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Contents

Executive Summary..1

1 Planning, participation, and working procedures..1

2 Terms of Referene..2

3 Opening of the workshop and welcome addresses..2

4 Background presentations by invited speakers.3

4.1 Chris Hopkins (Sweden): The concept of Ecosystem Health and association with the

Ecosystem Approach to Management and related initiatives..3

4.1.1 Sustaining ecological goods and services – actions and measures to support policy4

4.2 Jan Thulin (BSRP) and Ken Sherman (US-NOAA): The Large Marine Ecosystem concept..7

4.3 Hein Rune Skjoldal (Norway): Development of Ecological Quality Objectives (EcoQOs) in

OSPAR: history, status and lessons learnt.10

4.4 Hermanni Backer (HELCOM): Draft HELCOM Strategic goals, Ecological Objectives and

supporting key indicators for Eutrophication, Hazardous substances and Biodiversity..14

4.5 Jacqueline McGlade (EEA/EC): Thematic Strategy for the protection and conservation of the

marine environment16

4.6 Dag Daler (GIWA): GIWA – a presentation of the methodology and assessment results from

the Baltic Sea region.18

4.7 Kevin Summers (USA): Approaches and methodologies for the development of indices of

coastal ecological condition – experiences from the USA.23

4.8 Jan Marcin Weslawski (Poland): Outcomes of European Community RTD Framework

Programme related to biodiversity..24

4.9 Juha-Markku Leppänen (HELCOM): HELCOM Assessment and Monitoring Strategy27

4.9.1 Monitoring27

4.9.2 Assessment..28

4.10 Sergej Olenin (Lithuania). The importance of biotopes, their mapping and classification for

development of the ecosystem health concept28

5 Results of subgroup work31

5.1 Subgroup on Effects of Eutrophication: Georg Martin (Co-Chair), Jesper Andersen (Co-Chair),

Baerbel Mueller-Karulis, Elzbieta Lysiak- Pastuszak, Piotr Margonski..31

5.2 Subgroup on the Effects of Hazardous Substances (Kari K. Lehtonen (Co-Chair), Thomas Lang

(Co-Chair), Galina Rodjuk (Co-Chair), Dorota Napierska, Justyna Kopecka)38

5.3 Subgroup on Effects of fishing activites: Henn Ojaveer (Co-Chair), Maris Plikshs (Co-Chair,

contributed by correspondence), Chris Hopkins, Hein-Rune Skjoldal, Ewa Wlodarczyk, Szymon

Bzoma46

5.4 Subgroup on Loss of Biodiversity (including destruction of habitats and xenodiversity) : Jan

Marcin Węsławski (Co-Chair), Sergei Olenin (Co-Chair), Juha Markku-Leppanen, Elmira Boikova,

Elena Ezhova, Gedas Vaitkus, Hermanni Backer, Katarzyna Roszkowska, Andrzej Osowiecki, Kevin

Summers.51

6 Overall conclusions and comments55

7 Closing and acknowledgements57

Annex 1: Workshop agenda and timetable59

Annex 2: List of participants..64

Annex 3: Proposal for a Demonstration Project (biolological effect monitoring exercise at coastal

sites of Poland, Lithuania and Latvia): BIODEMO (by Kari Lehtonen)..67

Annex 4: Preliminary plans for the ICES/BSRP Sea-going Workshop on Fish Disease Monitoring in

the Baltic Sea (by Thomas Lang)..69