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Final report: Restoration efforts with perch in focus
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Author: The Swedish Anglers Association
Year published: 2017
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The Swedish Anglers Association finished during 2017 the project "Restoration efforts with perch in focus". The project has gathered knowledge and developed restoration measures for perch and has explored ...
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New scientific articles on integrated bufferzones
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2019
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In 2013-2015, the foundation funded the project Integrated bufferzones. The project was led by Rural Economy and Agricultural Society of Halland and aimed to reduce nutrient runoff from fields into the ...
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“Best practices” for fisheries management
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Author: Baltic Sea 2020
Year published: 2009
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Baltic Sea 2020 and the Stockholm Resilience Centre has analyzed how fishing has been managed in different parts of the world to investigate whether there are any methods that can be implemented in the ...
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Article: A summary of the project Living coast
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2018
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In 2011 BalticSea2020 started the large-scale demonstration project Living coast. The project is carried out in Björnöfjärden, a bay in Stockholm’s archipelago. At the start of the project, the bay was ...
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Article: Interview with Folke Rydén about the documentary “Shipping pollution”
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2016
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The journalist Folke Rydén sheds light on the environmental impact of shipping on the Baltic Sea in his documentary "Shipping pollution", produced with the support of BalticSea2020. Shipping affect the ...
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Article: Interview with Folke Rydén about the media project and the last documentary
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2018
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Since 2007 BalticSea2020 has been supporting Folke Rydén and Mattias Klum in the decade-long initiative Baltic Sea Media Project. The project will result in five documentaries and two nature films. The ...
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Article: Jacob Hagberg on the significance of fisheries policy for fishing and the marine environment in the Baltic Sea
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Author: Ida Mårtensson, BalticSea2020
Year published: 2012
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In early September Jacob Hagberg, project leader BalticSea2020, was interviewed on the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). In the presence of the European Parliament voting on the CFP in late ...
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Article: Minna Epps on MSC’s importance for sustainable, well-managed fisheries
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Author: Ida Mårtensson, BalticSea2020
Year published: 2012
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The second article in BalticSea2020’s series about the foundation's internal and external projects has now been published on the website. The first article was about Jacob Hagberg, who discussed the significance ...
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Article: Phosphorus bound in bottom sediment
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2016
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When the project “For a Living Coast” started in 2010, the Björnö bay was one of the most eutrophic bays in Stockholm's archipelago. Most nutrients came from the bottom sediments ...
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Article: Read about the draining of the pike wetland at Ingarö
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2016
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Within the Living Coast project, BalticSea2020, along with the Swedish Anglers’ Association (Sportfiskarna), has constructed a wetland adjacent to the Björnö bay in Stockholm’s archipelago. The objective ...
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Article: Six years with the MSC
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2016
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From its beginnings in 2010 and for the past six years, BalticSea2020 has been contributing to the establishment of the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) in the Baltic Sea region. The objective has been ...
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Article: Structure liming as a measure to increase crop yields and decrease phosphorus losses
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2016
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Within the project "Living coast" several measures have been implemented around the heavily eutrophic bay Björnöfjärden in the Stockholm archipelago. One of the land based measures carried ...
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Article: Study investigates what the Living Coasts project means to the community
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Author: Ida Mårtensson, BalticSea2020
Year published: 2012
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BalticSea2020’s major coastal zone project, Living coast, will provide information about how Baltic bays can be restored and regain good ecological status. The measures to be carried out as part of the ...
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Article: Why predatory fish stocks are so important for the Baltic Sea
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2016
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Predatory fish has an important role in a eutrophicated sea like the Baltic Sea. In this article you will get an overview of the significance of perch, pike and cod in the Baltic Sea food web.
Read ...
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Baltic Eye: Advanced wastewater treatment
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2017
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Baltic Eye has developed a new policy brief on advance wastewater treatment.With new techniques there is potential to significantly reduce emissions of both known and unknown substances to the aquatic ...
