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Report of the Thirty-third Session of GESAMP, Rome, 5-9 May 2003

Year of publication 2003

Pages 36

Author GESAMP;Fisheries and Aquaculture Management Division

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 9251050260

Series title Reports and Studies GESAMP

Series number 1020-4873 - 74

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection (GESAMP) held its Thirty-third Session at the Headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Rome from 5 to 9 May 2003. The Group considered a number of major topics at this session. The Group discussed the future of GESAMP and the completion of the Strategic Plan. GESAMP and its supporting agencies are committed to implementing the new Strategic Plan as soon as possible. The supporting agencies have agreed to initiate the development of the GESAMP pool of experts and to take concrete steps to establish the GESAMP office. GESAMP took note of UN General Assembly resolution A/RES/57/141 requesting the establishment of a regular global marine assessment (GMA) process by 2004 and proposed that it be involved in a significant way in that process. The main work item of GESAMP Working Group on the Evaluation of the Hazards of Harmful Substances Carried by Ships focused on t he re-evaluation of the hazards of the substances listed in the International Bulk Chemicals (IBC) Code, of which a total of 680 substances have now been evaluated. GESAMP noted progress made with the completion of the hazard profiles for 19 vegetable, animal and fish oils. Working Group on Environmental Exposure Models for Application in Seafood Risk Analysis is presently focusing on the development and testing of exposure assessment models for organic chemicals, especially in order to identify bioaccumulation models which could be useful in predicting the safety of seafood harvested from a given water body. GESAMP further noted the current concerns about the pollution caused by the accident of the tanker "Prestige", which now lies on the seabed at a water depth greater than 3000 metres, and noted that a series of scientific questions await major research on behaviour and impact of oil and other substances released in the oceans, particularly at great depths.

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GESAMP (IMO/FAO/UNESCO-IOC/WMO/WHO/IAEA/UN/UNEP Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection). 2003. Report of the thirty-third session, Rome, 5-9 May 2003. Reports and Studies GESAMP (74),36 pp.

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