BASRAN Webinar March 23, 2024

This BASRAN webinar brings to surface the impact of industrial fishing on the Baltic Sea ecosystem. You will listen to experts from Finland, Germany, Lithuania, Poland, and Sweden explaining how the marine ecosystem works, the threats, the opportunities, and good examples. 

The need is great for measures to prevent the herring from meeting the same fate as the cod already has done. It is urgent to do the right things. But we must stand on scientific grounds and proven experience. This is what the webinar gives you as an audience. 

PROGRAMME OF THE WEBINAR (times are CET) >>> The speakers

10:45  Zoom link opens. Music

THE EYES OF ALL FUTURE GENERATIONS ARE ON US

Anders Paulsson

We Care for Our World

Rotary, Mark Krawczynski (Poland), Gilber Beveridge (Australia)

11.00 OPENING WORDS

The introductory words from the Rotary International President Gordon McInally, “Create hope in the world”. 

The author of Silent Seas – the Fish Race to the Bottom, Isabella Lövin.

11.15 KEYNOTES

How ICES work and why fisheries management doesn't follow their recommendations. SLIDES

Joakim Hjelm: Senior scientist at SLU Aqua and former director of Institute of marine research in Lysekil, Sweden. Member of ICES advisory council (ACOM).

The Baltic Sea ecosystem and sustainable fishing. SLIDES

Laura Uusitalo, research professor LUKE (Natural Resources Institute Finland

Dive into Sustainability: Unlocking the Secrets of Baltic Sea Fisher. SLIDES

Anna Dębicka, program director, Marine Stewardship Council MSC, Baltic and Central Europe

Current status and future for Baltic fisheries. SLIDES

Nils Höglund, Senior Marine and Fisheries Policy Officer, Coalition Clean Baltic, Sweden

12:35 – 12:45 Short 10-minute break 

12.45 SHOWCASES

A new fish science laboratory in the Baltic Sea region – the first of its kind. SLIDES

Konrad Stralka, MD Baltic Waters

How to survive as a small-scale local fish industry. SLIDES

Mathias Schilling, entrepreneur in Western Pomerania, Northern Germany, The association Hiddenseer Kutterfisch.

How does industrial fishing impact the wintering seabird populations in the Baltic Sea? SLIDES

Julius Morkūnas, Lithuanian ornithological society, Klaipėda University and Costal research and planing institute. 

Enabling the blue food revolution by turning sidestreams mainstream. SLIDES

Michaela Lindström, Managing Director, co-founder, Hailia Nordic Oy, Finland

14.00 WEBINAR ENDS

The webinar is open to everyone!

Contacts: BASRAN Action Committee Chair Eva Nisser, Nacka Rotaryklubb,  Sweden, nisser@veraciter.se