1 HELCOM (2023): State of the Baltic Sea. HELCOM holistic assessment 2016-2021. Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings 194.
2 BfN (2021): Management plan for the protected area „Pommersche Bucht – Rönnebank“. https://www.bundesanzeiger.de/pub/publication/cFxb0FG1MYgcFPHeYXg/content/211211000778M001/BAnzAT08022022B800.pdf
3 EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive (2008). eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32008L0056
4 HELCOM (2023): State of the Baltic Sea. HELCOM holistic assessment 2016-2021. Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings. 194.
5 EU regulation on the prevention and management of the introduction and spread of invasive alien species (2014). https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2014/1143/oj/eng
6 Interreg-Baltic Sea Region (n.d.): Promoting commercial fishing of round goby in the Baltic Sea. Retrieved November 20, 2025, from https://interreg-baltic.eu/project/roundgoby/
7 HELCOM (2018): State of the Baltic Sea – Second HELCOM holistic assessment 2011-2016. Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings 155.
8 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (n.d.): Ecosystem-Based Management. U.S. Department of Commerce. Retrieved December 03, 2025, from https://www.integratedecosystemassessment.noaa.gov/about-iea/ecosystem-based-management
9 HELCOM (2023): State of the Baltic Sea. HELCOM holistic assessment 2016-2021. Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings 194.
10 Baltic Sea Conservation Foundation (n.d.): Pike factories – restoring wetlands for natural pike reproduction (n.d.). Retrieved November 27, 2025, from https://baltcf.org/project/pike-factories-restoring-wetlands-for-natural-pike-reproduction/
11 Baltic Waters (n.d.): Recod – release of small cod in the Baltic Sea. Retrieved November 27, 2025, from https://balticwaters.org/en/project/recod-release-of-small-cod-in-the-baltic-sea/
12 Read, A. J., Drinker, P. and Northridge, S. (2006): Bycatch of Marine Mammals in U.S. and Global Fisheries: Bycatch of Marine Mammals, Conservation Biology, 20(1), pp. 163–169.
13 Lewison, R. L., Crowder, L. B. Wallace, B. P., Moore, J. E., Cox, T., Zydelis, R., McDonald, S., DiMatteo, A., Dunn, D. C., Kot, C. Y., Bjorkland, R., Kelez, S., Soykan, C., Stewart, K. R., Sims, M., Boustany, A., Read, A. J., Halpin, P., Nichols, W. J. and Safina, C. (2014): Global patterns of marine mammal, seabird, and sea turtle bycatch reveal taxa-specific and cumulative megafauna hotspots’, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(14), pp. 5271–5276.
14 Dias, M., Martin, R., Pearmain, E. J., Burfield, I., Small, C., Phillips, R., Yates, O., Lascelles, B., Borboroglu, P. and Croxall, J. (2019): Threats to seabirds: A global assessment, Biological Conservation, 237, pp. 525–537.
15 Static Acoustic Monitoring of the Baltic Sea Harbour Porpoise (SAMBAH): https://www.sambah.org/
16 BALTFISH is the Baltic Sea regional fisheries body with the primary goal to improve coordination and cooperation among Baltic Sea member states. Between 2020 and 2021, BALTFISH submitted joint recommendations to the EU, which included measures such as a ban on static nets in areas important for harbour porpoises and the use of pingers in certain marine areas, with the aim of reducing the bycatch rate of harbour porpoises and other species. See joint recommendations of BALTFISH here: https://irp.cdn-website.com/53007095/files/uploaded/harbour-porpoises-jr_dec%202020.pdf
17 Stewart-Sinclair, P.J., Purandare, J., Bayraktarov, E., Waltham, N., Reeves, S, Statton, J., Sinclair, E.A., Brown, B.M., Shribman, Z.I. and Lovelock, C.E. (2020): Blue Restoration– Building Confidence and Overcoming Barriers. Frontiers in Marine Science 7:541700.
18 Perino, A., Pereira, H. M., Navarro, L. M., Fernández, N., Bullock, J. M., Ceaușu, S., Cortéz-Avizanda, A., v. Klinik, R., Kuemmerle, T., Lomba, A., Pe’er, G., Plieninger, T., Rey-Benayas, J. M., Sandom, C. J., Svenning, J.-C. and Wheeler, H. C. (2019): Rewilding complex ecosystems. Science, 364 (6438).
19 Torres, A., Fernández, N., zu Ermgassen, S., Helmer, W., Revilla, E., Saavedra, D., Perino, A., Mimet, A., Rey-Benayas, J. M., Selva, N., Schepers, F, Svenning, J.-C. and Pereir, H. M. (2018): Measuring rewilding progress. Phil. Trans. Biol. Sci., 373 (1761, SI).
20 Rewilding Europe (2022): Advancing Rewilding in Europe. Rewilding Europe’s Strategic Plan for 2021-2030. https://www.rewildingeurope.com/wp-content/uploads/publications/advancing-rewilding-in-europe/index.html
21 Rewilding Europe (2025): Wilder Seascapes. Rewilding Europe and Network’s approach to rewild land-sea connections. Internal document. Status December 2025. Key species of wildlife are also part of the strategic approach, but are not mentioned here.
22 EUCC – The Coastal Union Germany (n.d.): Research project – Seagras for climate protection. Retrieved December 02, 2025, from https://www.seegraswiesen.de/en/
23 University of Gdansk (2025): Restoration of underwater meadows – a project in the Puck Bay area. Retrieved December 02, 2025, from https://ug.edu.pl/news/en/9175/restoration-underwater-meadows-project-puck-bay-area
24 EU Commission (2024): The Great Danish Seagrass Project. Retrieved December 02, 2025, from https://maritime-forum.ec.europa.eu/node/7588_en