The Mechanics Of Qsr 2000 ...

• Main Authors: Reid, P. C., Carlberg, S. R.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: ASC 1999 - V - Theme session 2024
• Subjects: Oceanic Northeast Atlantic ICES Ecoregion; Ecosystem observation, processes and dynamics; Arctic; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.25637529; https://ices-library.figshare.com/articles/conference_contribution/The_Mechanics_Of_Qsr_2000/25637529

No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.Assessment of the quality of the marine environment forms an important part of the new 1992 OSP AR Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North­East Atlantic that was ratified and entered into force on 25 March 1998. In the ministerial statement at the signing of the Convention it was agreed that the first assessment (Quality Status Report, QSR) for all Convention waters should be produced for the year 2000. To oversee this charge a new Environmental Assessment and Monitoring Committee (ASMO) was established and a junior group under this committee, to implement necessary actions, the Assessment Co-ordination Group (ACG). Because of the wide geographical diversity and varying levels of information available in different parts of the Convention area it was decided to produce five regional reports for: I The Arctic; II The North Sea; III The Celtic seas; IV The Bay of Biscay and Iberian Coast; V The Wider Atlantic, which ...