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1 The Quality Status Report 2010
- The assessment process
- OSPAR’s role within the wider community
- QSR 2010 supports the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive
- The way forward
2 The North-East Atlantic
- Marine and coastal ecosystems provide a range of goods and services
- Variations in the physical system affect the biology
- Regional ecology varies widely
- Region I – Arctic Waters
- Region II – Greater North Sea
- Region III – Celtic Seas
- Region IV – Bay of Biscay and Iberian Coast
- Region V – Wider Atlantic
- Many challenges but common pressures
3 Climate Change
4 Eutrophication
- What are the problems?
- What has been done?
- Did it work?
- How does this affect the quality status?
- What happens next?
5 Hazardous Substances
- What are the problems?
- What has been done?
- Did it work?
How does this affect the quality status? - What happens next?
6 Radioactive Substances
- What are the problems?
- What has been done?
- Did it work?
- How does this affect the quality status?
- What happens next?
7 Offshore Oil and Gas Industry
- What are the problems?
- What has been done?
- Did it work?
- How does this affect the quality status?
- What happens next?
8 Use of Living Marine Resources
9 Other Human Uses and Impacts
- Shipping
- Tourism and Recreational Activities
- Wind Farms
- Cables
- Land Reclamation, Coastal Defence and
Other Structures - Artificial Reefs
- Mineral Extraction
- Dredging and Dumping
- Dumped Munitions
- Microbiological Contamination
- Underwater Noise
- Marine Litter
- Non-indigenous Species
- Towards Integrated Management
10 Protection and Conservation of Biodiversity and Ecosystems
- What are the problems?
- What has been done?
- Did it work?
- How does this affect the quality status?
- What happens next?
11 Towards Ecosystem Assessment
- Methods established to evaluate progress towards some OSPAR objectives
- EcoQOs provide an indicator-based assessment approach in Region II
- Pilot of a new assessment approach
- Next steps towards ecosystem assessment