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Benthic survey in Björnöfjärden, Fjällviksviken and Skarpösundet
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Author: Naturvatten i Roslagen AB
Year published: 2012
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Naturvatten i Roslagen AB (Natural Water in Roslagen Ltd) has on behalf of BalticSea2020, developed a benthic survey in three bays in Värmdö; Björnöfjärden, Fjällviksviken and Skarpösundet. The purpose ...
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Draft prospect: Turning pig manure from waste to asset
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Author: Baltic Sea 2020
Year published: 2011
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Previous projects led by Baltic Sea 2020 has revealed that the production of biogas from pig manure in combination of separation and good handling and storage practices can reduce nutrient leaching. This ...
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Eutrophication: BalticSea2020 participates in the EU's efforts to improve manure management
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2012
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The EU has implemented an extensive inventory of how manure is handled and used in Europe. A significant finding was the techniques used to reduce emissions to air and water. It also includes an analysis ...
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Eutrophication: BalticSea2020s contribution to the reform of the IRPP BREF was appreciated by the European IPPC bureau
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2012
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BalticSea2020s contribution of BalticSea2020s to the reform of the IRPP BREF (intensive pig and poultry production), was well received by Serge Roudier, the Head of the European IPPC Bureau, who in a letter ...
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Eutrophication: Best Available Technologies for manure treatment
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Author: BalticSea2020 and Henning Lyngsö Foged
Year published: 2010
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The report focuses on the nutrient leaking from industrial pig production in the Baltic Sea catchment area. The report evaluates various technologies to reduce nutrient leaching into the sea.
Number ...
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Eutrophication: Clean Baltic Sea Project - Accelerated Phosphorus Removal from Municipal Wastewaters in Poland
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Author: John Nurminen Foundation and BalticSea2020
Year published: 2008
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The report is a description of a project run by the Finnish Foundation John Nurminen. The project works to improve the capacity of water treatment plants in Poland to reduce phosphorus leaking.
Number ...
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Eutrophication: Education for agricultural advisors in Poland
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2013
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In early October, two educational days was organized for 60 agricultural advisors in Poland. The education is part of the project "Self evaluation concerning nutrients by farmers in Poland" which started ...
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Eutrophication: Established solution for optimised and safe application of manure in the Poland Project
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2016
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Work at the pig farm in Przybkowo, Poland is in full swing. The manure storage tanks were completed during 2015, and in the spring of 2016 the system to be used for secure dispersion from tank to field ...
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Eutrophication: Fixing of phosphorus for a better archipelago environment – a mecocosm experiment
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Author: Linda Kumblad & Emil Rydin, BalticSea2020
Year published: 2012
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Fixing of phosphorus for a better archipelago environment – a mecocosm experiment
Eutrophication is a major problem in the Baltic Sea, where it is regarded as one of the greatest threats to the marine ...
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Eutrophication: Handbook for farmers
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2014
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The project "Self evaluation concerning nutrients by farmers in Poland", led by Barbro Ulén at The Department of Soil and Environment (SLU), and founded by BalticSea2020, aims to to encourage farmers to ...
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Eutrophication: High risk of algal bloom
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2014
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Algal bloom most often occur in the summer. This year, according to the algae prognosis from the Finnish Environment Institute’s Marine Research Centre, the risk of algal blooms along the Swedish east ...
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Eutrophication: Hypoxia is increasing in the Coastal Zone of the Baltic Sea
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Author: Daniel Conley
Year published: 2011
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Hypoxia is increasing in the Coastal Zone of the Baltic Sea
Daniel Conley together with other researchers have written an article that examined the amount of oxygen in coastal areas from all countries ...
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Eutrophication: Increased possibilities of fundings for structure liming
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2015
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Eutrophication is a major problem in the Baltic Sea. Leakage of nutrients from agricultures is one of the major contributing factors to the problem. In order to reduce eutrophication the government endorses ...
