Progress report for
Member driven advocacy for sustainable oceans, ecosystems and fisheries
Achievement at a glance
The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation has continued to strive for healthy oceans and marine ecosystems by:- Through membership in EUs Long Distance Advisory Board (LDAC), Seas at Risk, Coalition Clean Baltic and Fish Sec, and together with other allies, SSNC has continued to provide advice related to sustainable fisheries within EU and in EUs external fisheries dimension. As a result, some advice are reflected in e.g. renegotiated fishing agreement.
- SSNC has participated in several Conferences.
- SSNCs work on marine protected areas has continued and during late 2019/early 2020 two reports were published and launched. Both reports include key recommendations for improved management and healthier oceans. In addition, SSNC run a four-week campaign to raise public awareness about threats and challenges to the ocean. This campaign resulted in 11 000 individual signatures requesting stronger protection of Swedish waters.
- SSNC has continued to spread information, participate in various meetings/fora, and conduct advocacy work (nationally and internationally) related to various fisheries issues (e.g. eel fisheries and fisheries quotas, the need to shift to more low impact fishing gear, more and larger trawling free areas, EUs fishing agreements with third countries and subsidies), hydropower, marine spatial planning, biodiversity and CBD-processes, blue economy, to mention just a few.
-SSNC and partners have sent several letters to the EU commissioner for environment and ocean, specifically requesting a revision of EUs ocean economy, and also to pause all fishing on Baltic cod as this species is in critical condition. The latter resulted in an EU-decision to temporary stop all fishing on the eastern cod.
- SSNC has continued to support partner organizations in low income countries in their work towards healthy oceans and sustainable management of marine/coastal ecosystems.
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