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| Main Menu | Brief Contents | |
| Introduction | General Information |
| Welcome | What is the Black Sea Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis | |
| Help | How to work with the Black Sea Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis | |
| Preface | A joint commitment to saving the Black Sea | |
| Guide | Users’ guide to the Black Sea Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis | |
| Contributors | Contributors to the Black Sea Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis | |
| Contact | How to contact authors and designers | |
| Acronyms | Abbreviations used in the Black Sea Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis |
| Perceived Major Problems: Their Root Causes and Areas where Action is Proposed |
| 1.a | The Black Sea map | |
| 1.b | The catchment area of the Black Sea | |
| 1.1 | Perceived major problems: their main root causes and areas where action is proposed | |
| 1.2 | Main root causes | |
| 1.3 | Areas where action is proposed |
| Action Areas: An Overview of the Specific Actions Proposed for each Identified Issue |
| 2.A | Reduction of Pollution |
| 2.A.1 | Assessment of the discharge of chemical and micro-biological contaminants to coastal and marine areas | |
| 2.A.2 | Monitoring the levels and effects of pollutants for compliance and for long-term trends, data exchange | |
| 2.A.3 | Control of pollution hot spots in the Black Sea coastal region | |
| 2.A.4.1 | Reduction and regulation of operational discharges (point sources) | |
| 2.A.4.2 | Reduction and regulation of operational discharges (dumping) | |
| 2.A.4.2 | Municipal garbage dumped in a sensitive Black Sea wetland | |
| 2.A.4.3 | Reduction and regulation of operational discharges (vessels) | |
| 2.A.4.3 | Tanker traffic through and within the Black Sea during 1995 | |
| 2.A.4.3 | The 100,000 ton oil tanker Nassia, on fire near the Bosphorus on March 1994 | |
| 2.A.5 | Prevention of emergencies and contingency planning |
| 2.B | Living Resources Management |
| 2.B.1 | Commercially exploited species | |
| 2.B.1 | Fish landings and fishing fleet in the Black Sea | |
| 2.B.2 | Loss or imminent loss of endangered species in the Black Sea and its wetlands | |
| 2.B.2 | Black Sea wetlands | |
| 2.B.3 | Protection of habitats and landscape | |
| 2.B.3 | Land use in the Black Sea region | |
| 2.B.3 | The Black Sea coast |
| 2.C | Sustainable Human Development |
| 2.C.1 | Improving planning in coastal areas, including urban and industrial zones | |
| 2.C.2.1 | Developing aquaculture and sustainable tourism (aquaculture) | |
| 2.C.2.1 | Sea cages for salmon and trout | |
| 2.C.2.2 | Developing aquaculture and sustainable tourism (development of sustainable tourism) | |
| 2.C.3 | Involving the public in environmental decision-making | |
| 2.C.3 | Ecological demonstration in Turkey |
| Detailed Analysis of Selected Issues |
| 3.A | Reduction of Pollution |
| 3.A.1 | Pollutant Loads |
| 3.A.1 | Sources of pollution to the Black Sea | |
| 3.A.1.1 | All pollutant loads (summary) |
| 3.A.1.2 | BOD (Biological Oxygen Demand) Pollutant Loads |
| 3.A.1.2 | Summary | 3.A.1.2.a | 3.A.1.2.b | |||
| 3.A.1.2.1.a | Domestic sources | 3.A.1.2.1.b | ||||
| 3.A.1.2.2.a | Industrial sources | 3.A.1.2.2.b | ||||
| 3.A.1.2.3.a | Riverine sources | 3.A.1.2.3.b | ||||
| 3.A.1.2.4.a | International sources | 3.A.1.2.4.b | ||||
| 3.A.1.3 | TSS (Total Suspended Solids) Pollutant Loads |
| 3.A.1.3 | Summary | 3.A.1.3.a | 3.A.1.3.b | |||
| 3.A.1.3.1.a | Domestic sources | 3.A.1.3.1.b | ||||
| 3.A.1.3.2.a | Industrial sources | 3.A.1.3.2.b | ||||
| 3.A.1.3.3.a | Riverine sources | 3.A.1.3.3.b | ||||
| 3.A.1.3.4.a | International sources | 3.A.1.3.4.b | ||||
| 3.A.1.4 | TN (Total Nitrogen) Pollutant Loads |
| 3.A.1.4 | Summary | 3.A.1.4.a | 3.A.1.4.b | |||
| 3.A.1.4.1.a | Domestic sources | 3.A.1.4.1.b | ||||
| 3.A.1.4.2.a | Industrial sources | 3.A.1.4.2.b | ||||
| 3.A.1.4.3.a | Riverine sources | 3.A.1.4.3.b | ||||
| 3.A.1.4.4.a | International sources | 3.A.1.4.4.b | ||||
