Regional coordination meeting in Bremerhaven ...

The technical meeting of the Regional Coordination Groups (RCG) for the regions "North Atlantic, North Sea and Eastern Arctic" (RCG NANSEA) and "Baltic Sea" (RCG Baltic) took place at the Thünen Institute in Bremerhaven (Institute of Fisheries Ecology and Sea Fisheries) from 11 to 14 June 2024. Over 50 participants (42 of whom were physically present) from 14 EU Member States, the European Commission and the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) discussed the following topics:

• Coordination between data collection and data user requirements
• Fisheries and sampling summaries
• Data quality
• Further development of regional databases
• Relevant project results
• Impact of management measures on data collection
• Finalisation of Regional Work Plans for 2025-2027
• Further development of procedures for regional cooperation

The results of the intensive discussions on the above-mentioned topics, as well as detailed reports from the various RCG subgroups, are now being summarised in a report with the help of the RCG Secretariat. The decisions and recommendations of the group will be decided at the so-called "Decision Meeting" in September 2024 with the National Correspondents of the  Data CollectionFramework (DCF) in order to implement them in the following years.

<meta charset="UTF-8" />If you have any questions about this event, please contact  Dr. Christoph Stransky.