Goherr: First International Stakeholder Workshop

Agenda

BONUS GOHERR International workshop on the dioxin problem of Baltic herring

16-17th of February 2016

Tuesday, February 16th

11.00 Lunch

12.00 Welcome: BONUS GOHERR project, Agenda of the workshop

12.30 Participant introductions

13.00 Group discussions: Session 1: Implications of dioxin to herring fishing sector, Session 2: Dioxin as a public health problem

15.00 Break, coffee and snacks

15.30 Group discussions: Session 3: Global prospects for herring fishing industry, Session 4: Consumers’ fish eating habits

17.00 Questionnaire testing: consumers’ fish eating habits

17.30 Plenary discussion on the results of day 1

18.00 End of day 1

19.00 Dinner (provided by the BONUS GOHERR project)

Wednesday, February 17th

9.00 Presentation: impact of Interaction between salmon and herring on dioxin accumulation, and opportunities to reduce dioxin by size-selective fishing

9.20 Backcasting method: introduction

9.40 Desirable future states of Baltic herring fishery

10.00 Break, coffee and snacks

10.30 Sessions 5 and 6: Defining pathways to reach the future states (backcasting),

12.00 Lunch

13.00 Group discussions continue

14.00 Plenary discussion on the results of day 2

14.45 Conclusions, feedback

15.00 End of day 2