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HELCOM/OSPAR UK ports water sampling
Citation
HELCOM/OSPAR Joint Ballast Water Exemptions Decision Support Tool: https://maps.helcom.fi/website/RA_tool/ HELCOM and OSPAR, 2020. https://marineinfo.org/id/dataset/8014
Contact: OSPAR Commission for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic ; Helsinki Commission (HELCOM)

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Description
This dataset includes the data used in in the HELCOM/OSPAR Ballast Water Exemptions Decision Support Tool. This tool was developed in 2013 based on the overall IMO framework, the 21 Baltic and North-East Atlantic coastal states and the EU. It allows user to define 'low risk' routes, as well as other necessary steps in granting exemptions under regulation A-4 of the IMO Ballast Water Management Convention (BWMC)

Scope
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Brackish water, Harbours, Invasive species, OSPAR Joint Assessment and Monitoring Programme, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, United Kingdom, England, Hull

Geographical coverage
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: -0,3559; MinLat: 53,6284 - MaxLong: -0,1862; MaxLat: 53,7436 [WGS84]
United Kingdom, England, Hull

Temporal coverage
4 June 2015 - 17 September 2015

Contributors
OSPAR Commission for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlanticdata provider
Helsinki Commission (HELCOM)data provider

Related datasets
Published in:
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System

Dataset status: In Progress
Data type: Data
Data origin: Monitoring
Metadatarecord created: 2022-01-10
Information last updated: 2023-08-03
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