External meeting
BALTFISH Forum meeting 2025
8 September 2025
BALTFISH Forum meeting 2025
External meeting
Fisheries
Start date: 8 September 2025
End date: 8 September 2025
Time: 13:00 - 17:00 CEST
Place: Stockholm, Sweden and online
Address: Herkulesgatan 17 Stockholm, Sweden
The Baltic Sea Fisheries Forum (BALTFISH) is a regional body providing a platform for discussion on important fisheries issues in the Baltic Sea. BALTFISH is based on the regionalisation of the EU Common Fisheries Policy as referred to in the Basic Regulation and its main objective is to promote cooperation among fisheries administrations and other key stakeholders in developing sustainable fisheries in the Baltic Sea region.
Description
The BALTFISH Forum meeting was organised on September 8, 2025, in Stockholm and online. CCB took part in the meeting via BSAC.
CCB participant in the meeting
- Aimi Hamberg, CCB Marine Officer
- Ida Carlén, Coalition Clean Baltic and The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (SSNC)
Outcomes of the meeting
During the meeting the orkplan for the Swedish Baltifsh presidency was presented and discussed, CCB together with MO SSNC advocated for the importence of finalising the work on proposing a joint recommendation for measures to minimise harbour porpoise bycatch. The EU Commission presented their proposal for fishing quotas for 2026 and CCB and the other NGOs presented our recommendations for setting the fishing quotas for 2026. The fishing organisations and BSAC also presented their views on the matter. CCB joined in on a joint NGO statment on the importance of better protecting the eel and halting all fisheries on the species, that was partly read during the meeting and later submitted to Baltfish in its full length. The HELCOM Secretariat also presented their draft Common Understanding for Ecosystem-based Fisheries Management, to which CCB has contributed actively.
Participation supported by
CCB's participation in the event was supported by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or CINEA. Neither the European Union nor CINEA can be held responsible for them
CCB positions reflected in these materials are not automatically transferred and do not reflect SI position on these topics.
CCB participant in the meeting
- Aimi Hamberg, CCB Marine Officer
- Ida Carlén, Coalition Clean Baltic and The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (SSNC)
Outcomes of the meeting
During the meeting the orkplan for the Swedish Baltifsh presidency was presented and discussed, CCB together with MO SSNC advocated for the importence of finalising the work on proposing a joint recommendation for measures to minimise harbour porpoise bycatch. The EU Commission presented their proposal for fishing quotas for 2026 and CCB and the other NGOs presented our recommendations for setting the fishing quotas for 2026. The fishing organisations and BSAC also presented their views on the matter. CCB joined in on a joint NGO statment on the importance of better protecting the eel and halting all fisheries on the species, that was partly read during the meeting and later submitted to Baltfish in its full length. The HELCOM Secretariat also presented their draft Common Understanding for Ecosystem-based Fisheries Management, to which CCB has contributed actively.
Participation supported by
CCB's participation in the event was supported by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or CINEA. Neither the European Union nor CINEA can be held responsible for them
CCB positions reflected in these materials are not automatically transferred and do not reflect SI position on these topics.
