BSRAC meetings

 

Pelagic Working Group Monday 15th June, Copenhagen

See here for invitation and all documents:

http://www.bsrac.org/mod_inc/?p=itemModule&id=1354&kind=4&pageId=1081

If there are any more registrations for this meeting, it must be by today, Friday midday, so we can register you at ICES.

 

Executive Committee Tuesday 23rd June 2009, Vaasa

See here for invitation and draft agenda:

http://www.bsrac.org/mod_inc/?p=itemModule&id=1353&kind=4&pageId=1081

Please inform us if you have points for the agenda.

Please accept our apologies now: the annexes will come late. We are drafting position papers from the Demersal and Pelagic WG meetings. Documents and revised agenda will be sent to you a.s.a.p.

Book your hotel in Vaasa by today, Friday 12^th June, or there will be no rooms left

 

Other meetings and things

Reminder: Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Workshop on discards, Friday 26^th June, Copenhagen

http://www.bsrac.org/mod_inc/?p=itemModule&id=1362&kind=4&pageId=1227

Contact the secretariat by Friday 19^th June if you are interested. We already have some names.

 

The state of fish stocks in European Seas

From DG Mare we attach an invitation and draft agenda to a one-day seminar on the state of fish stocks in European Seas on 23rd July in Brussels.

We can nominate 3 experts per RAC. Travel and subsistence are not refunded by the Commission.

Names to the Secretariat by Thursday 25^th June.

 

Maritime Spatial Planning

From Katarzyna Ścibior, BaltSeaPlan Communication Officer

Several weeks she informed of the international event on Maritime Spatial Planning which will take place in the Oceanographic Museum in Stralsund/Germany on 18th June 2009.

The up-dated, detailed agenda of the meeting is attached.

The conference marks the official launch of the 3,7 mio EUR INTERREG BaltSeaPlan (2009-2012) project 'Planning the future of the Baltic Sea', which is currently the biggest initiative around the BSR to turn maritime spatial planning into reality.

Several top decision-makers from the all around the Baltic Sea and the European Commission DG Mare declared their attendance. The conference will among others illustrate the EU Roadmap on MSP, show the current situation throughout the BSR, discuss which MSP process is realistic to be applied throughout the BSR and what can be expected from BaltSeaPlan.

www.baltseaplan.eu

 

From POLISH SHIPYARDS 2009/2010

A compendium of Polish Shipyards and the shipbuilding industry in English

NEW EDITION now available with:

• Addresses & detailed information relating to Polish Shipyards, ship equipment manufacturers, etc.
• Up-to-date statistical data concerning the shipbuilding industry
• Register of ship repair facilities
• English, Polish and Russian indexes
• Size: A5 (14.5 x 20 cm), 148 pages

Price 55 EUR – including postage

Contact: Energetyków 3/4; 70-656 SZCZECIN; t/f: (+48 91) 4623414; info@maritime.com.pl

 

From FishSec and Seas at Risk

A video from oceanographer Sylvia Earle who has been at the frontier of deep ocean exploration for four decades:
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/lang/por_br/sylvia_earle_s_ted_prize_wish_to_protect_our_oceans.html

Rebuilding depleted fish stocks

Michael Andersen has told us about an International Symposium on rebuilding depleted fish stocks – biology, ecology, social science and management strategies. It’s on 3rd -6th November 2009 in Germany.

Speakers: Steven Murawski (USA), Toyomitsu Horii (Japan), Axel Temming (Germany), Ana Parma (Argentina), Denis Bailly (France), Andrew Rosenberg (USA). Sounds interesting.

To find out more see this link:

http://www.uncover.eu/index.php?id=180