Report of the ICES Working Group of the Baltic Sea

The pollution conditions of the Baltic Sea have been much

discussed during the last years. However, there has been a lack of

virtual information of the conditions as a whole. Therefore the

International Council for the Exploration of the Sea decided in

1968 to establish a Working Group on Pollution of the Baltic, with

the aim to survey the present situation. The survey, presented in

this paper, has been made in close co-operation by representatives

from all countries around the Baltic.

Care has be~n taken to ensure, as far as possible, the accuracy

of the data given, but final responsibility rests upon the national

sources from which they have been derived.

I wish to convey to my Colleagues in the Working Group my great

appreciation for all the work they have laid down to provide

suitable information for the Report.