Living coast
2010 BalticSea2020's large-scale coastal zone program started. The project is to test various measures designed to solve problems caused by eutrophication.
Reduced environmental burden from shipping in the Baltic Sea
This project will examine and analyse the environmental effects of primer used on ships and provide a basis for recommendations on how it can be reduced.
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Phosphorus binding in shallow eutrophic bays – which substances work?
This project will investigate potential phosphorus-binding methods as a way of tackling eutrophication.
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Intensive Pig Production Program (The IPP program)
Are there any manure treatment methods that reduce the nitrogen and phosphorus leakage to the Baltic Sea? (Photo: Mattias Klum)
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Restoration of bladderwrack - a manual
The project aims to develop a manual as to how bladderwrack stocks can be restored in areas where seaweed has disappeared or diminished.
Knowledge Compilation: The role of ditches for phosphorus retention
A compilation of knowledge on drainage at areas with different soil types
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Evaluation of phosphorus that contributes to eutrophication
Uppsala University will analyze phosphorus from agricultural and forest areas to sort out which of these contributes to eutrophication in Björnöfjärden and the Baltic Sea.
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Best Available Technologies for Pig Manure Biogas Plants in the Baltic Sea Region
Is it possible to reduce nutrient leakage from animal farms by producing biogas?
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Restoration of vegetation clad bottoms
Within the project Living coast BalticSea2020 together with The Swedish Water Ecologists will improve the vegetation area in the bay of Björnöfjärden.
Understanding the importance of coastal zone for restoration efforts in the Baltic Sea
Coastal ecosystems natural cleansing ability
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Self evaluation concerning nutrients by farmers in Poland
The project aims to encourage farmers to take initiative to reduce nutrient runoff and improve water quality, based on their knowledge and experience.
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Best practice manure handling
Identifying the best technologies for manure handling
Integrated bufferzones
An innovative and technology independent measure that is considered to have great potential to reduce leaching of nutrients to the Baltic Sea.
Benthic-pelagic coupling in the Baltic Sea
What the mechanisms affect the burial of phosphorus in the Baltic Sea?
Help your bay - improve your drain
Within the program Living coast BalticSea2020 in cooperation with Värmdö municipality want to help property owners to improve their sewage systems, so that leakage of nutrients can reduce to the Björnöfjärden bay.
Phosphorus dynamics in the Baltic Sea: quantifying the Bothnian Sea burial sink
Phosphorus burial reduces the negative effects of eutrophication
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Wetlands for pike fry production
This project started under the management of Swedish Anglers Association as part of the Living Coast program. The aim was to recreate wetland that will function as a breeding ground and nursery for pike, thus increasing the opportunity for good pike production.
Clean Baltic Sea – Poland
Reduce phosphorus emissions in Poland
Demonstration plant for effective manure management
Measures to reduce nitrogen and phosphorus leakage to the Baltic Sea.
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Understanding hypoxia in the Baltic Sea
Is engineering the solution to poor oxygen conditions on the sea bed?
Aluminium treatment in Björnöfjärden
The aim of the Living Coast project is to show that it is possible to restore vulnerable inlet systems to clear water, natural fish communities and a well anoxic seabed.
Simulations of some engineering methods proposed to improve oxygen conditions in the Baltic proper
Engineering methods tested in a modeling project
Reactive sorbents for immobilization of phosphorus released from Baltic Sea sediments
To find alternatives,this project will be examining whether reactive filter media, or sorbents, can be used as a new method for long-term fixing of phosphorus in the bottom sediment of the Baltic Sea.
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What controls sediment phosphorus burial in the Baltic Sea?
Oxygenation of the deeper parts of the Baltic Sea would probably increase sediment burial of phosphorus in the long run
Read more: What controls sediment phosphorus burial in the Baltic Sea?
Sedimentation ponds with limestone filters and a wetland area
In a study forming part of this project, Sam Ekstrand from IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute hopes to reduce the leaching of nutrients from fields around Säbyviken.
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Nitrogen fertilisation of forests
Is fertilisation of forests a threat to the Baltic Sea?
Working for a living coast – what are the benefits to society?
