HELSINKI COMMISSION

Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission

     
     
HELCOM RECOMMENDATION 19/1

MARINE SEDIMENT EXTRACTION IN THE BALTIC SEA AREA

     
     
Adopted 23 March 1998
having regard to Article 13, Paragraph b)
of the Helsinki Convention

THE COMMISSION,

RECALLING Paragraph b of Article 13 of the Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area, 1974 (Helsinki Convention),

NOTING  Articles 3, 4, 7 and 15 of the 1992 Helsinki Convention,

TAKING INTO ACCOUNT that marine sediment extraction is of increasing economical importance in many regions of the Baltic Sea Area,

BEING AWARE that marine sediment extraction may have severe impacts on marine and coastal ecosystems,

TAKING INTO ACCOUNT that marine sediment extraction beside its environmental and ecological impacts also may interfere with other legitimate uses of the sea or interests such as fisheries and coastal defence,