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Eutrophication: Old sins also need dealing with to save the Baltic Sea faster
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2012
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Should all our resources be used to reduce nutrient input into the Baltic Sea, or should we employ some of them in carrying out and evaluating measures to bind nutrients that have already gone in? ...
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Eutrophication: Our project shows that industrial livestock farms can avoid leakage to the Baltic Sea
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2020
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In 2010 BalticSea2020 started a long-term, large-scale project with the objective to identify and implement cost-effective measures to reduce the leaching of nitrogen and phosphorus from fertilizers. Animal ...
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Eutrophication: Reducing eutrophication in the Baltic Sea
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Author: Klas Hjelm
Year published: 2007
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This brochure is part of the information campaign run by The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation with support from Baltic Sea 2020. The campaign's goal was to enhance the awareness among the public ...
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Eutrophication: The 25 best measures in agriculture to reduce eutrophication in the Baltic Sea
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Author: Baltic Compass
Year published: 2013
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Read the report “Implementation and status of priority measures to reduce nitrogen and phosphorus leakage - Summary of Country Reports” by Baltic Compass. Baltic Compass is a Pan Baltic project where 22 ...
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Eutrophication: The pig farm in Poland has held its first secure dispersion of manure
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2016
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After several years of preparation and planning, the Przybkowo pig farm in Poland has undertaken its first secure dispersion of manure onto its farmland. Using a methodology that safely treats, stores ...
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Eutrophication: The role of agricultural ditches in eutrophication of the Baltic Sea
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2011
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We do not know enough about the role of agricultural ditches in eutrophication of the Baltic Sea. This is shown by a collation of knowledge* from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and BalticSea2020. ...
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Eutrophication: The safe storage lagoons for manure are completed!
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2015
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Last week we visited the pig farm in Przybkowo to look at the completed safe storage lagoons for manure! The work is part of the foundation's demonstration project in Poland which aims to identify technologies ...
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Final report: Ditch dams and filters to trap phosphorus in agriculture – final report phase 2
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Author: IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Water Ecosystem Recovery AB (WEREC)
Year published: 2014
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Original title: Åtgärder mot fosforläckage från jordbruksmark – dikesfilter och dikesdammar; fas 2
The project ” Ditch dams and filters to trap phosphorus in agriculture” (2009-2013) aimed to bind phosphorus ...
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Final report: Fish Fight, final report Phase 2
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Author: Keo Films
Year published: 2013
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Original title: "Fish Fight Continental Europé (Step II), Final report to BalticSea 2020" Number of pages: 6
The Fish Fight campaign aims to end the discard of fish in EU. Phase 2 ran from September ...
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Final report: Increasing knowledge of illegal fishing
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Author: Federacja Zielonych GAJA
Year published: 2011
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Original title: “Enhancing of fisheries control system in Poland and extending of public knowledge about sustainable fisheries" Number of pages: 15
The Polish environmental organization Green Federation ...
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Final report: Mitigating eutrophication by means of biomanipulation
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Author: Sture Hansson, Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och botanik, Stockholms universitet
Year published: 2013
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Final Project report. The project has stocked around 870 000 juvenile pikepearch over a period of 4 years into the Himmerfjärden bay to study if an increased population of pelagic predatory fish ...
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Final report: Reactive sorbents for immobilization of phosphorus released from Baltic Sea sediments
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Author: Gunno Renman, Agnieszka Renman & Jon Petter Gustafsson
Year published: 2014
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Original title: Reaktiva sorbent för fastläggning av fosfor i Östersjöns bottnar. Reactive sorbents for immobilization of phosphorus released from Baltic Sea sediments
In the project "Reactive filter ...
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Final report: Self evaluation concerning nutrients by farmers in Poland
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Author: Barbro Ulén, Mark och Miljö, SLU och Karin Tonderski, POMInnO Sp.Zo.o.
