External meeting
Workshop Fisheries Management in MPAs: Impact and Regulation of Bottom Trawling
November 29, 2024
External meeting
Workshop Fisheries Management in MPAs: Impact and Regulation of Bottom Trawling
Start date: November 29, 2024
End date: November 29, 2024
Time:
Place: Hackescher Markt 4/ Neue Promenade 3, 10187 Berlin, Germany
Address:
Official meetings of all HELCOM Working and Experts Groups and other subsidiary bodies are postponed due to the HELCOM strategic pause until further notice, however, informal consultation sessions, without Russian participation, are organized and hosted by a Contracting Party.
The informal consultation sessions process and discuss documents and provide guidance and recommendations as to how to progress work.
The informal consultation sessions process and discuss documents and provide guidance and recommendations as to how to progress work.
Description
The Workshop Fisheries Management in MPAs: Impact and Regulation of Bottom Trawling was on the 29th of November, 2024 in Berlin, Germany.
Speakers
- Kemal Pinarbasi, PhD., Project Coordinator MSP4BIO, HELCOM
- Anna von Rebay, PhD., Ocean Vision Legal
- Kai Dunkelmann
- Klaus Jürgens, PhD., Lebiniz - Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemuende
- Ms. Aiste Gedviliene - Chairwoman of the Environmental Committee in the Lithuanian Parliament
- Stefan Neuenfeldt, PhD. - Technical Universty Denmark
Key topics
EU Common Fisheries Policy, Fauna-Flora-Habitat Directive, Marine Strategy Framework Directive, German Spatial Planning Act, bottom trawling, etc.
CCB participant in the session
- Estefania Cortez, CCB Project Manager/Legal Expert
Outcomes of the meeting
- The event explored innovative approaches that balance fisheries management with nature conservation, highlighting how MPAs can enhance biodiversity and provide long-term benefits for coastal communities.
- The presentation by Dr. Anna von Rebay from Ocean Vision Legal regarding the litigation cases in favour of MPAs provided particularly relevant insights for CCB's activities to protect herrings.
- The topic of bottom trawling provided insights for the approach of WP7 in the project PROTECT BALTIC.
CCB's Participation supported by
CCB's participation in the event was supported by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or CINEA. Neither the European Union nor CINEA can be held responsible for them.
Speakers
- Kemal Pinarbasi, PhD., Project Coordinator MSP4BIO, HELCOM
- Anna von Rebay, PhD., Ocean Vision Legal
- Kai Dunkelmann
- Klaus Jürgens, PhD., Lebiniz - Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemuende
- Ms. Aiste Gedviliene - Chairwoman of the Environmental Committee in the Lithuanian Parliament
- Stefan Neuenfeldt, PhD. - Technical Universty Denmark
Key topics
EU Common Fisheries Policy, Fauna-Flora-Habitat Directive, Marine Strategy Framework Directive, German Spatial Planning Act, bottom trawling, etc.
CCB participant in the session
- Estefania Cortez, CCB Project Manager/Legal Expert
Outcomes of the meeting
- The event explored innovative approaches that balance fisheries management with nature conservation, highlighting how MPAs can enhance biodiversity and provide long-term benefits for coastal communities.
- The presentation by Dr. Anna von Rebay from Ocean Vision Legal regarding the litigation cases in favour of MPAs provided particularly relevant insights for CCB's activities to protect herrings.
- The topic of bottom trawling provided insights for the approach of WP7 in the project PROTECT BALTIC.
CCB's Participation supported by
CCB's participation in the event was supported by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or CINEA. Neither the European Union nor CINEA can be held responsible for them.