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Benguela – Current of Plenty 2008 -- A history of international cooperation in marine science and ecosystem management. Edited by Gotthilf Hempel, Michael O’Toole and Neville Sweijd. Published by the Benguela Current Commission, Gunther Komnick Studio, Cape Town. 145 p. plus CD film, ”Current of Plenty”. Benguela Current Commission. 2007. Interim Agreement, Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem Programme Coordination Unit. UNDP, Windhoek, Namibia: 1-11 (English and Portuguese). Croll, P. 1998. Moderators Report on Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) First Regional Workshop. UNDP, 22-24 July 1998, Cape Town, South Africa. 73 p. Cullinan, C., S. Munkejord and H. Currie. 2004. Institutional study regarding the establishment of a regional organization to promote integrated management and sustainable use of the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem. Report by EnAct International for UNOPS. 85 p. O’Toole, MJ, LV Shannon, V. de Barros Neto and DE Malan. 2001. Integrated management of the Benguela Current region. In: Science and Integrated Coastal Management. Edited by B. von Bodungen and R.K. Turner. Dahlem University Press, Berlin. 229-252. Shannon, LV and MJ O’Toole. 1999. Integrated overview of the oceanography and environmental variability of the Benguela Current region. BCLME Thematic Report No.2. UNDP, Windhoek. 57 p. Shannon, LV and MJ O’Toole. 2003. “Sustainability of the Benguela: ex Africa semper aliquid novi,”. In G. Hempel and K. Sherman, eds. Large Marine Ecosystems of the World. Chapter 10. Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands. 227-253. Shannon, LV, G. Hempel, P. Malanotte-Rizzoli, C. Maloney and J.Woods. 2006. Benguela: Predicting a Large Marine Ecosystem. LME Series 14, Elsevier B.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands. 410p. BCLME Website: www.bclme.org This website contains all publications, reports and outputs resulting from the BCLME Programme and includes copies of the TDA, SAP, the BCC Interim Agreement and six annual newsletters (2003-2008). Contact: Dr Michael J. O’Toole (Chief Technical Advisor) E-mail: otoole.mick@gmail.com 62
The Recovery and Sustainability of the Baltic Sea Large Marine Ecosystem Jan Thulin International Council for the Exploration of the Sea Copenhagen, Denmark The Baltic Sea Large Marine Ecosystem (BSLME) is a unique and productive ecosystem under stress from harmful and unsustainable human activities and practices. Efforts are now gaining momentum to enhance cooperation between the riparian countries and the main international institutions involved in the science, advice and management of the marine environment including the region’s fisheries, with a view to the recovery of the Baltic Sea Large Marine Ecosystem (BSLME) and the sustainability of socioeconomic benefits for the coastal nations and their communities. Main characteristics of the Baltic Sea Large Marine Ecosystem Geologically, biologically and in human terms, the Baltic Sea LME is a young, relatively shallow semi-enclosed sea. About 15,000 years ago, the thick ice belt which then covered the whole of Scandinavia started melting and a fresh water Baltic ice lake was established. During the following 9,000 years, this water area developed into a wholly marine area, then, once more, into an enclosed fresh water area before it again developed into a marine area, about 6,000 years ago. At its present state of development, the Baltic Sea’s marine life is less than 4,000 years old. Today, the Baltic Sea LME is a semi-enclosed brackish water area, the second largest in the world after the Black Sea, with a surface area of about 415,000 km 2 . The average depth of the Baltic Sea is around 50 meters. The deepest waters are in the Landsort Deep in the Baltic proper, where depths of 459 meters have been recorded. More than 200 rivers empty into the Baltic Sea, providing a catchment or drainage area of about 1,700,00 km 2 , that is approximately four times larger than the Baltic Sea itself. This catchment area is viewed as a component of the Baltic Sea LME, as it is now recognized that natural (e.g. precipitation and floods) and anthropogenic (e.g. pollution) effects occurring in the land-based watershed result in impacts on the living resources of the Baltic Sea LME. The Baltic Sea is characterized by a persistent vertical stratification of its water layers, with a residence (turn-over) time for full exchange of its water mass 63
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