Actions come at a cost, and just how much they cost will be studied by the Living Coast project. This project will create an understanding of the benefits and consequences for individuals, authorities and society in general from the projekt Living Coast
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The role of the EU nitrates water framework and proposed marine strategy directives in reducing nutrient pollution from agriculture to the Baltic Sea
Legislative mechanisms in the EU
State-of-the-art review on vertical mixing in the Baltic Sea, consequences for eutrophication
What mechanisms affect the flows of nutrients in the water?
The potential of the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development to address diffuse pollution from agriculture and consequent eutrophication of the Baltic marine environment
The impact of the EAFRD-programme
Farming blue mussel as an environmental measure - final comments
Could a mussel farm reduce eutrophication locally in the Baltic Sea?
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Integrated economic-ecological analysis of the Baltic Sea as a system
A proposal for a BalticSTERN research programme
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Microbial populations in the Baltic Sea
Knowledge about the smallest particles is a prerequisite to understand how everything works
Mapping of nutrient emissions into the Baltic Sea from shipping
To achieve an effective reduction of nutrients from shipping vessels, this project is intended to identify and describe the major sources of such emissions from them (photo: Folke Rydén Production).
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Thiamine deficiency in mussels and eider in the Baltic Sea - cause studies
Species of fish and birds suffer from vitamin B deficiency
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Permanent phosphorus binding in Baltic Sea bottom sediments
Could byproducts from the lime and concrete industry be used for permanent binding of phosphorus?
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Ditch dams and filters to trap phosphorus in agriculture
Reduce leakage of phosphorus by filtering the nutrient rich water from arable land
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Parasites in cod and cod condition
Scientists at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) will evaluate the importance of parasites in cod condition and survival.
Pike wetland – Do they have any importance for the Baltic Sea coastal area?
One way of strengthening stocks is to construct so-called pike wetlands, but is this having any noticeable effect? Supported by BalticSea2020, this project will investigate whether pike wetlands are increasing stocks along the Baltic Sea coast.
Read more: Pike wetland – Do they have any importance for the Baltic Sea coastal area?
Mitigating eutrophication effects by use of bio-manipulation
Is it possible to decrease the effects of eutrophication by a release of predatory fish in a sea area?
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Save the Baltic Sea Cod – protect coastal fisheries
BalticSea2020 is now launching a project to strengthen cod stocks, including a recommendation for a permanent ban on trawling for cod.
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Facilitating fisheries governance in the Baltic by creating a national stakeholder platform in Poland
Network of stakeholders for a national consensus in fisheries issues
Tagging project to map the cods’ growth
International project that will examine the growth of eastern Baltic Sea cod.
Pilot project: Collecting Ghost nets
Abandoned or lost fishing gear, so called ghost nets, keep catching fish and mammals
Trawling for Sticklebacks in the Gulf of Bothnia
After a successful outcome of the project “Wetland restoration for viable predatory fish stocks” with a focus on pike, The Swedish Anglers Association initiates a project on the coastal populations of perch.
The Cod Project 2009
Advocacy activities to make sure the management plan would be followed
Cod in the Åland Sea
In the project Cod in the Åland Sea, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) will work on a genetic study to clarify whether the cod in the Åland Sea is different from other cod stocks in the Baltic Sea.
Best practice of fisheries management
Learning from other marine areas and applying it to the Baltic Sea context
Restoration efforts with perch in focus
After a successful outcome of the project “Wetland restoration for viable predatory fish stocks” with a focus on pike, The Swedish Anglers Association initiates a project on the coastal populations of perch.
Facilitating governance among Baltic Sea fisheries stakeholders
Analysis of the Baltic Sea Regional Advisory Council
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Towards length-optimised fishing in the Baltic Sea
A project to develop sustainable cod fishing practices in the Baltic Sea, with the aim of improving the cod’s average size.
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Total marine fisheries extractions by country in the Baltic Sea: 1950-present
Complete data of fish extractions
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The CFP Reform program
During 2012, the EU decided on new fisheries legislation. BalticSea2020 is working intensively to contribute towards a sustainable common fisheries policy.
