 28, 2017

    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

    Posted by CCB on November 18, 2015

    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

    Posted by delta on June 14, 2011

    Press release about the Proposed Shipment of Radioactive Steam Generators from Canada to Sweden. Download


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  • 1st International NGO Meeting

    Posted by delta on March 4, 2008

    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

    Posted by delta on November 25, 2007

    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

    Posted by delta on September 9, 2005

    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

    Posted by delta on March 2, 2005

    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

    Posted by delta on November 2, 2004

    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

    Posted by delta on September 10, 2004

    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

    Posted by delta on June 28, 2004

    Svartfiske och överproduktion hot mot Östersjöns fiskbestånd. Download


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  • Polish green groups opens up the debate on international level

    Posted by delta on March 3, 2004

    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

    Posted by delta on October 3, 2003

    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

    Posted by delta on September 9, 2003

    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

    Posted by delta on August 20, 2002

    Call to stop off-shore oil extraction in the baltic sea Download


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  • CCB Yearbook 2002

    Posted by delta on March 6, 2002

    Baltic Sea Hot Spots Hazards and Possibilities for the Baltic Sea Region. Download


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  • Miljöaktivister hotas i Ryssland och Litauen

    Posted by delta on February 25, 2002

    Under februari månad har två allvarliga attacker mot miljöaktivister rapporterats från Ryssland och från Litauen. Download


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