Submitted by
Mikhail.DURKIN
on Fri, 06/16/2023 - 11:58
General Information
Resolution
49166
IUCN Constituent
Coalition Clean Baltic
IUCN Constituent type
IUCN Member organisation
Period covered
Geographic scope
European Union (EU)
II. Implementation
Activities carried out to implement this Resolution
Activity
Convene stakeholders/Networking
Description and results/achievements of activities:
Implementing ecosystem-based management through BSAP. CCB has continuously urged and invited fisheries managers and stakeholders to environmental fora and topics in BSAC and pushed to include fisheries related issues into MSFD/BSAP meetings and events with the same message that the “spheres” cannot be separated anymore.
Status
On-going
Activity
Policy influencing/advocacy
Description and results/achievements of activities:
Implementing ecosystem-based management through BSAP. CCB has worked continuously to link HELCOMs BSAP/MSFD, to CFP and species protection, such as for eel and harbour porpoise and the underlying organizational challenges. Both on EU and MS level, the understanding of needs to change management is becoming more accepted and that there is a need for new scientific advice to better match ecosystem based management. Draft versions of NGO views of the MSFD article by article are available but not agreed official CCB documents
Status
On-going
Describe any challenges encountered in implementing this Resolution and the measures taken
As the war in Ukraine broke out, all HELCOM operations were officially put on hold due to the fact that Russia is a party to the Convention. Meetings and progress did continue unofficially and somesteps forward has been possible but not at all as intended.
Please report on the result /achievement of the actions taken
Participation at EP PECH committee hearing in March. CCB has taken part in all the informal HELCOM FISH meetings and events, and there also adding comments on behalf of BSAC. CCB put a lot of efforts on supporting ambitious threshold levels for the MSFD descriptor on bottom integrity to safeguard 10% of seafloor as untouched.
CCB has continued successfully implementing the goals of improving cooperation between fisheries and environmental managers and have managed to get support for such deepened cooperation also from fishing organization and the BSAC.
CCB has continued successfully implementing the goals of improving cooperation between fisheries and environmental managers and have managed to get support for such deepened cooperation also from fishing organization and the BSAC.
Identify and briefly describe what future actions/activities are planned for the implementation of this Resolution
Future action / activity
Convene stakeholders/Networking
Description
This work will continue in 2023.
Future action / activity
Policy influencing/advocacy
Description
This work will continue in 2023.
Report status
Published
Constituent type
IUCN Member