Big Fish Back – a risk analysis
Recreation of an ecosystem dominated by large predatory fishes
One hundred years of fish growth – a call from the archives
In recent times, both the growth and the condition of cod have deteriorated. What are the risks of diminishing fish growth and how have the growthpatterns of various fish species looked like over time?
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Achieving an ecosystem approach to fisheries management in the Baltic Sea
Individual states possibilities to develop the fisheries management
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Collecting ghost nets in the Baltic Sea - part 2
After successful results of the pilot project carried out by WWF Poland with the support of Baltic Sea 2020 in 2011, collecting ghost nets in the Baltic Sea continues.
Fisheries management: Royal Colloquium
Workshop on the ecological effects of fish and fisheries
Voices from the Baltic Sea talk about the CFP regulation
See our interviews with people from several Baltic Sea countries and hear their opinions about the CFP Reform.
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The Baltic Sea fish stocks and fisheries in their ecosystem context – an international workshop
Workshop on the potential to combat eutrophication through management of fish stocks and fisheries
The establishment of a Marine Stewardship Council in the Baltic region
Certified fish is making it easier for consumers to buy sustainbly
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Resource management in the Baltic Sea – an international workshop
A workshop on how to increase sustainability
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The establishment of a Marine Stewardship Council in the Baltic region II
The certification of fish and fish can easily show consumers which fish that are legally caught, of sustainable and well-managed stocks. Now MSC has developed its activity around the Baltic Sea with focus on Poland.
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Sustainable Cod fishery management
Advocacy activities to reach sustainable fishery management
Wetland restoration for viable predatory fish stocks
Is it possible to strengthen the predatory fish stocks by restoring their reproduction areas?
Read more: Wetland restoration for viable predatory fish stocks
Parasites in cod and cod condition
Scientists at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) will evaluate the importance of parasites in cod condition and survival.
Pike wetland – Do they have any importance for the Baltic Sea coastal area?
One way of strengthening stocks is to construct so-called pike wetlands, but is this having any noticeable effect? Supported by BalticSea2020, this project will investigate whether pike wetlands are increasing stocks along the Baltic Sea coast.
Read more: Pike wetland – Do they have any importance for the Baltic Sea coastal area?
Tagging project to map the cods’ growth
International project that will examine the growth of eastern Baltic Sea cod.
Save the Baltic Sea Cod – protect coastal fisheries
BalticSea2020 is now launching a project to strengthen cod stocks, including a recommendation for a permanent ban on trawling for cod.
Read more: Save the Baltic Sea Cod – protect coastal fisheries
Trawling for Sticklebacks in the Gulf of Bothnia
After a successful outcome of the project “Wetland restoration for viable predatory fish stocks” with a focus on pike, The Swedish Anglers Association initiates a project on the coastal populations of perch.
A Baltic Sea Centre at Skansen
BalticSea2020 and Skansen have decided to build a unique information centre about the Baltic Sea.
Baltic Eye
Baltic Eye at Stockholm University's Baltic Sea Centre will provide decision makers with the knowledge about the Baltic Sea they need.
The Baltic Sea Media Project - an enlightening project
The filmmaker and freelance journalist Folke Rydén and the photographer Mattias Klum are working on a ten year media project
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Documentary: Ghosts in the Baltic Sea II
Ghost nets continue catching fish to no one's gain
Cod fishing in the Baltic Sea - a textbook example of (un) sustainable development
Create awareness about cod fishery amoung young people around the Baltic Sea
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The Baltic Sea Waste Campaign – a wake-up tour
The Baltic Sea Waste Campaign (BSWC) was a roadshow visiting ten locations around the Baltic in 2012 to draw attention to marine waste and environmental issues.
Documentary: Ghosts in the Baltic Sea
Ghost nets continue catching fish to no one's gain
Fish fight: Financial support granted to take the Fish Fight campaign into Continental Europe
Fish Fight - the campaign for a discard ban
Increasing knowledge of illegal fishing and its impact on the Baltic Sea
Is it possible to decrease the illegal fishery by increasing the public knowledge of its impact?
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Båtmiljö.se - for environmentally friendly boating
The environmental interest among boaters seem to be on the rise
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Documentaries and films about the Baltic Sea
