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Book (stand-alone)GESAMP - Assessment and communication of environmental risks in coastal aquaculture. 2008
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No results found.This GESAMP study focuses on environmental risk assessment and communication in coastal aquaculture. To support effectively an open and transparent approach to sustainable resource use, risk assessment and communication must be able to fit within a broader social, economic and environmental decision-making framework. The communication aspects become paramount in enabling sustainable development in that type of decision-making environment. This publication presents a set of objectives, goals, met hodologies and a checklist for assessment and communication of environmental risks which may be associated with coastal aquaculture. It is structured to improve risk communication and to ensure that risk assessment is a scientific exercise in predicting environmental change. A set of six case studies is also presented to illustrate the use of the environmental risk assessment methodologies in coastal aquaculture. These examples of environmental interactions span a range of cultured species from fin fish to molluscs and shrimp. The type of effects studied includes effects on carrying capacity, phytoplankton, kelp, benthic fauna, the genome of wild fishes and salinisation of soils. -
Book (stand-alone)Report of the forty-fifth session of GESAMP
Rome, Italy, 17-20 September 2018
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No results found.GESAMP held its 45th Session during 17-20 September 2018, at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy. GESAMP was established in 1969 by a number of United Nations’ Organizations as a Joint Group to encourage the independent, interdisciplinary consideration of marine pollution and environmental protection matters in order to avoid duplication of efforts within the United Nations system. The Group discussed: Evaluation of the hazards of harmful substances carried by ships; Active substances to be used in ballast water management systems; Atmospheric input of chemicals to the ocean; Trends in global pollution in coastal environments; Sources, fate and effects of plastics and microplastics in the marine environment; Marine geoengineering; Impacts of wastes and other matter in the marine environment from mining operations, including marine mineral mining; Sea based sources of marine litter including fishing gear and other shipping related litter; Harmful algal blooms and food security and safety in the context of climate change; The United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. -
Book (stand-alone)Report of the Thirty-third Session of GESAMP, Rome, 5-9 May 2003 2003
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No results found.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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