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…
Continue readingRecreational fishing in Baltic region
Recreational fishing is a very large sector in the Baltic region to consider both from a value point of view as well as potential impacts. Around 10 percent of…
Continue reading20 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…
Continue readingCCB 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…
Continue readingCCB joins over 100 organisations in call to uphold ban on subsidies for fishing vessels
CCB and over 100 organisations across the EU ask all members of European parliament endorse the Fisheries Committee’s vote from March this year and express support for the 2014…
Continue readingNGOs 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…
Continue readingThe New Baltic Fisheries Management plan is now EU Law
On July 20th, the new fisheries management plan for sprat, herring and cod became active EU law and thereby removed the old cod plan and amending the existing Technical…
Continue readingMinisters: 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…
Continue readingMultiannual plan for Baltic Fish stocks concluded
The 15th of March, European Parliament, the Council and the Commission finally agreed on a new management plan for the main commercial fish stocks in the Baltic Sea. CCB…
Continue readingCCB options for a new multispecies management plan for Baltic fish stocks
CCB has together with Fisheries Secretariat developed a position paper on what we consider important aspects to include in a new ecosystem-based multispecies management plan for the Baltic Sea….
Continue readingConcerns before European Parliament plenary vote on the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF)
On October 14-15, representatives from environmental NGOs, students and a Swedish commercial fisherman met in Brussels to do lobby work related to the European Parliament (EP) plenary vote…
Continue readingOutcome 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
Continue readingOutcome of the IBSFC
CCB Press-release on Outcome of the IBSFC (International Baltic Sea Fishery Commission) meeting 6-10 September 2004 Download
Continue readingSvartfiske och överproduktion
Svartfiske och överproduktion hot mot Östersjöns fiskbestånd. Download
Continue readingBaltic 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…
Continue readingBaltic 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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