Baltic Marine Environment
Protection Commission

 

Baltic Marine Environment
Protection Commission

    WG Fish

    HELCOM Working Group on Ecosystem-based Sustainable Fisheries

    WG Fish deals with fisheries in relation to the implementation of the ecosystem approach. Moreover, the group works on finding solutions about how the fisheries sector could further contribute to reaching Good Environmental Status of the Baltic Sea.

    WG Fish involves representatives from fisheries and environment authorities of the Baltic Sea countries, as well as EU, and HELCOM Observers and others as appropriate.

    By adopting the Baltic Sea Action Plan, the HELCOM Contracting Parties recommended that all fisheries management should be developed and implemented based on the ecosystem approach in order to enhance the balance between sustainable use and protection of natural marine resources.

    Documents

    Terms-of-Reference-of-the-Fish-Working-GroupDownload
    Workplan-of-WG-Fish-2023-2024Download

    Action areas

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    Fisheries

    Contacts

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    Marianne Goffeng Raakil

    ​Chair of WG Fish
    Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation, Division for Fisheries, Game Management and Reindeer Husbandry (Sweden)
    marianne.goffeng-raakil@regeringskansliet.se

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    Katarzyna Kaminska

    Vice-chair of WG Fish
    Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Poland
    Katarzyna.Kaminska@minrol.gov.pl

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    Lena Avellan

    Professional Secretary
    HELCOM Secretariat
    lena.avellan@helcom.fi

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