| 3.A.1.5 | TP (Total Phosphorus) Pollutant Loads |
| 3.A.1.5 | Summary | 3.A.1.5.a | 3.A.1.5.b | |||
| 3.A.1.5.1.a | Domestic sources | 3.A.1.5.1.b | ||||
| 3.A.1.5.2.a | Industrial sources | 3.A.1.5.2.b | ||||
| 3.A.1.5.3.a | Riverine sources | 3.A.1.5.3.b | ||||
| 3.A.1.5.4.a | International sources | 3.A.1.5.4.b | ||||
| 3.A.1.6 | TN, TP and TOC pollutant exchange through Bosphorus | |
| 3.A.1.7 | Pollutant inputs into the Sea of Azov through rivers | |
| 3.A.1.8 | Oil pollution of the Black Sea | |
| 3.A.1.8 | Estimated inputs of oil to the Black Sea |
| 3.A.2 | Pollution Surveys |
| 3.A.2.1 | Pollution surveys in the Black Sea | |
| 3.A.2.2 | Insufficient information flow and data exchange | |
| 3.A.2.3 | State of recreational waters and beaches in the Black Sea coastal area |
| 3.A.3 | Hot Spots in the Black Sea Region |
| 3.A.3.1 | Hot spots (overview) | |||
| 3.A.3.2 | Hot spots (summary) | |||
| 3.A.3.2.a | Hot spots (Bulgaria) | 3.A.3.2.a | ||
| 3.A.3.2.b | Hot spots (Georgia) | 3.A.3.2.b | ||
| 3.A.3.2.c | Hot spots (Romania) | 3.A.3.2.c | ||
| 3.A.3.2.d | Hot spots (Russia) | 3.A.3.2.d | ||
| 3.A.3.2.e | Hot spots (Turkey) | 3.A.3.2.e | ||
| 3.A.3.2.f | Hot spots (Ukraine) | 3.A.3.2.f | ||
| 3.A.3.3 | Estimated operation and maintainance cost | |||
| 3.B | Living Resources Management |
| 3.B.1 | Fisheries Issues |
| 3.B.1 | Fisheries issues: status of stocks and management of wild resources | |
| 3.B.1.1.a | Summary table by ecological category of resource (small pelagic fish) | |
| 3.B.1.1.a | Anchovy migrations in the Black Sea | |
| 3.B.1.1.b | Summary table by ecological category of resource (demersal fish) | |
| 3.B.1.1.b | Turbot distribution and migration in the Black Sea | |
| 3.B.1.1.c | Summary table by ecological category of resource (anadromus fish) | |
| 3.B.1.1.c | Historical sturgeon distribution in the Black Sea | |
| 3.B.1.1.d | Summary table by ecological category of resource (indicators of ecosystem health) | |
| 3.B.1.1.e | Summary table by ecological category of resource (exploitable species) | |
| 3.B.1.1.f | Summary table by ecological category of resource (seasonal migrants) | |
| 3.B.1.2 | Opportunistic settlers | |
| 3.B.1.2 | Mnemiopsis leidyi jelly |
| 3.B.2 | Protection of Endangered Species and their Habitats |
| 3.B.2.1 | Protection of endangered species | |
| 3.B.2.1.a | Loss or imminent loss of endangered species (bottom plant community) | |
| 3.B.2.1.b | Loss or imminent loss of endangered species (mollusks) | |
| 3.B.2.1.c | Loss or imminent loss of endangered species (bottom crustaceans) | |
| 3.B.2.1.d | Loss or imminent loss of endangered species (fishes) | |
| 3.B.2.1.e | Loss or imminent loss of endangered species (wetland communities) | |
| 3.B.2.1.f | Loss or imminent loss of endangered species (marine mammals) |
| 3.B.3 | Conservation Areas Management Analysis |
| 3.B.3.1 | Conservation areas management analysis | |
| 3.B.3.1.a | Conservation areas management analysis (Bulgaria) | |
| 3.B.3.1.b | Conservation areas management analysis (Georgia) | |
| 3.B.3.1.c | Conservation areas management analysis (Romania) | |
| 3.B.3.1.d | Conservation areas management analysis (Russia) | |
| 3.B.3.1.e | Conservation areas management analysis (Turkey) | |
| 3.B.3.1.f | Conservation areas management analysis (Ukraine) | |
| 3.B.3.1.1 | Catastrophic loss of Zernov's "Phyllophora field" | |
| 3.B.3.1.2 | Existing natural reserves in the Black Sea region |
| 3.C | Sustainable Human Development |
| 3.C.1 | Coastal zone management, planning and public participation | |
| 3.C.1.1.a | Inadequate planning (general issues) | |
| 3.C.1.1.b | Inadequate planning (insufficient intersectoral coordination) | |
| 3.C.1.1.c | Inadequate planning (coastal erosion and inappropriate erosion control) | |
| 3.C.1.1.d | Inadequate planning (inefficient contingecy plans) | |
| 3.C.1.2 | Instruments for involving the public in environmental decision-making | |
| 3.C.2.1 | Aquaculture | |
| 3.C.2.1 | Aquaculture | |
| 3.C.2.1 | Trout shore-based aquaculture |