Publication - 7 June, 2006
This report describes the poor environmental state of the Baltic Sea today and identifies the development of the European Marine Strategy, and the associated proposal for a Directive, as the key political process which could provide the means to reverse the Baltic’s decline. With some modifications, as set out in this report, there is a real chance that the proposed legislative measures can make a difference to the way Europe’s seas are managed, giving marine ecosystems the chance to recover, fish stocks to rebuild and our seas to catch their breath.