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Understanding how eutrophication is quantified in the HELCOM BSAP
Healthy coastal ecosystems are crucial to mitigate climate change
Adapt herring fisheries to scientific uncertainty
Measures improve the Baltic Sea environment even in a changing climate
Bottom trawling threatens European marine ecosystems
Reduce coastal trawling to protect the Baltic herring
Better management of micropollutants in wastewater
Fishing ban and more knowledge required to save the European eel
Time for smarter and safer chemical management
Emerging ocean acidification threatens Baltic Sea ecosystems
Baltic Eye comments
EU Soil Strategy treads carefully
Too vague recommendations
Apply a buffer for uncertainty
Include transparency on chemicals in consumer products
bottom trawling in the 2030 Biodiversity Strategy
A limited revision of REACH is needed to increase transparency and improve chemical safety
comments on the EU Commission Zero Pollution Action Plan
Roadmap for MSFD
Biodiversity Strategy has largely failed to protect marine species
A future EU soil strategy must cover risk of nutrient leakage
Monitoring needs to be addressed in new Zero Pollution Action Plan
Poor conditions for algae cultivation in the Baltic Sea
A blue year for the Baltic
"Ambitious objectives but lack substantial tools"
F2F is already being watered down
Comment on CAP
evaluation of MAP
new sludge directive
Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive
The EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030
Farm to Fork strategy has welcome tools for closing the nutrient loops
Reply to the roadmap for the Farm to Fork Strategy
Comment on TACs 2020
Innovation Principle
PIE
New but weak technical measures for EU fisheries on its way
Plastics Strategy
UK bans microplastics in rinse-off cosmetics and personal care products
eel fishing ban
uwwtd consultation reply
Regulation can reduce the risk of eutrophication
Releases of microplastics in the environment
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BALTIC SEA RESEARCH OF SOCIETAL RELEVANCE IN FOUR AREAS
Eutrophication
Habitats
Fishing
Pollutants
Current topics
Fisheries
Eutrophication
Pollutants
Habitats
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Fisheries
New study: Cod's latest crisis is not due to lack of oxygen
Policy brief
Eutrophication
Fact sheet: Understanding how eutrophication is quantified in the HELCOM BSAP
Fisheries
Eutrophication
Pollutants
Habitats
Baltic Breakfast: "it's a completely different sea"
Baltic Breakfast: Impacts of climate change on the Baltic Sea – the known and the uncertain
Fisheries
Commission fails to follow science's advice on eel fisheries
Baltic Eye Comments
EU Soil Strategy treads carefully
Fisheries
Increased trawl fishing on flatfish risks further damaging Baltic cod stocks - despite new selective gear
Pollutants
Baltic Breakfast: Essential use and substitution of harmful chemicals
Fisheries
Baltic Sea Centre researchers on next year's fishing quotas: "Increased industrial herring fishing in the Gulf of Bothnia runs counter to the alarm of coastal fishermen”
Pollutants
New study: Climate change with more precipitation and rainfall can impair the Baltic Sea's ability to bind contaminants such as PCBs and PAHs
Eutrophication
New film explains why the situation in the Baltic Sea doesn't seem to improve
Analysis
Eutrophication
The EU Farm to Fork strategy – what is happening?
Analysis
Fisheries
A Cod Crisis Caused by Management – When Will They Ever Learn?
Fisheries
Eutrophication
Pollutants
Habitats
Baltic Breakfast: Blue carbon and methane emissions – how coasts and climate are connected
Baltic Eye Comments
Apply a buffer for uncertainty in fisheries
Baltic Eye Comments
Too vague recommendations from Baltic Sea parliamentarians
Policy brief
Fisheries
Eutrophication
Pollutants
Habitats
Healthy coastal ecosystems are crucial to mitigate climate change
Policy brief
Fisheries
Adapt herring fisheries to scientific uncertainty
Analysis
Fisheries
Where have all the herring gone?
