The Environmental standing of the Baltic Sea: from political proposal to practical project Copenhagen 17 March, 2008 The Baltic Sea Regional Project,

The Environmental standing of the Baltic Sea: from political proposal to practical projectCopenhagen 17 March, 2008

The Baltic Sea Regional Project, BSRP

Activities and Results 2003 -2007

Jan ThulinICES

[email protected]

Major Threats to the Baltic

Eutrophication

Overfishing

Chemical pollution

Biological diversity

All caused byHuman Behaviour


BSRP Goals:

- To introduce and apply the Large Marine Ecosystem To introduce and apply the Large Marine Ecosystem (LME) concept in the Baltic(LME) concept in the Baltic

- To develop preconditions and start implementing the To develop preconditions and start implementing the Ecosystem-based Approach to Management (EAM) in the Ecosystem-based Approach to Management (EAM) in the BalticBaltic

- To build-improve monitoring and assessment capacity To build-improve monitoring and assessment capacity necessary for EAM (focus on Eastern Baltic states)necessary for EAM (focus on Eastern Baltic states)

GEF/WB - HELCOM/ICES + 9 Baltic states +NOAAGEF/WB - HELCOM/ICES + 9 Baltic states +NOAA

Budget: 12,5 Million US$Budget: 12,5 Million US$


LL Biodiversity

St. PetersburgCo-LPM SOOP

TallinnCo-LPM

CZMCo-LPMMMED

BSRP Working Structure

LIU and CCFisheries

Riga

LLICES surveysKaliningrad

LLCoast. Activ.

Tallinn

LLFish age/

Stomach analRiga

LLSalmon restor

Riga

CCEcosystem

HealthGdynia

LLAlien Spec.Klaipeda

LLFish diseaseKaliningrad

LIU and CCProductivity

Riga

LLZooplankt.

Gdynia

LLPhytob.mon

SOOPTallinn

LIU andCCGIS & Data

Vilnius

LIU and CCSocio-economy

Tallinn

Coordinators, C1, C2

C; Component

CC: Coordination Centre - C1

LL: Lead Laboratory – C1

LIU: Local Implem. Unit – C2

Institutes in Denmark, Finland, Germany, Sweden and USA+


Some of the activities

and

Some of the results

of the BSRP


Meeting name Time Venue

IOC/BSRP Ocean Teachers Data training October, 2005 Vilnius

ICES/BSRP workshop on FishFrame and DATRAS October, 2005 Gdynia

Workshops on environmental genotoxicity and selected enzyme biomarkers in fish and mollusks Autumn 2005 Gdynia, PL

Final workshop on zooplankton indicators November, 2005 Gdynia

Sea-going training workshop on fish pathology December, 2006 R/W W.Herwig/Germany

Sprat & Flounder Age Reading workshops January/February 2006 Riga

BSRP/HELCOM Third Coastal Fish Monitoring workshop January, 2006 Helsinki

BSRP/HELCOM meeting on Alien Species Introductions in the Baltic Sea Area January, 2006 Helsinki

BSRP Introductory workshop on Acoustic data processing Winter 2005/2006 Kaliningrad

BSRP Training workshop on using Sonar-DataEcho_View Spring 2006 Kaliningrad

BSRP/HELCOM Zooplankton workshop Spring, 2006 Warnemuende, DE

Gear inter-comparison to quantify the accuracy of the gear used within the Zooplankton part of COMBINE Summer, 2006 Helsinki, FI

Some of the activities 2005-2006

Source: European Commission, http://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/press_corner/press_releases/archives/com06/com06_51_en.htm

M/S STENA NordicaGdynia-Karlskrona

AN UNATTENDED OBSERVATION SYSTEM INSTALLED ON THE SOUTHERN TRANSECTAN UNATTENDED OBSERVATION SYSTEM INSTALLED ON THE SOUTHERN TRANSECT

ICESICES

DEVELOPED A PROPOSAL TO MAKE DEVELOPED A PROPOSAL TO MAKE HELCOMHELCOM ””COMBINECOMBINE”” USABLE FOR INVASIVE USABLE FOR INVASIVE SPECIES MONITORING SPECIES MONITORING

Invasion of ctenophoreMnemiopsis leidyi

Map from N.Aladin, 2005, LL BIODIVERSITY

2007

BSRP Collection of Reports and Presentations

available on CD and at http://www.ices.dk/projects/balticsea.asp

SSomeome direct outcomes of the BSRPdirect outcomes of the BSRP

• Preconditions for EAM of human activities in Preconditions for EAM of human activities in the Baltic created (ICES 2006)the Baltic created (ICES 2006)

• Significant support during development of Significant support during development of the HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan (Baltic the HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan (Baltic SAP) SAP)

• Assessment capacity, esp, in eastern countries Assessment capacity, esp, in eastern countries significantly improved :significantly improved :

- indicator-based assessment introduced;- indicator-based assessment introduced;

- quality of input data for fish stock assessment - quality of input data for fish stock assessment improved; improved;

- coastal fish monitoring started;- coastal fish monitoring started;

- phytobenthos monitoring started;- phytobenthos monitoring started;

- integrated assessment of the Baltic continues;- integrated assessment of the Baltic continues;

- SOOP network further developed.- SOOP network further developed.

The science network established will long survive The science network established will long survive the project.the project.

SSomeome indirect outcomes of the BSRPindirect outcomes of the BSRP

The 9 Baltic countries have started a joint The 9 Baltic countries have started a joint comprehensive research programme (BONUS+) to comprehensive research programme (BONUS+) to support cooperative marine science. support cooperative marine science. The BONUS Science Plan is built on the LME concept The BONUS Science Plan is built on the LME concept and designed to address EAM needsand designed to address EAM needs

• The work of the Baltic Science Community at ICES The work of the Baltic Science Community at ICES has been reorganized to better address EAM needs.has been reorganized to better address EAM needs.

• HELCOM and ICES are cooperating as closely as HELCOM and ICES are cooperating as closely as never before.never before.

• The BSRP are being used in other GEF/LME projects The BSRP are being used in other GEF/LME projects as and example of a success story as and example of a success story


• So – we made some differences !

• But what about drawbacks and major problems during implementation and in the future ??

• Scientists/farmers

• Politicians

• Conventions –

International organizations

Cooperators

+

+

+

-

Strengthened

Cooperation,coordination

MoU , LoA , + network

+ EU , Reg. Program

Evaluation of Actors of the BSRP 2003 - 2007

Too much nationalistic

Key-words:

Major challenge:

Finally:

BSRP has been a Catalyser

Major stength:

Politicians and decision-makers (national owners)

INTEGRATION and OUTREACH

Organization

The Environmental standing of the Baltic Sea: from political proposal to practical project Copenhagen 17 March, 2008


Thank you

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