Evaluation and Interpretation of the Results of the Joint Monitoring Programme of the Netherlands, 1989, Including National Comment of the Netherlands

摘要

Under the authority of the Oslo and Paris Commissions the condition of the seas covered by the Conventions is under continuous review and the effectiveness of the measures undertaken to improve this condition are studied. For this purpose a Joint Monitoring Program (JMP) was developed by the contracting parties. Every year member countries of the Joint Monitoring Group supply the results from their national JMG monitoring programs of the preceding year to the ICES data bank. Emphasis is laid on the discussion of the quality of the data, including a brief interpretation of the data. In the annual National Comments of the Netherlands, however, this interpretation part of the report has gained importance, and the report evolved towards an evaluation report. Therefore the report of 1989 is now titled 'Evaluation and Interpretation of the results of the Joint Monitoring Program of the Netherlands 1989', and has been split into two parts; part A contains the assessment, and part B is the National Comment according to the agreed format.