Can the Baltic Sea become the Kingdom of Fish again?  

October 25, 2025  in Zoom, 9.00-10.30 CET (10.00 -11.30 EET)

Register now here:  https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/W_y-E8wJSp-ObbnEW4M5AQ 

There are so many interesting and important angles related to the Baltic Sea and the survival of fish. Our hope is that the participants in the webinar will have a moment of revelation by listening to our highly competent lecturers. 

If you ask the question “How is the situation for fish in the Baltic Sea?” , you will get answers from one side that there is plenty of herring, no problem at all, and from the other side that the herring is on the edge of disappearing , as already happened to the cod. How can you evaluate the different answers? Hopefully better after than before the webinar! 

Our webinar tries to give the audience a clearer picture of how trawling is done, its implication and alternative solutions.

The audience will be able to ask questions via the chat. Join our webinar, welcome!

Contacts: Eva Nisser, Chair of BASRAN Action Committee “The impact of industrial fishing on the Baltic Sea ecosystem”

Nacka Rotary Club, eva.nisser (at) veraciter.se

PROGRAMME OF THE WEBINAR (times are CET)

8:45  ZOOM LINK OPENS with Music

THE EYES OF ALL FUTURE GENERATIONS ARE ON US

Anders Paulsson

We Care for Our World

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

9.00 WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION >>> Meet the Speakers!

Opening words - Welcome to the webinar

Gun-Marie Östedt-Axelsson, Chair of BASRAN, Värmdö Skärgård Rotary Club, Sweden.

Moderator

Eva Nisser, Chair of the BASRAN  Action Committee The impact of industrial fishing on the Baltic Sea ecosystem. Nacka Rotary Club, Sweden, D2405.

Opening speaker: Costas Kadis, EU Fisheries Commissioner.

Introduction speaker: Regan McEnroe, Chair Nature and youth Sweden, Vice-chair Swedish Society for Nature Conservation and winner of the Baltic Sea Fund’s Youth Award 2024.

PRESENTATIONS

How ICES works and why fisheries management doesn't follow their recommendations

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

Ecosystem-based fisheries management restores western Baltic herring, ensuring sustainable yield and a healthy food web

Marco Scotti, Senior Researcher at the Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources, National Research Council of Italy, Principal Investigator of the Ecosystem Modelling Working Group in the Marine Evolutionary Ecology Research Unit, Marine Ecology Research Division, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel.

Changes in Baltic fish stock productivity: status and drivers.

Henrik Svedäng, PhD in limnology, associate professor in Marine ecology at Gothenburg university and at Baltic Sea Science Center at Stockholm university.

What led to the well-managed outcome for the herring in the Bay of Riga?

Kaire Märtin, Adviser at the Fishery Policy department at the Ministry of Regional Affairs and Agriculture in Tallinn, Estonia.

10.30 THE WEBINAR ENDS

10.30 -10.45 Short 15-minute break with music.

The webinar will be followed by the BASRAN Annual Members’ Meeting – all are welcome!

BASRAN Annual Members' Meeting

Time: Saturday October 25, 2025, at 10.45 – 11:45 CET (11.45 – 12.45 EET)  

Place: in Zoom, the same link as for the webinar

Who can join: All Rotarians in Baltic Sea countries

AGENDA:

1.       Opening of the meeting. Welcome!

2.       Election of the Chair and Secretary for the meeting.

3.       Accepting the Agenda

4.       Stating the attendees

5.       BASRAN Annual Report 2024-2025. Gun-Marie Östedt-Axelsson, Chair 2023-2025.

6.       The next Chair Country and the Proposal for the BASRAN Board for the term 2025-2027. Gun-Marie Östedt-Axelsson.

7.       Proposal for the BASRAN Action Plan for the term 2025-2027. Martin Weigel, Chair 2025-2027.

8.       The New Rotaract E-club Baltic Sea: The president Linus von Spreckelsen and club founder Anita Esi Otoo from Rotaract Club of Malmö-Lund International  who just now together are starting up the club.                                                                 

     9.       Discussion

10.     Closing of the meeting