出版社:Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
摘要:So, what is Good Environmental Status? Naomi
Matthiessen, who leads Defra¡¯s team working
on the Directive, explains: ¡®the European
Commission¡¯s Marine Strategy Framework
Directive sets out eleven high-level descriptors
which form the basis of Good Environmental
Status. These include making sure commercially
exploited fish and shellfish populations are within
safe biological limits; maintaining the biological
diversity of marine habitats and species; and
limiting contaminants to the marine environment
to levels not causing pollution. Using these