Fisheries
Baltic Breakfast: Seafood consumption and sustainability
Policy brief
Eutrophication
Measures improve the Baltic Sea environment – even in a changing climate
Fisheries
Researcher: "ICES recommendation on increased herring fishing in the Gulf of Bothnia is a major risk-taking"
Baltic Eye Comments
Important that Commission’s Sustainable Products Initiative include transparency on chemicals in consumer products
Baltic Eye Comments
A limited revision of REACH is needed to increase transparency and improve chemical safety
Policy brief
Fisheries
Habitats
POLICY BRIEF: Bottom trawling threatens European marine ecosystems
Baltic Eye Comments
Comments on the EU Commission Zero Pollution Action Plan
Baltic Eye Comments
Stronger Marine Strategy Framework Directive is necessary
Eutrophication
Pollutants
New study: Greater consideration for contaminants is needed in marine monitoring programs
Baltic Eye Comments
Biodiversity Strategy has largely failed to protect marine species and habitats in the EU
Fisheries
Habitats
Does protecting the seas save the climate?
Eutrophication
Multi-modeling to evaluate MSFD measures at European scale
Pollutants
Baltic Breakfast: Micropollutants in wastewater – a problem of unknown magnitude
Policy brief
Pollutants
POLICY BRIEF: Call for better management of micropollutants in wastewater
Baltic Eye Comments
A future EU soil strategy must cover risk of nutrient leakage
Policy brief
Fisheries
POLICY BRIEF: Reduce coastal trawling to protect the Baltic herring
Eutrophication
Habitats
How will the Baltic Sea ecosystem services change in the future?
Pollutants
Baltic Breakfast: Concept developed at Stockholm University incorporated in new EU strategy
Baltic Eye Comments
A Blue Year for the Baltic
Baltic Eye Comments
Monitoring needs to be addressed in new Zero Pollution Action Plan
Baltic Eye Comments
The Environmental Action Programme to 2030 – "Ambitious objectives but lack substantial tools"
Fisheries
EU ministers treat the eel issue – will fishing continue next year?
Fisheries
Eutrophication
The great plankton change – good or bad for the Baltic Sea ecosystem?
Policy brief
Fisheries
Fishing ban and more knowledge required to save the European eel
Baltic Eye Comments
F2F is already being watered down
Fisheries
”For the past five years, fishing has been too high” – Baltic Sea Centre scientist comment on next year’s TACs for Baltic Sea fisheries
Pollutants
Researchers at Stockholm University comment on the new EU Chemicals Strategy
Baltic Eye Comments
EU Council and Parliament water down the CAP
Fisheries
Researchers warn that the EU is reintroducing harmful fisheries subsidies
Eutrophication
Pollutants
The New BSAP – Contributions from Science
Analysis
Fisheries
ANALYSIS: Baltic Sea fishing has not gone according to (multiannual) plan
Fisheries
Experts comment proposed cuts for Baltic fishing: “Things are getting worse for the important stocks of herring and cod”
Baltic Eye Comments
Baltic MAP evaluation lacks recommendations for improvement
Baltic Eye Comments
"A new sewage sludge directive should focus more on the marine environment"
Baltic Eye Comments
"A revised Wastewater Directive needs to address the chemical flow in modern society"
Pollutants
New review of sources and pathways for hazardous substances in the Baltic Sea
Policy brief
Pollutants
Time for smarter and safer chemical management
Baltic Eye Comments
Farm to Fork strategy has welcome tools for closing the nutrient loops
Baltic Eye Comments
The EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030
Policy brief
Emerging ocean acidification threatens Baltic Sea ecosystems
Eutrophication
Pollutants
"The Commission takes a more all-encompassing approach to chemicals" – Policy officer Hanna Sjölund explains the new Circular Economy Action Plan
Baltic Eye Comments
Consultation reply: Roadmap for the Farm to Fork Strategy
Fisheries
Habitats
Researchers: Bottom trawling threatens seafloor integrity
Eutrophication
what would the Baltic Sea look like without any nutrient reductions?
