Ospar Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-east Atlantic Meeting of the Eutrophication Committee

1. In discussions on how to develop a scientifically robust assessment of the eutrophication status expected after implementation of agreed measures, ETG 2003 concluded that OSPAR Contracting Parties currently lacked the necessary tools to develop an assessment that would go beyond the assessment already agreed and published by OSPAR 2001. In the JAMP, a further assessment of the expected eutrophication status of the OSPAR maritime area following the implementation of agreed measures should be completed in 2006. ETG therefore considered the tools that would be required to undertake such an assessment in future and in particular the development of relevant modelling tools for eutrophication assessment and nutrient reduction scenarios.