High-Level Political Meeting on Baltic Eutrophication and Agriculture
CCB • April 19, 2007
On 19-20 April 2007 a Meeting of High-Level Representatives from Ministries of Agriculture and Environment of the Baltic Sea Region countries (CBSS) will take place in Saltsjöbaden, Sweden. The meeting title: Land and Sea: more cooperation, less eutrophication, will discuss measures to reduce the heavy nutrient load (50% of the total N&P- load to the Baltic Sea) from the Baltic agricultural sector.
On Wednesday, 28 May, the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES) published its scientific advice for fish stocks in the Baltic Sea . In response, environmental NGOs from around the Baltic Sea region urge the European Commission to propose, and fisheries ministers to adopt, fishing opportunities at levels well below the headline advice to safeguard ecosystem needs and dynamics and allow for rapid recovery of Baltic Sea fish populations.
Key Baltic fish populations are in crisis, warn environmental NGOs. New scientific advice from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, ICES, confirms the poor condition of key Baltic fish populations, several of which remain collapsed (1). EU fisheries ministers must set 2026-catch limits well below ICES advice and prioritise long-term recovery over short-term economic gains.