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Major Baltic Sea policies reviewed ahead of HELCOM Ministerial Meeting

Regional ministers will discuss the state and future of the Baltic Sea marine environment in MarchHeads of Delegation of the… Read More »

Eel and the Baltic Sea in the focus of a joint regional workshop

Experts to discuss Baltic Sea processes for eel assessment and managementAim: identifying ways of working together on eel more efficientlyEel… Read More »

Smart nutrients management in agriculture promotes shared goals

Nutrient recycling and rural water management discussed at HELCOM AGRI meeting last weekIncreasing ammonia emissions require attentionRepresentatives of national environmental… Read More »

COMPLETE – A new project on ballast water and biofouling in the Baltic Sea region

Three-year project targets shipping’s harmful hitchhikers: invasive speciesExpected results: knowledge, strategies, and tools for environmentally friendly shippingAn ambitious project is… Read More »

Marine ecosystems and regional policy met maritime spatial planning in HELCOM-VASAB meeting

​The coordination of regional policy and application of the ecosystem-based approach in maritime spatial planning were in focus of the… Read More »

Agriculture authorities discuss ways of stopping nutrients from reaching the Baltic Sea

Nutrient flow and recycling in focus at the HELCOM Agri Group meeting this weekSmart nutrients management in agriculture is in… Read More »

Baltic Sea response community prepares for major oil spill exercise in Sweden 2018

A two-day conference kicks off the planning of the 2018 HELCOM BALEX DELTA exercise on oil and chemical spills, to… Read More »

Filling in the gaps on marine litter monitoring and assessment

Three new reports available on beach litter, microlitter, and litter on the seafloor in the Baltic SeaHELCOM marine litter workshop… Read More »

HELCOM reviews new data on nutrient input sources while continuing work on litter and sewage sludge

Data presented at the HELCOM PRESSURE Meeting 7-2017 shows that most of the nutrient input to the Baltic Sea comes… Read More »

HELCOM to test first pharmaceutical indicator and focus on improving the Marine Protected Area network

The HELCOM State & Conservation group meeting endorses the first HELCOM pharmaceutical indicator for testingImproving the effectiveness of the network… Read More »