Year published: 2016
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Original title: Self-evaluation and risk analysis by farmers concerning losses of nutrients and low cost remedial measures
The project "Self evaluation concerning nutrients by farmers in Poland" aims ...
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Final report: Successful outcome from the project "Self evaluation concerning nutrients by farmers in Poland"
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2016
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In early 2013, the SLU (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences), under the guidance of Professor Barbro Ulén, started a project to involve Polish farmers in taking their own initiatives to reduce ...
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Final report: Wetland restoration for viable predatory fish stocks
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Author: The Swedish Sports fishermen’s organisation
Year published: 2013
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The Swedish Sports fishermen’s organisation finished during 2012 the project Wetland restoration for viable predatory fish stocks. The projet has identified wetlands that can be restored to function as ...
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Fish Fight, final report Phase 1
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Author: Keo Films
Year published: 2012
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Original title: "Final progress report for Baltic Sea 2020" Number of pages: 6
The Fish Fight campaign aims to end the discard of fish in EU. In the final report for Phase 1 the campaign’s 5 objectives, ...
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Fishery: 2017 fishing quotas for the Baltic Sea have been decided – those for cod are reduced
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2016
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On Monday 10 October, the EU agriculture and fisheries ministers handed down their decision concerning 2017 fishing quotas for the Baltic Sea. In respect of cod, the quotas have been decreased, but they ...
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Fishery: Audit on combating eutrophication in the Baltic Sea
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2016
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European Court of Auditors (ECA) has reviewed the Baltic countries' progress in reducing their nutrient input to the Baltic Sea. The results show varying degrees of success amongst the member states. Inefficient ...
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Fishery: Baltic Sea fishing quotas for 2014
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2013
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On 17 October, the Council of Ministers decided on next year's fishing quotas in the Baltic Sea. The press release can be found here. In general the decision departed from the scientific advice to a higher ...
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Fishery: BalticSea2020 on next year's cod quotas for the Baltic Sea
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2017
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In August, the EU Commission presented its proposal for fishing quotas in the Baltic Sea, where they find that the cod stock is in a very critical state and therefore recommend scientific advice is being ...
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Fishery: Beginners’ Guide to the Common Fisheries Policy
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2012
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Fish For the Future have develop an infographic (broschure) which explains the Common Fisheries Policy in five minutes. Important discussions are taking place in the European Parliament right now and there ...
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Fishery: Beginners’ Guide to the Reform of EU Fish Subsidies
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Author: Fish For the Future
Year published: 2013
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On May 30, 2013, the European Parliament and the EU member states agreed on the main issues on the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). But a final regulation remains in the fisheries reform package: ...
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Fishery: Bottom trawling affects life on seafloor
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2020
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Researchers at Stockholm University's Baltic Sea Centre have looked at the environmental impact of bottom trawling in the Baltic Sea and recently presented their study at Helcom's conference in Helsinki. ...
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Fishery: Chris Davies won MEP of the year on the environment at the MEP Awards 2014
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2014
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BalticSea2020 wants to congratulate Mr. Chris Davies, ALDE UK, who yesterday received an award in the category environment at the MEP Awards 2014. The MEP Awards is hosted by The Parliament Magazine in ...
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Fishery: Cod quotas reduced in the Baltic Sea
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2014
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October 13, the EU fisheries ministers decided on the Baltic Sea fish quotas for 2015. The cod quota in the eastern Baltic Sea was reduced to 15,900 tonnes, a reduction by 22 %.
The cod quota in the ...
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Fishery: Collecting ghost nets in the Baltic Sea
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Author: Marek Szulc, PhD, Eng, WWF Poland
Year published: 2013
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The pilot project titled “Collecting ghost nets in the Baltic Sea implemented in Poland in 2011 demonstrated beyond any doubt the need to continue the undertaking and to extend its spatial scope to include ...
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Fishery: EU fisheries ministers voted on the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2012
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This week media has reported on a historical decision in EU when in December 18, the members of the European Parliament, fisheries committee, voted on the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). For ...
