Report of the Study Group on Baltic Ecosystem Health Issues in support of BSRP (SGEH)

The Study Group on Baltic Ecosystem Health Issues in support of BSRP (SGEH) held its first meeting at the Sea Fisheries Institute (SFI), Gdynia, Poland, from 9–12 November 2003 in accordance with the Terms of Reference provided by the ICES Baltic Committee. Eugeniusz Andrulewicz, the SGEH Chair, opened the meeting, and Tomasz Linkowski, the meeting’s host and Director of the Sea Fisheries Institute, delivered the welcome address. Mr. Linkowski stressed the importance of the meeting’s success and emphasised that the achievements of this meeting are of great importance to the SFI.