REPORT OF THE ICES/BSRP/HELCOM/UNEP REGIONAL SEAS WORKSHOP ON BALTIC SEA ECOSYSTEM HEALTH INDICATORS

The ICES/BSRP Study Group on Ecosystem Health (SGEH) was given the task by the ICES Baltic Committee to “organize a BSRP Workshop in 2005 with participation of experts from HELCOM and US EPA on the topic of ecosystem health indicators in the Baltic Sea”. To fulfil this task, prior to the meeting, specific ToRs were developed by the Workshop Steer-ing Group (Annex 1). A number of key experts were approached to present issues related to the concept of Ecosystem Health and its relationship to the Ecosystem Approach to Manage-ment as well as to the aims of the European Marine Strategy (Section 4).