HELCOM adopts Recommendation on sustainable aquaculture (WK-intern) - HELCOM Annual Meeting with delegates from the nine Baltic coastal states and the EU has today adopted the Recommendation on sustainable aquaculture. The Recommendation gives tools for the Baltic Sea region to develop this growing sector based on the Best Available Technologies (BAT) and Best Environmental Practices (BEP) and it will be followed by expert work to jointly develop a menu of BAT/BEP descriptions. In addition, three other HELCOM Recommendations were adopted by the Meeting, helping to improve the status of the Baltic marine environment: Recommendation on Conservation of Baltic Sea species categorized as threatened,