Workshop Invasive Species Management
30 - 31st of January 2025
Lithuania
Workshop Results & Presentations
The workshop on invasive species in the Baltic Sea has been a success!
The main takeaway messages:
- Collaborative and Coordinated Efforts: Interdisciplinary collaboration, regional cooperation, and stakeholder coordination are essential for effectively managing invasive species.
- Improved Monitoring and Adaptive Approaches: Standardized risk assessments, citizen science, and nuanced ecological approaches can enhance research and management.
- Long-Term Commitment and Public Engagement: Addressing non indigenous species requires persistent efforts, public involvement, and potentially shift from a "native vs. non-native" perspective to ecological functionality.
Klick to see workshop results and summary
Below you will find presentations that were delivered during the workshop:
- Daniel Nuijten - The IAS regulation and policy focus on marine and regional cooperation
- Marta Ruiz - HELCOM work addressing non-indigenous species in Baltic Sea
- Okko Outinen - Navigating multilevel aspects to invasive species regulation associated with maritime traffic
- Prof. Sergej Olenin - Biological invasions in the Baltic Sea: Myths and Realities
- Lena Granhag - Biodiversa + project “CLIMATE INVASIVES”, how climate change contributes to species invasions
- Prof. Mariusz Sapota - Round goby in the Baltic Sea - introduction, spread, adaptation, importance
- Peter Thor - Invasive species in the Baltic Sea - impact on commercial fish stocks
- Blanca Garcia Alvarez - CINEA work
- Loreta Rozenfelde - "If you can't beat them, eat them" - invasive round goby as a new opportunity for Baltic fishers
- Prof. Henn Ojaveer - nvasive species impact on the Baltic Sea, and communities living around it
Useful links and resources shared by the participants of the workshop:
- https://maps.helcom.fi/website/RA_tool/#
- https://helcom.fi/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Baltic-Sea-Climate-Change-Fact-Sheet_2024.pdf
- https://helcom.fi/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/HELCOM-Thematic-assessment-of-hazardous-substances-marine-litter-underwater-noise-and-non-indigenous-species-2016-2021.pdf
- https://indicators.helcom.fi/indicator/non-indigenous-species/
- https://www.baltic-coast-dialog.org/events/
- http://www.corpi.ku.lt/databases/index.php/aquanis/
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116374
- https://interreg-baltic.eu/project/roundgoby/
- Projektet Round Goby - If you can´t beat them eat them
- Alien species and importance of biofouling for the aquatic environment
- https://www.havochvatten.se/arter-och-livsmiljoer/atgarder-skydd-och-rapportering/rapportering/rappen---rapportering-av-vattenorganismer.html
- https://rapportera.artfakta.se/eftersokta/rappen/taxa
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Event Details
Where: Klaipeda University, Universiteto ave. 17, LT-92294 Klaipėda, Lithuania
What: Join us for our third Workshop "Invasive Species Management in the Baltic Sea" to explore the implications both the environment and communities around the Baltic Sea. This workshop will examine:
- Regulations addressing invasive and alien species at national and international levels
- Scientific evidence on invasions in the Baltic Sea
- How businesses and communities are dealing with invasive species
During this opportunity we will be looking at how various regulations tackle invasive and alien species issues at national and international levels, what does scientific evidence say about invasions to the Baltic Sea and how bussinesses and local communities are dealing with them.
Program: Click to see the Program
- Invited speakers:
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Prof. Sergej Olenin, PhD. DSc., from the Marine Research Institute from the University of Klaipeda
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Marta Ruiz, PhD. Associate Professional Secretary, HELCOM
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Okko Outinen, PhD. Researcher at the Finnish Environment Institute and Chair of the Working Group on Ballast and Other Ship Vectors from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)
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- Lena Granhag, PhD. Associate professor, Transport, Energy and Environment, Mechanics and Maritime Sciences at Chalmers University of Technology
- Prof. Mariusz Sapota, PhD. Hab, Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, University of Gdańsk
- Loreta Rozenfelde, Research Institute of Food Safety, Animal Health and Environment "BIOR", Department of Aquaculture
- Key topics:
- Baltic Sea Action Plan
- The Invasive Alien Species Regulation,
- European Strategy on Invasive Alien Species,
- Ballast Water Management,
- Biofouling,
- Ecosystem Services,
- EU Nature Restoration Law
- others
