1. Reducing Environmental Stress In The Yellow Sea Large Marine Ecosystem
YSLME
Expert Technical Workshop on Fate and Transport of Pollutants in the Yellow Sea
31st August to 2nd September 2006
Dalian, China

2. Project Brief Information
Full Project Title: “Reducing Environment Stress in the Yellow Sea Large Marine Ecosystem”
AKA: Yellow Sea Project or YSLME
Project Objective: Ecosystem-based Environmentally-Sustainable management and Use of the YSLME and its Watershed: Reducing Development Stress and Promoting sustainable Development of the Ecosystem from a Densely Populated, Heavily Urbanised, Industrialised Semi-Enclosed Shelf Sea
Participating countries: People’s Republic of China, Republic Of Korea
Duration: 5 years (2004 – 2009)
Highlight that the project focuses on management, not research, but uses the results of scientific research to develop management plans.

3. Current and Potential Partners
People’s Republic of China
United Nations Development Programme - China (UNDP PRC)
State Oceanic Administration (SOA)
National Marine Environmental Monitoring Center (NMEMC)
First Institute of Oceanography (FIO)
Yellow Sea Fisheries Institute (YSFI)
Bureau of Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture
State Environmental Protection Administration
Ministry of Communication
Other
Yellow Sea Eco-region Planning Programme (YSEPP)
North American Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Wetlands International
Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)
National Marine Science Centre (NMSC)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
United Nations Environment Programme - Northwest Pacific Action Plan (UNEP-NOWPAP)
North Pacific Marine Science Organisation (PICES)
Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission - Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (IOC/WESTPAC)
China Ocean University
Republic of Korea
United Nations Development Programme – Republic of Korea (UNDP ROK)
Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute (KORDI)
Korea Maritime Institute (KMI)
Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (MOMAF)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT)
Ministry of Environment (MOE)
National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI)
Many organisations are involved in the Project

4. Why Project?
Major Perceived Water-related Environmental Issues and Problems:
Decline of Commercial Fisheries, Unsustainable Mariculture
Degradation of Biodiversity, Loss of Coastal Habitats, Loss or Imminent Loss of Endangered Species and their Genomes
Water Quality Deterioration
Poor or Unsatisfactory Human Health Quality, Unsanitary Conditions in Many Beaches and Bathing Waters, Contaminated Fish and Sea Products
Harmful Algal Blooms (Emerging Disease)
Inadequate Capacity to Assess Ecosystem
From PDF-B Stakeholders Workshop 1999
Why is the project needed? Presentation will explain a bit about overall project, then slowly narrow focus to pollution issues and this workshop in particular.

5. Immediate Objectives
Develop Regional Strategies for Sustainable Management of Fisheries and Mariculture
Propose and Implement Effective Regional Initiatives for Biodiversity Protection
**Propose and Implement Actions to Reduce Stress to the Ecosystem, Improve Water Quality and Protect Human Health**
Develop and Pilot Regional Institutional and Capacity Building Initiatives
Project objectives. Focus on pollution objective.

6. Expected Major Outcomes
Scientifically & Environmentally Sound Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA)
Approved Regional Strategic Action Programme (SAP) & National Yellow Sea Action Plan (NYSAP)
Established Regional Framework for Co-operation
Upgraded Capacities of Participating Countries
Explain major outcomes of project and alert participants to keep in mind, and later understand how workshop contributes to these outcomes.

7. Project Focal Areas Investment Fisheries Ecosystem Biodiversity
Pollution

8. Pollution Component Activities
Review existing national pollutant data
Critical spots, contaminant levels, inputs, pathways
Regional synthesis of data input to TDA
Monitoring, capacity building, information exchange, pollutant analysis and impact prediction, field survey, regional agreements
Types of pollution-related activities under the Project. Activity results contribute to TDA and later to SAP.

9. Importance of Fate & Transport of Pollutants
Contribution of each type of input – atmosphere, river, land-based, sea-based
Where do things go?
How far do they go?
Transboundary problem
Focusing on this workshop, explain why f & t is an important activity. Need to understand / answer these questions. Other talks are scientific based and will give some answers. Highlight pollution is transboundary problem. What can/should we do about transboundary problem in YS?

10. Why do we need to know? SAP Action:
Diagnosis - Health and trend of Yellow Sea (TDA), e.g. level of atmospheric deposition of nutrients to the Yellow Sea
Action:
Cure – Strategic Action Programme (SAP), e.g. control the sources of pollutants
Regional Strategy for Pollution Control:
Environmental valuation of pollution control mechanisms
Develop regional strategies / implementation plans to combat pollution
Why do we need to know f & T? After knowing health of YS, need to take action. Workshop will give info on health. Then working session on Day 2 will suggest some actions (cures). All will contribute to regional strategies or SAP, which is ACTION to take to protect YS.
SAP

11. Thank You Project Management Office
Korea Ocean Research Development Institute,
1270 Sa-2dong, Sangnok, Ansan City,
Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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