Meeting of the 27 EU fishery ministers

At the end of October the 27 EU fishery ministers met in Luxembourg to discuss about the new catching methods in the Baltic Sea. They shall apply to the next five years. Alarming numbers were noticed especially in the herring asset but also sprat and salmon are menaced. In contrast during the last years highly protected cod recovered again. But the data are contestable – probably because of tactical reasons to be “conserved” from the essential abatement of the catching abundance. Especially the Baltic States Finland and Poland resist against the planned decrease.

Finally the European Agricultural ministers agreed on the 27 October 2010 after long arguing on the fishery elevation for the future: the herring catches will be reduced

on 30 %, sprat 24 % and salmon only 15 %.

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Education policy round the “Mare Balticum” – today and tomorrow

The competition doesn´t sleep. This is also directed towards the Baltic Sea area. Today there ist he biggest wealth region but tomorrow? What has to be done that the Baltic Sea states in the future can continue to rejoice themselves on today´s leading position?

To discuss the essential topic the in Hamburg located “Hanse Parlament” together with Baltic Sea Academy and the Hamburger Bildungsbehörde invited to Hamburg in October 2010; 115 experts from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Russia, Belarus and the Ukraine followed this invitation. Furthermore they agreed on the opinion: “The biggest challenge for the future of the Baltic Sea area is the development of its population and the aftermath.”

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BSF on the international economy congress in China

In the last Agust the Baltic Sea Forum (BSF) had ist first presentation on the stage of the United Nations, the UN-MDG-conference in Melbourne. The enjoyable high interest led to a spontaneous invitation on an international field: the Chinese Department of Commerce and the council of the biggest city in the world Chongqing (32 million inhabitants) invited the BSF to the “3rd International services Trade Summit and Servise Outsourcing Conference”. The organizer thought that especially the experience of the BSF in contact with international contexts was asked at that time. Christopher Mähl represented the BSF in Central China.

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18th annual conference of the Baltic Sea States Subregional Co-operation in Tallinn

From the 12th to the 14th October the 18th annual conference of the Baltic Sea States Subreginal Co-operation (BSSSC) took place in Tallinn. In the centre of this year´s conference were the concentrated education development and further training measures for the regions of the Baltic Sea are and its inhabitants.

Closing the chairmanship of Hamburg during the years 2009 and 2010 of the BSSSC secretary was handed over to the Polish region Westpommern which will have the chairmanship for the next two years. Following up to the BSSSC annual conference the first annual meeting of the EU Baltic Sea strategy took place.

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EU balance conference concerning the Baltic Sea strategy

In connection with the BSSSC conference a balance conference concering the Baltic Sea strategy took place in Tallinn. At the crowded conference, on that EU regional commissar Hahn conducted a good specification of the common European Baltic Sea strategy and indicated on its model charisma for other European regions, representatives of governments of civil companies of almost all Baltic Sea states took place. Like on the BSSSC congress chairman Kurt Bodewig took part for the Baltic Sea Forum (BSF) and the Estonian chairman Andres Pajuste.

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Baltic Sea Forum supports ISWA World Congress 2010

In the following year 2011 Hamburg will be the environment capital of Europe. But even before the capital year of the hanseatic city environment was an important topic in Hamburg. From the 15th to the 18th November in the CCH the world congress of the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) supported by the BSF e.V. takes place. The ISWA is a charitable international association with registered office in Vienna. It has 36 national members and because of personal and organized members represented in 80 countries. It is the most important association in the field of waste control (www.iswa.org). Aim is the international advancement of a sustainable waste management.

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Baltic Sea Forum supports the 3rd seaport congress 2010 in Hamburg

Finding solutions for current problems on the cutting side of port logistics and loading economy – this is the aim of the 3rd seaport congress from the 24th to the 26th November in Hamburg in the Empire Riverside Hotel.

The economic development allures dynamic. It is time to talk about the effects of the increasing and new concepts and to create the necessary conditions. A platform for the solution of problems on the cutting side of port logistics and loading economy from the chemical and pharma branch offers the 3rd seaport congress from the 24th to the 26th November in Hamburg that takes place in the Empire Riverside hotel.

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