Tag: marine environment

Finland has become the 32nd State to ratify IMO’s Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks which provides the legal basis for States to remove, or have removed, shipwrecks that may threaten the marine life and environment.

In preparation for the December Fisheries Council, where Member States will negotiate fishing quotas in the Atlantic and North Sea for 2017, the Commission is presenting its proposal for healthy and sustainable stocks.

BirdLife International has presented a proposal to create a new Marine Protected Area. If accepted, the MPA will be the first of its kind to be identified using seabird data as the principle data source, and will fill an important gap in the global network of protected areas.

Eight internationally recognized NGOs have made a submission to the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment, John Knox, regarding the continued exploitation of fisheries workers at sea.

The Clean Arctic Alliance, a coalition of NGOs, has developed a position statement urging the IMO to adopt a legally binding instrument to phase out the use of HFO as marine fuel in Arctic waters by 2020.

Arctic Council concluded latest meeting in Portland, Maine last week, providing updates on a number of key initiatives, including black carbon and methane mitigation, Arctic resilience, and planning for Arctic events at the UNFCCC’s upcoming COP22 meeting in Marrakech

The American P&I Club in cooperation with HELMEPA and in celebration and honor of Ocean Conservancy's 2016 International Coastal Clean-up, attracted over 80 volunteers for a beach cleaning event at Kavouri beach as a part of the voluntary actions’ campaign of HELMEPA for the marine environment that takes place every September.

The European Commission has proposed fishing opportunities for deep-sea fish stocks in the EU and international waters in the North-East Atlantic for 2017-2018. Based on the scientific advice, the Commission has proposed to keep the Total Allowable Catch unchanged for 1 stock and to reduce the TACs for 10 stocks in order to prevent their over-exploitation.

IMO joined celebrations marking four decades of cooperation in the Mediterranean to prevent and combat marine pollution from ships under the Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Response Centre for the Mediterranean Sea.

The governing bodies of the London Convention and Protocol, at their joint session held at the IMO Headquarters in London expressed concern around the issue of litter and plastics in the marine environment.