Fisheries
Habitats
Researchers: Marine protected areas and sustainable use of the oceans are not mutually exclusive - at least not in Europe
Fisheries
Eutrophication
Pollutants
Habitats
Climate change will increase the pressure on the Baltic Sea
What can the Baltic Sea expect from the new Commission?
Analysis
Fisheries
Analysis: The cod crisis requires more measures than trawling ban and scrapping of vessels
Policy brief
Fisheries
Fact sheet: Understanding MSY
Baltic Eye Comments
"The EU decision is a step forward"
Policy brief
Fisheries
For cod’s sake – cut back fishing on herring and sprat
Policy brief
Eutrophication
Phosphorus in the catchment – Actions taken today create tomorrows legacy
Eutrophication
Q/A: Researcher Michelle McCracking explains how 17 million tons of old phosphorus on land affects today's measures against eutrophication
Pollutants
Researchers require increased transparency within REACH
Pollutants
Scientist: The EU ban on single-use plastics is an important first step towards a better marine environment
Pollutants
ECHA will improve compliance checks for new chemicals
Michelle McCrackin
BLOG: From finance to phosphorus. Michelle McCrackin tells a personal story about how she went from being an accountant to becoming a scientist.
Eutrophication
On the EAT Lancet report: "Choosing less ham from Parma will not affect the Baltic Sea"
Pollutants
ECHA proposes new ban on microplastics
Eutrophication
This is what Europe's agriculture looks like in 2030
Pollutants
New single-use plastics directive - an important step towards reducing marine litter in the Baltic Sea
Guest column
Eutrophication
Alan Matthews: National CAP strategies important for the marine environment
Habitats
Nine areas designated for protecting biodiversity in the Baltic Sea
Guest column
Fisheries
Commissioner Karmenu Vella: We cannot turn our backs on the oceans
Pollutants
Parliament approve single-use plastics proposal – an important step forward for the Baltic Sea
Policy brief
Pollutants
Policy Brief: Why we need a list of ingredients on consumer articles
Guest column
Fisheries
Eutrophication
Pollutants
Habitats
Olle Torpman: The Baltic Sea problem – an ethical problem
Fisheries
Eutrophication
Pollutants
Habitats
Baltic Eye’s work is analysed in a new international study
Analysis
Fisheries
Fish stocks and profitability are favored by quotas below the maximum level of sustainable outtake
Eutrophication
Seven-year project shows that eutrophic coastal areas can be saved
Policy brief
Eutrophication
Policy Brief: farm structure and nutrient leakage to the Baltic Sea
Policy brief
Eutrophication
Fact Sheet: Can changing our diets help the Baltic Sea?
Fisheries
NEW STUDY: Historically few large cod in the Baltic Sea
Analysis
Eutrophication
Eutrophication demoted in the proposal for the EU's agricultural policy
Policy brief
Eutrophication
Mussel farming in the Baltic Sea
Policy brief
Habitats
Policy brief: Raising quality of marine protection
Guest column
Eutrophication
Competitive and eco-friendly agriculture is absolutely essential for the Baltic Sea
Guest column
Fisheries
Small-sized cod weaken economy for fisheries
Guest column
Fisheries
We can save the Baltic Sea - a guest column by Linnéa Engström (MP)
Eutrophication
What is internal load?
Pollutants
Researchers: correct application of new criteria for endocrine disrupting chemicals is essential
Pollutants
The Plastics Strategy - a good tool for reducing marine litter
Guest column
Pollutants
MEP Jytte Guteland: “My goal is to push for better legislation in all areas where EDCs affect humans and the environment”
Guest column
Pollutants
MEP Christofer Fjellner: "The plastic is not the problem"
Policy brief
Eutrophication
POLICY BRIEF: Improving manure recycling in agriculture
Eutrophication
Better manure management
Pollutants
Major shortcomings in the EU regulation for chemicals in goods