The action was specified and modified in the direction of using modern methods of communication with the society (websites and channels in social media, websites dedicated to aquaristics or fishing, magazines: including Akwarium and Wiadomosci Wedkarskie). It is planned to involve in the information campaign representatives of science (NMFRI, Inland Fisheries Institute, Institute of Nature Conservation, Institute of Environmental Protection), environmental and social organizations such as: WWF, Polish Association of Aquarists and Polish Angling Association, as well as leading aquarium and fishing stores. Promotional materials should indicate the significant problem of alien species and their expansion, facilitated by the uncontrolled release of aquarium fish and fish used as fishing baits, as well as arbitrary restocking (not in accordance with the fishing survey). Such activities endanger native species and the stability of aquatic ecosystems. """"

After the modification, the action will consist in building a sense of responsibility for the environment among farmers by transferring knowledge about the importance and nature of the conflict at the interface between agriculture and the environment from various perspectives - from the global perspective to the agricultural farm perspective. The transferred knowledge should include, inter alia: - historical outline of the conflict in the context of the growing population of the planet and intensification of agriculture, - fields of conflict and the nature of pressures and influences, including, inter alia, expansion of agricultural land at the expense of natural ecosystems, irrigation and shrinkage of water resources, fertilization and eutrophication, pesticides and their health and population effects in nature and in humans, greenhouse gas emissions and global warming, odor emissions and their impact on human well-being, - examples of the current fields of conflict from Poland, including the disappearance of many habitats and species associated with the traditional agricultural landscape (bog grasslands, peat bogs, orchid meadows, butterflies, amphibians, etc.), deterioration of the avifauna of agricultural areas, liquidation of swamps, ponds, mid-field trees, effects concentration of agricultural production in the form of """""""" basins """""""" of industrial farms, specific examples and statistical data on the share of agriculture in the eutrophication of surface waters and terrestrial habitats (forests, peatlands, grasslands, etc.) and in greenhouse gas emissions, - methods of reducing the impact of agriculture applied on farms and beyond. First of all, training materials (lesson plans, presentations, pdf brochures, films, etc.) will be developed for both advisers / trainers and farmers. The next two-day training for advisers / trainers will be carried out. It is initially assumed that approximately 1,000 people will be trained in 16 voivodships. Dissemination of knowledge among farmers will take place through several channels: - webcasted workshops / trainings (initially assumed about 50 meetings a year for 4 years, about 4,000 participants on site and several dozen thousand online), - educational and information materials published on the CDR and WODR websites (brochures, films, presentations, etc.), - personal contacts between advisers and farmers as part of the provision of individual services.

The action will consist in developing a nutrient reduction strategy, the main objectives of which will be as follows: Mid-term goals (to be achieved in 2030-2036): - reduce nitrogen and phosphorus loads from Poland to the Baltic Sea to the level required by the updated Baltic Sea Action Plan of 2021, - eliminate the exceedance of the permissible nutrient concentrations in inland waters. Long-term goals (to be achieved after 2036): - achieve good status of marine waters in terms of eutrophication and non-eutrophication biological indicators, - achieve good status of inland waters with regard to eutrophication indicators and eutrophication-dependent biological indicators. The strategy should provide for such new measures that will make it possible to achieve the goals assuming full implementation of other measures included in the update of the Sea Water Protection Plan, related to the reduction of nutrients. It is initially anticipated that the full implementation of the strategy will enable: - reduction of nitrogen loads from agricultural sources by approx. 43 thousand tonnes compared to 2018, - reduction of phosphorus loads by about 4.1 thousand tonnes compared to 2018, including about 1.1 thous. tonnes from sewage management and about 3.0 thous. tons from agriculture. In order to achieve the set goals, the strategy will propose both national measures (e.g. generally applicable legal changes) and measures at the local level, in particular in the jcwp catchment area. An institutional, legal and financial framework will be proposed to enable effective implementation of measures at the local level (the bodies of surface water catchments), primarily in those bodies of surface water catchments where exceedances of nutrient concentrations are recorded. The strategy will also propose mechanisms of detailed planning and implementation of activities within individual catchments of the bodies of surface water so as to ensure the optimization of their effectiveness in terms of the amount of reduction and economic efficiency of nutrient reduction. It is assumed that these planning mechanisms will include an accurate diagnosis of the catchment characteristics of the bodies of surface water and detailed monitoring and balancing of nutrients according to their sources. Such an approach will enable the actual optimization of the scale, location and nature of protective measures. It is also expected that the local planning mechanisms proposed in the strategy will take into account the participation in the planning process of stakeholders, i.e. primarily owners and users of agricultural land and animal farms, but also e.g. operators of sewage treatment plants and aquaculture facilities as well as forest managers and operators of drainage networks. The strategy will review and analyze the suitability, including legal, technical and economic feasibility, of the widest possible range of measures to reduce nutrient inputs into waters, in particular from agricultural sources. The measures that have not been used so far, such as the purchase of land for buffer zones, technologies for removing nutrients from water courses, etc., will also be analyzed. The strategy will present the mechanisms of centralized collection, processing and public disclosure of data, in particular on nutrients in the environment, including in particular data on nutrient abundance in soils and on nutrient concentrations in groundwater. Such a system, which uses, inter alia, data from tests performed for the purposes of fertilization plans, will greatly facilitate and reduce the costs of planning protective measures. The strategy will analyze the legal, technical and financial feasibility of such a system. The strategy should enable the free application at the level of the jcwp catchment area of ??the widest possible range of measures aimed at reducing nutrient runoff from agricultural areas and increasing nutrient retention in watercourses and lakes, including through lake reclamation.

