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 | | OSPAR Commission meets in the Netherlands | | Marine policy makers from around Europe gathered in the Netherlands for the annual meeting of the OSPAR Commission for the protection of the marine environment of the North-East Atlantic. | 
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| |  | | Ocean Acidification Expert Group Meeting | | OSPAR’s new expert group on ocean acidification had its second meeting at SWAM in Gothenburg on 10 September 2019 | |
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 | | Ecologically or biologically significant marine areas workshop | | OSPAR attended a workshop on ecologically or biologically significant marine areas (EBSAs) in the North-East Atlantic in Stockholm (Sweden) from 22-27 September | |
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| |  | | Regional coordination in relation to ship generated waste | | With the adoption of the EU’s new Port Reception Facilities (PRF) Directive (Directive 2019/833, repealing the current Directive 2000/59/EC), Action 30 of the OSPAR Regional Action Plan (RAP) on Marine Litter is complete. | |
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 | | OSPAR’s eutrophication Common Procedure Agreement and the Eutrophication Modelling Group | | OSPAR held a meeting of the Task Group to revise OSPAR’s eutrophication Common Procedure Agreement and the Eutrophication Modelling Group workshop in Hamburg from 23-27 September 2019 | |
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| |  | | North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission PECMAS meeting 2019 | | The Secretariat attended the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission PECMAS meeting in London from 1-2 October 2019 | |
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 | | Marine Protected Areas meeting 2019 | | OSPAR's Marine Protected Areas group met from 8-10 October in Vilm, Germany | |
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| |  | | Joint OSPAR-HELCOM workshop to examine possibilities for developing indicators for incidental by-catch of birds and marine mammals | | The Secretariat attended the Joint OSPAR-HELCOM workshop to examine possibilities for developing indicators for incidental by-catch of birds and marine mammals in Copenhagen (Denmark) in October 2019 | |
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 | | Meeting on ambient noise monitoring in the North Sea | | The Secretariat attended a meeting on 7 October 2019 to review the progress of the JOMOPANS project – to establish ambient noise monitoring in the North Sea. | |
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| |  | | Special consultative meeting | | On Friday 18 October 2019 a meeting was held in London in accordance with OSPAR Decision 98/3 on the Disposal of Disused Offshore Installations. The Decision prohibits the dumping, and leaving wholly or partly in place, of disused offshore installations within the maritime area but sets out a process for considering derogations to this prohibition. | |
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 | | Innovation in the Framework of the Atlantic Deep Ocean | | Deputy Secretary, Jo Foden, attended the iFADO meeting in the Azores from 21-24 Oct 2019 | |
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| |  | | First meeting of the reconvened OSPAR group ICG-REACH | | The first meeting of the reconvened OSPAR group ICG-REACH took place in Aberdeen on 29-30 October 2019 | |
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 | | North Sea Wrecks Project – Steering Group meeting | | The Secretariat attended the second steering group meeting of the North Sea Wrecks Project in Bremerhaven from 21-22 October 2019 | |
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| |  | | Coordination of Biodiversity Assessment and Monitoring meeting 2019 | | OSPAR's group on the Coordination of Biodiversity Assessment and Monitoring met in London from 19-21 November 2019 | |
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 | | Marine Litter Autumn 2019 meeting | | OSPAR's marine litter group met in Wexford, Ireland in November to discuss OSPAR’s marine litter monitoring and assessment work as well as progress on the Marine Litter Regional Action Plan. | |
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| |  | | Monitoring and on Trends and Effects of Substances in the Marine Environment 2019 meeting | | The meeting of the Working Group on Monitoring and on Trends and Effects of Substances in the Marine Environment took place from 18-22 November 2019 in Copenhagen | |
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 | | Protection of Species and Habitats meeting 2019 | | OSPAR's group on the protection of species and habitats met in Madrid from 2-5 December 2019 | |
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| |  | | Arctic Council Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response meeting 2019 | | The Secretariat attended the Arctic Council's Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response meeting in Reykjavik (Iceland) from 4-5 December 2019 | |
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 | | 5th CleanAtlantic Coordination Meeting | | The Secretariat attended the 5th Coordination meeting – including invitation to advisory board members (which includes OSPAR Secretariat). The meeting was held in Galway (Ireland) from 2-3 December 2019. | |
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| |  | | Comparative Evaluation of Decommissioning Options in support of Derogation Proposals meeting | | OSPAR held an informal meeting on Comparative Evaluation of Decommissioning Options in support of Derogation Proposals in Aberdeen (UK) from 10-11 December 2019 | |
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