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EEA 2007 Belgrade Report: EEA 2007 Belgrade Report:

Marine/coastal ChapterMarine/coastal Chapter

WG on Environmental Monitoring and WG on Environmental Monitoring and AssessmentAssessment

Geneva, November 27 – 29Geneva, November 27 – 29

Eva Royo GelabertEEA, Project ManagerMarine assessments

Peter KristensenEEA, Topic Centre on

water

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Seas and coasts includedSeas and coasts included

• North East Atlantic Ocean (North Sea, Celtic-Biscay Shelf, Iberian Coastal)

• Baltic Sea• Black Sea (& Sea of Azov)• Mediterranean Sea• Norwegian Sea• Russian Arctic • Barents Sea (& White Sea)• Caspian Sea

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Environmental and other issues Environmental and other issues coveredcovered

1. Eutrophication2. Fisheries and

aquaculture3. Pollution from

hazardous substances (& box on radionuclides)

4. Oil pollution 5. Invasive alien species 6. Coastal zones 7. Climate change

8. Policies and governance

• Russian translation

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Current situation Current situation • Marine environmental

protection (and Maritime policy) high in EU agenda

• (But) EECCA environmental strategy does not give it so much importance

• (Therefore) High importance given to the sea in Report anyway

• (Nevertheless) Chapter was MUCH longer but has been cut

• It is still TOO LONG!!• We cannot add new text

unless we remove something from the existing text first

• Russian translation

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Questions 1 (Questions 1 (generalgeneral))• Structure: Are issues the

right ones? • (Key messages: Are the

key messages complete and adequate?) UNDER DEVELOPMENT

• Length and relevance: Where to cut?

• Graphs and tables: Difficult to read/understand?

• Inaccuracies and outdated information: Where?

• Use the commenting tool http://belgrade-consultation.ewindows.eu.org/reports/rep285401

• Russian translation

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Questions 2 (Questions 2 (datadata))

• Fishing in European seas: Data from Russian Arctic Sea, Black Sea and Caspian Seas over (2004-2006)?

• Pollution and water quality: Data for Eutrophication, Hazardous substances, and Oil (2004-2006)?

• Draft conclussions NGO meeting

• increase in the level of Caspian sea may cause possible flooding of contaminated sites, a few sentences can be added to reflect the issue.

• Russian translation

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Significance of issues in EECCA-Significance of issues in EECCA-related seas: related seas: Now and in the futureNow and in the future

1. Eutrophication: Baltic, Black and Caspian seas2. Fisheries and aquaculture:Barents, Black and Caspian

seas3. Pollution from hazardous substances (& box on

radionuclides): Russian Arctic and Barents Sea4. Oil pollution: Russian Arctic and Barents, Black and

Caspian seas5. Invasive alien species: (Baltic, Barents), Black and Caspian

seas 6. Coastal zones: Black and Caspian seas7. Climate change: Big threat everywhere, more in the Arctic

(= Russian Arctic, Barents Sea)8. Policies and governance: Poor in EECCA generally