A stakeholder workshop focusing on the dioxin problem of Baltic herring will be organized on 16th and 17th of February 2016 in Copenhagen. The workshop will include the following thematic sessions:

1. Long-term prospects of Baltic herring fishing and changes in global market

2. Implications of dioxin to herring fishing sector

3. Perceptions of dioxin risk as a public health problem

4. Dioxin and other factors affecting herring consumption at present and in the future.

A detailed agenda for the workshop will be announced in January.