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Statement of HELCOM Executive Secretary in 37th HELCOM Annual Meeting

​​Dear Colleagues,The milestone of the year 2015 was the adoption of the Regional Action Programme for Marine Litter in June. Concrete… Read More »

HELCOM adopts Recommendation on sustainable aquaculture

​​​HELCOM Annual Meeting with delegates from the nine Baltic coastal states and the EU has today adopted the on sustainable… Read More »

HELCOM agrees on a Roadmap for a Baltic Sea NECA

​​​Today the Annual Meeting of the Helsinki Commission (), consisting of the Baltic coastal countries and the EU, have agreed… Read More »

Battle against marine litter is a shared affair

​​​​More push for the actions against marine litter in the Baltic Sea is a key purpose of the HELCOM Marine… Read More »

More maritime spatial plans for the Baltic

​​​Consultations across country borders in maritime spatial will become easier as the Baltic-wide guidelines has been agreed on this week… Read More »

Baltic Sea under pressure: getting the bigger picture

​​​​​How big impact do the different pressures have on the Baltic marine environment is one key task for the regions’… Read More »

Clear-cut HELCOM online system ready for assessing Baltic nutrient pollution

​​​An efficient and more transparent is now set up by the coastal countries for producing assessments online on Baltic-wide eutrophication,… Read More »

First coordinated survey of Baltic wintering waterbirds started

​​​​​​​​​​For the first time, an effort is being made by seven Baltic coastal countries to coordinate the counting of all… Read More »

Six pollution hot spots cleaned up in the Baltic Sea

​​​​​​​Six waste water treatment plants were approved for deletion from the HELCOM list by the high-level Baltic coastal country representatives,… Read More »

Noise, aquaculture and conservation among top items for HELCOM delegates

Starting tomorrow, the country delegates of HELCOM will gather to decide upon a great amount of issues concerning the Baltic… Read More »