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GEF/WB HELCOM/ICES/IBSFC Baltic Sea Regional Project

GEF/WB HELCOM/ICES/IBSFC Baltic Sea Regional Project. Jan Thulin, Coordinator ICES jan@ices.dk. Baltic Sea: Main Characteristics Semi-enclosed brackish water area Persistent vertical layers Residence time of water : 25yrs. Finland.

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GEF/WB HELCOM/ICES/IBSFC Baltic Sea Regional Project

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  1. GEF/WBHELCOM/ICES/IBSFCBaltic Sea Regional Project Jan Thulin, Coordinator ICES jan@ices.dk

  2. Baltic Sea: Main Characteristics • Semi-enclosed brackish water area • Persistent vertical layers • Residence time of water : 25yrs Finland • Renewal of bottom-water: unpredictable - often stagnation periods Norway Russia • Plants/animals: low numbers - stressed • Large catchment's area with land use activities effecting water quality - population - 85 million Sweden Estonia Latvia Denmark Lithuania Poland Germany

  3. Scientific Advice 350 scientists International Managing Bodies Helsinki Commission International Baltic Sea Fishery Commission

  4. What isICES ?

  5. to 1902 Back in time…. Research duplicationConcern over fish stocksNot getting the overall picture

  6. Set up International organisation Scientists decided to get together…. A meetingplace. ICES begins

  7. The Present 3 5 6 2 4 1 19 member countries Community >1600 scientists

  8. What we do • Coordinate marine research • Promote marine research • Produce advice

  9. Coordination • Meetings, meetings ….. • >100 working/study groups • 7 Science Committees • Advisory Committees • Data centre

  10. ICES Structure 350 Baltic scientists

  11. Promotion • ICES Journal of Marine Science, reports etc. • Symposia & Annual Conference • Newsletter • Web site

  12. ICES Community = Resource • Fisheries, Oceanography and Environment • ACFM (135 Stocks) • ACME • ACE Advice

  13. Marine Ecosystems • Combine disciplines • See whole picture • Provide advice • New ACE

  14. Who uses our advice? • Governments • Regulatory Commissions HELCOM, OSPAR etc • European Commission set TACs in EU waters.

  15. 37 Staff • General Secretary • Scientific, Admin. and Secretarial support • Lots of space for meetings How we do it

  16. Projects • Baltic Sea Regional Project link • GLOBEC - Cod and climate change • Oceanography projects

  17. Major Threats to the Baltic Sea LME 1Eutrophication 2 Overfishing 3 Toxic contaminants 4 Invasive species

  18. 5 eastern countries requested support from GEF 1995-1997 HELCOM – ICES - IBSFC1998-2001 GEF-PDF-Block B Grant 1999 National consultations1998-2001 LME Workshop1998-2001 Draft PIP2001 BSRP approved/launched2003 Staff employed, kick-off m-s 2003-2004

  19. BSRP • A project to be jointly implemented by HELCOM, ICES and IBSFC together with the 9 riparian Baltic countries, specifically the five eastern,supported by GEF/WB, and by Norway and USA. Total budget 40 million US$ 2003-2008 Ist phase 12 million US$2003-2005

  20. BSRP is built onThe Large Marine Ecosystem concept with its 5 modules Socio-economy Governance/ Management Fish-Fisheries Ecosystem Health Productivity

  21. BSRP components C1 Large Marine Ecosystem Activities, ICES C2 Land and Coastal Management Activities, HELCOM C3 Institutional Strengthening and Regional Capacity Building, HELCOM, ICES C4 Project Management

  22. Goals of the BSRP * Develop and apply an ecosystem-based management strategy to the BS LME * Facilitate strengthening of regional institutions through capacity building efforts * Inform and engage stakeholders, the public and decision-makers on the project approach and objectives * Assess and evaluate the socio-economic effects of the ecosystem-based management for farming, fishing and coastal communities

  23. The Ecosystem approach = The Baltic LME concept Land (C2) Strengthening technical capacity Training farmers Coastal (C1/C2) Marine (C1) Grant/Credit on-farm invest-ments. Salmon river rest. CZM Modeling water quality and nutrient transport Fish stock ass. Ships of Opportunity Contaminants Joint integrated fish stock ass. surveys MMED Improvement Improved fish landing statistics Strengthening technical capacity, WS.s LME concept Upgrade laboratories and ships Socio-economy Improve scientific/and political coordination Management

  24. Organization BSRP LME Activities ICES HELCOM IBSFC Manager Adviser Manager Coordinator Ass. Coordinator Baltic Com Advisory Com Advisory Com Advisory Com Ecosystem Environment Fisheries LME National Laboratories – all 9 Baltic countries Recipient countries : Coordination Centers, Lead Laboratories

  25. C1 Org. ICES Baltic Committee Productivity Ecosystem Health Fish/Fisheries SG SG SG CC CC CC LL Open Sea Surveys Kaliningrad LL Biodiversity St. Petersburg Coope- Rating Countries Organisa- tions -projects LL Coastal Fish monit. Tallinn LL Phytobenthos monit. / SOOP Tallinn LL Biological Effects monitoring Gdynia LL Zooplankton Gdynia/Szeczin LL Invasive species Klaipeda LL Histopathology Kaliningrad CC GIS Data Vilnius CC Socio-economy Tallinn Ecosystem modelling LL Fish age/stomach Riga SG LL Salmon restor. Riga

  26. Major Threats to the Baltic Sea LME *Human behavior 1 Eutrophication Pollution Prevention Pays, PPP principle Improve cooperation Think/act holistically Improve mutual understanding 2 Overfishing 3 Toxic contaminants 4 Invasive species

  27. Thank you for your attention www.helcom.fiwww.ices.dk

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