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Fishery: EU fishery ministers agreed on next year's fishing
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2012
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Europe's fisheries ministers have agreed on how the fishery in the Kattegat, Skagerrak and the North Sea should be conducted in 2013, writes the Ministry for Rural Affairs (Sweden) in a press release today ...
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Fishery: EU's new law on fisheries subsidies
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2014
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On 28 January 2014, the EU Parliament and the EU member states agreed on how the fisheries subsidies (European Marine and Fisheries Fund, EMFF) will be distributed under the new Common Fisheries Policy. ...
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Fishery: European Parliament vote on fisheries subsidies (EMFF)
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2013
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On October 23, the European Parliament voted on their view on the regulation for fisheries subsidies for the period 2014-2020. The voting was preceded by tough negotiations between the various political ...
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Fishery: Historical voting when the EU voted for a new fishery management
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2013
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Wednesday, February 6, the Parliament voted on a new EU regulation for fishing. With an overwhelming majority (502 in favor and 137 against) the Parliament showed that they support a reform that will strive ...
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Fishery: How old do you think this boat is?
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2013
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Many EU member states argue that they need to get fishing subsidies for building new fishing boats because their boats are too old, despite the fact that many parts of Europe today have an over-capacity ...
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Fishery: Ministers decided on a new negotiating for the reformed CFP
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2013
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May 15, 2013, The Council of Ministers decided for a new mandate for the negotiations on the new Common Fishery Policy (CFP). The next so-called Trialogue negotiations between the Council of Ministers, ...
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Fishery: MSC certificates for Eastern Baltic Sea cod fisheries suspended
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2015
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Today the MSC certificates for Eastern Baltic Sea cod fisheries are suspended. This means that cod landed by certified fisheries from Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Poland and Latvia will not carry the MSC ...
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Fishery: Negotiations on the final form of the CFP in progress
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2013
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Currently, the final form of the basic regulation of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) is negotiated by the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament (called the Trialogue negotiations). The Council ...
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Fishery: New European Foundation for the EU's Marines and Fisheries policies
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2011
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In Brussels, Friday, 2 December 2011, the European Commission has proposed a new fund for the EU's maritime and fisheries policies for the period 2014-2020: European Marine and Fisheries Fund ...
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Fishery: New report highlights Danish and German failures in Baltic Sea fisheries management
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2017
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A new report by Rebecca Hubbard at Our Fish and Griffin Carpenter from the New Economic Foundation, highlights Denmark's and Germany's failed fisheries management in the Baltic Sea, FishSec (the Fisheries ...
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Fishery: New report on restoration measures for perch
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2017
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The perch has previously been commonly occurring along the Baltic Sea coastline, but similar to the pike; the perch has decreased during the mid -1990s. The cause is hard to pinpoint, but the decrease ...
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Fishery: Note on the effects of a large cod stock for the Baltic marine ecosystem
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2011
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The growth of cod in the eastern stock have raised concern about the impact on the sprat stock, which has highlighted the importance of the ecosystem approach to fisheries management. But a more ...
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Fishery: Recommendations for voting on fisheries subsidies
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2013
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October 23 the European parliament will vote on the fisherie subsidies, the so called European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF). Fish For the Future has developed a short summery of god and bad subsidies ...
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Fishery: Reform of the Common Fisheries Policy. Briefing on discards
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2012
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The Common Fisheries Policy, Europe's fisheries policy management tool since 1983, is up for review for the first time in 10 years. This year, for the first time, the European Parliament under the codecision ...
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Fishery: Reform of the Common Fisheries Policy. Briefing on ecosystem-based management and MSY
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2012
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The Common Fisheries Policy, Europe's fisheries policy management tool since 1983, is up for review for the first time in 10 years. This year, for the first time, the European Parliament under the codecision ...