According to the present state of knowledge (standard data forms), the underwater habitats of Natura 2000 in Polish maritime areas cover 2172 km2, which is 9.6% of Polish maritime areas. In some of these habitats (inundations), bottom trawling is practically not carried out at all. The 3-6 nautical mile coastal strip has been banned from bottom fishing due to the conservation of fish stocks. Thus, the ban would have a real impact on the situation of about 3-5% of the Polish maritime areas, mainly in the TSS """"Slupska Bank"""" and Pomeranian Bay areas. It should be added that, according to HELCOM TSS data, """"Slupska Bank"""" is poorly used by bottom trawls, so the significant area of ??a possible conflict between the protection of biodiversity and fisheries is limited to approx. 600 km2 Pomeranian Bay, ie less than 3% of Polish maritime areas. Pursuant to Art. 11 sec. 1 of the Common Fisheries Policy, Member States are entitled to unilaterally adopt conservation measures for their fishing vessels, but they must agree, first in regional fora, and then apply to the European Commission for measures that would also affect the interests of other countries. Unilateral adoption by Poland of conservation measures, although legally possible, would be unfair to the Polish fisheries sector, and the effectiveness of action would be lower due to the possibility of bottom fishing by other countries. It is also important to raise awareness of the obligations arising from Art. 11 of the CAP and the procedures for establishing Natura 2000 protection plans """"

The activity will be of a research and pilot nature, and its possible results will serve in subsequent planning cycles as the basis for more extensive activities aimed at the fullest possible restoration of the seaweed and fork meadows in the Puck Lagoon. The action will include: – collection and analysis of available literature on occurrence, morphology, biology and causes of the disappearance of the seaweed and forkbeard in the Puck Lagoon, - to investigate by genetic methods the relationship between herbarium specimens of hake and forkbeard from the Puck Lagoon and seaweed and forkbeard from other Baltic and northern European populations, including primarily free-floating forms inhabiting the sandy bottom (Fucus vesiculosus forma baltica, Furcellaria lumbricata forma aegagropila), - review of previously developed or proposed methods of propagation and breeding of seaweed and forkbeard under controlled conditions for research, commercial purposes or to obtain material for entering the environment, with particular emphasis on free-floating forms, – selection of breeding and breeding methods potentially best suited to the conditions of the Puck Lagoon, - mastering and improving the methods of reproduction and breeding, both in laboratory conditions and in controlled in situ conditions (separated """"plots"""" in the area of former occurrence of seaweed meadows), - conducting under controlled in situ conditions a series of experiments to determine the effects on individual and population development of factors such as starting genetic material, exposure/depth, exposure to undulation, competition of opportunistic species, feeding on the backs of invertebrates and fish, etc., - a multifaceted analysis of the current state of the area of former seaweed meadows, with particular emphasis on the conditions and internal and external threats that may be important for the chances of success of the programme, - publication of the obtained results and development of guidelines / recommendations for further actions for the restoration of seaweed meadows in the Puck Lagoon.