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.

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Contacts

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

Katarzyna Kaminska

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

Lena Avellan

Professional Secretary
HELCOM Secretariat
lena.avellan@helcom.fi

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PUBLICATION (07/12/2023) BAT/BEP descriptions of sustainable aquaculture in the Baltic Sea region

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PUBLICATION (29/10/2021) River restoration in the Baltic Sea region-BSEP177

PUBLICATION (30/03/2021) RETROUT River Restoration Demonstration Case Reports. Interreg RETROUT project.

PUBLICATION (05/06/2020) HELCOM Action Plan for the protection and recovery of Baltic sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus in the Baltic Sea area

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RECOMMENDATION (09/04/2025) 42-43-10 Sustainable aquaculture in the Baltic Sea region

RECOMMENDATION (09/04/2025) 42-43-9 Managing large and medium rivers to ensure river connectivity for fish migration to protect sturgeon and reduce sturgeon bycatch

RECOMMENDATION (25/10/2021) 42-43-3 Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter (RAP ML)

RECOMMENDATION (15/03/2016) 37-3 Sustainable aquaculture in the Baltic Sea region

RECOMMENDATION (27/09/2013) 19-2 Protection and Improvement of the Wild Salmon (Salmo salar L.) poulations in the Baltic Sea Area

• See all FISH Recommendations

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