WELCOME TO:                                                                                                    

CCB seminar on Sustainable Fisheries in the Baltic Sea;

Baltic Sea Sustainable Fisheries - for fishermen, for environmentalists?

at the Sea Fisheries Institute, Gdynia, Poland
10 May, 17.00 - 11 May 2005, 16.00

Goal of the Seminar:

The seminar offer a meeting point for different stakeholders (fishermen, scientists, officials, environmentalists) interested in Baltic Sea fisheries management. Different stakeholders rarely meet for discussions.

The goal of the seminar is to try to find common understanding with stakeholders in fisheries in different important aspects of Baltic Sea fisheries.

Draft Programme:

10 May, Tuesday

17.00-19.00 Introductory meeting

Introduction

Piotr Gruszka, GF GAJA and PKE/CCB

"Important aspects to develop Baltic Sea sustainable fisheries"

Gunnar Noren, CCB

"Common Fisheries Policy - environmental aspects from the perspective of Polish Government"

Representative of the Fisheries Dept., Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

"Research on the state of Baltic environment"

Jan M. Weslawski, Scientific Council of SFI

"Problem of effective control in fisheries"

Representative of the RSFI Gdynia (to be confirmed)

"WWF and fisheries in the Baltic Sea"

Anna Daczka, WWF Poland

19.00-19.15 Coffee break

20.00-22.00 Dinner

11 May, Wednesday

9.00-11.00 Presentations

"Sustainable fisheries in the Baltic - Polish fishermen's perspective"

Maciej Dlouhy, fisherman, Ustka

"Harbour porpoise in the Polish zone of the Baltic Sea"

Radomil Koza, UG Hel Marine Station

"Fisheries and sea-birds"

Szymon Bzoma, SFI

"Natura 2000 and the Baltic Sea – Polish experiences"

Tomasz Pezold, IUCN Programme Office for Central Europe, Poland

"Baltic Regional Advisory Council"

Anna Daczka, WWF Poland

"Who benefits from the EU fisheries subsidies?"

Staffan Danielsson, Fish NGO Secretariat, Sweden

11.00-11.15 Coffee break

11.15-12.00 Presentations, cont.

"CCB views on important actions to develop Baltic sustainable fisheries"

Gunnar Noren, CCB

Summary of presentations

12.00-13.00 Discussion

13.00-14.00 Lunch

14.00-16.00 Discussion (cont.), conclusions from the seminar