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Fishery: Reform of the EU Common Fisheries Policy. Briefing on regionalisation
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2012
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The Common Fisheries Policy, Europe's fisheries policy management tool since 1983, is up for review for the first time in 10 years. This year, for the first time, the European Parliament under the codecision ...
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Fishery: Reform of the EU Common Fisheries Policy. Briefing on TFCs
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2012
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The Common Fisheries Policy, Europe's fisheries policy management tool since 1983, is up for review for the first time in 10 years. This year, for the first time, the European Parliament under the codecision ...
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Fishery: Stronger regulations against ghost nets
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2019
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According to a new report from Greenpeace, released last week, an estimated 640 000 tonnes of ghost gear enters the ocean every year, which is estimated to make up 10 % of the plastic waste in our oceans. ...
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Fishery: The 2016 quotas for fishing in the Baltic Sea are decided
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2015
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Yesterday the EU's agriculture and fisheries ministers met in Luxembourg to negotiate the Baltic Sea’s fishing quotas for 2016. The ministers agreed on a 20% reduction from last year´s quotas for cod in ...
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Fishery: The Baltic Sea – a model for regional fisheries management
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Author: Axel Wenblad
Year published: 2011
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The Commission proposal for a reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) includes measures as regards regionalization, however without explicitly encouraging member states to cooperate in a region. ...
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Fishery: The discard ban – now is the time for action
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2014
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Discards has been one of the major problems of the EU's Common Fisheries Policy. Approximately one-fourth edible fish caught within the EU is thrown back, making it a total of 1, 7 million tons of fish ...
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Fishery: The European Commission’s proposal on fishing in the Baltic Sea
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2015
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Last Wednesday the European Commission presented their annual proposal on fishing opportunities in the Baltic Sea. The proposal indicates the amount of fish that EU fishermen can catch during 2016 and ...
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Fishery: The European Parliament approves new law on fisheries subsidies
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2014
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April 21, the European Parliament approved the new European Marine and Fisheries Fund (EMFF), according to Fish Information & Services (FIS). The fund has a budget of 6.5 trillion Euros by 2020, and ...
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Fishery: The final seminar of the project "Towards length-optimised fishing" - Phase 1
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2014
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On December 13, 2013 the project "Towards length-optimised fishing in the Baltic Sea" held a final seminar of the results from phase 1. It was mainly the results of the biological studies that attracted ...
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Fishery: The new Common Fisheries Policy will be adopted
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2013
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On December 10, 2013 the European Parliament gave its support for the negotiated document which the trialouges (the European Parliament, the Council of Ministers and the EU Commission) previously developed ...
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Fishery: The new fishing law – the so called basic regulation
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2014
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On May 30, 2013, the European Parliament and the EU member states agreed on the main issues on the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). The result was above expectations and paves the way for a ...
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Fishery: Voting on fisheries subsidies in the European Parliament on October 23
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2013
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On July 10 the European Parliament Committee on Fisheries (PECH) voted on the proposal for a new regulation on fisheries subsidies, known as the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF). The proposal ...
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Fishery: World Wildlife Day - we want to raise awareness of the Baltic Sea cod
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2020
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Today is World Wildlife Day, a day in order to celebrate and raise awareness of the world's wild fauna and flora. We want to take the opportunity to raise awareness of the Baltic Sea cod. The cod is the ...
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Important article: "Sweden cannot afford to lose the leader’s jersey when it comes to fisheries policy."
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2016
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It is important to establish a working discard ban, writes Eskil Erlandsson, rural policy spokesperson for the Centre Party.
In the near future, the ICES will be releasing its scientific recommendations ...
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Information: A salt water inflow to the Baltic Sea
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2015
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Just before Christmas oxygen-rich salt water flow into the Baltic Sea. The inflow lasted from December 13 to 26 and turned out to be the third largest salt water inflow since 1951. In total approximately ...
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Information: Baltic Eye about microplastics in the Baltic Sea
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2015
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According to a new Policy Brief by Baltic Eye, up to 40 tons of microplastics are released annually into the Baltic Sea catchment through the use of products like body wash, shower gels, and scrubs. ...
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Information: Baltic Sea Science Center has opened!
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2019
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On the 11th of April the day we waited for finally came - the opening of the Baltic Sea Science Center (BSSC) on Skansen! The Swedish Crown Princess Victoria and the foundation's founder Björn Carlson ...
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Information: BalticSea2020s school supplies used by several schools in Sweden
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2013
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In 2007, BalticSea2020s grand media project The Baltic Sea Media Project was initiated by Folke Rydén and Mattias Klum. For ten years they will produce five documentaries and a feature film as well as ...
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Information: New documentary on ghost nets
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2015
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The documentary "Ghost nets - what happened next?" by underwater cameraman Joakim Odelberg was aired on TV4 in August 2015. The film is a sequel to the first film called “Ghosts in the Baltic Sea”. Discarded ...
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Information: New report by IUCN: Oceans running out of oxygen
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2019
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In a new report, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) notes that the world's ocean levels are declining at a furious pace. The report was launched last Saturday in conjunction with ...
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Information: Preparations for the Baltic Sea Sea Science Center at Skansen
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2017
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The first blast has been launched for the Baltic Sea Science Center at Skansen! Soon, the construction of the house will start. The Baltic Sea Centre will comprise exhibitions, aquaria, as well as a cinematek ...
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Information: Short film by Joakim Odelberg
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2012
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When Joakim Odelberg was on Koh Lanta in Thailand, he discovered that many restaurants serve the now endangered tuna. Odelberg chose to inform restaurant owners about the situation of the tuna and also ...
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Information: The Contemplator - A new film by Mattias Klum
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2013
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The Contemplator (Betraktaren) by Mattias Klum will air on Swedish Television SVT 2 on May 20, 2013 at 8.00PM. The Baltic Sea is probably one of our World's most beautiful but also one of the most vulnerable ...
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Information: Update on the Baltic Sea Science Center on Skansen
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2018
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In 2019 Baltic Sea Science Center at Skansen will open. The work to complete the house is in full swing so fish and invertebrates can move in. The purpose of the knowledge center is to describe both how ...
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Information: Updated study guides on the Baltic Sea
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2014
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To create awareness and a broad commitment on the Baltic Sea, BalticSea2020 provides study guides for teachers and students in the region around the Baltic Sea. The study guides are based on the documentaries ...
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Information: World Water Day - theme of water and wastewater
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2017
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Today we celebrate International Water Day, or World Water Day. The day was established by the UN 1992 and has since then been highlighted on March 22 with different themes of water. This year, the theme ...
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Living Coast - phosphorus load from land to Björnöfjärden
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Author: Ecoloop Ltd
Year published: 2012
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Ecoloop Ltd has on behalf of BalticSea2020, written the report "Levande kust - fosforbelastning från land itll Björnöfjärden i Värmdö kommun" (Living Coast - phosphorus load from land to Björnöfjärden), ...
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Living coast: Agriculture sampling at Säby farm has begun
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2016
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This week begins the construction of a sampling station at Säby farm at Ingarö, in Stockholm County. The samples, so-called flow control sampling, are being carried out to evaluate the amount of phosphorus ...
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Living coast: Beneath the surface of Björnöfjärden bay
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Author: BalticSea2020
Year published: 2013
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Last summer the first measure in Björnöfjärden, in Stockholm archipelago, was taken within the project Living coast; aluminium treatment to bind phosphorus in the bottom sediments. A year ahead the treatment ...
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Living coast: Characteristics and natural assets of Björnöfjärden
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Author: Linda Kumblad & Emil Rydin, BalticSea2020
Year published: 2012
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Characteristics and natural assets of Björnöfjärden
The deep and elongated nature of the inlet of Björnöfjärden results in a thermocline of between six and ten metres during the summer months. As a ...