Reports of the advisory committee on marine pollution to the Oslo and the interim Helsinki Commissions 1976

Report of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea to the Oslo Commission, 1976

1. The Advisory Committee on Marine Pollution has been established by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea with the task to formulate on behalf of the Council, scientific advice on marine pollution and its effects on living resources, to member governments and to regulatory commissions. It is a firm procedure within the Council that reports of other subsidiary bodies must pass the Advisory Committee on Marine Pollution. The Advisory Committee on Marine Pollution consists of a number of scientists acting - when they meet as a committee - in their personal capacity as scientists, responsible only to the Council. The membership of the Committee is such that it covers a wide range of expertise related to studies of marine pollution. The members are not national representatives. The present membership of the Committee is found on page 1. 
2. The Advisory Committee has usually as a basis for its deliberations reports by Working Groups of the Council. Such reports will, when it is considered useful, be annexed to the Committee 9 s own report. The Committee wishes to stress that by annexing the reports it does not necessarily endorse all statements or conclusions found in them. The Committee's own views are found in its own report and these views represent the advice that is given on behalf of the Council. 
3. In the present report to the Commission the Advisory Committee on Marine Pollution has included information which it hopes the Commission may find useful in addition to items which the Commission itself has expressed the wish to be informed about.

Report of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea to the Interim Helsinki Commission, 1976

1. The Advisory Committee on Marine Pollution has been established by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea with the task to formulate on behalf of the Council, scientific advice on marine pollution and its effects on living resources, to member governments and to regulatory commissions. It is a firm procedure within the Council that reports of other subsidiary bodies must pass the Advisory Committee on Marine Pollution. The Advisory Committee on Marine Pollution consists of a number of scientists acting -when they meet as a committee -in their personal capacity as scientists, responsible only to the Council. The membership of the Committee is such that it covers a wide range of expertise related to studies of marine pollution, The members are not national representatives. The present member-ship of the Committee is found on page 1. 
2. The Advisory Committee has usually as a basis for its deliberations reports by Working Groups of the Council, Such reports will, when it is considered useful, be annexed to the Committee's own report, The Committee wishes to stress that by annexing the reports it does not necessarily endorse all statements or conclusions found in them. The Committee's own views are found in its own report and these views represent the advice that is given on behalf of the Council. 
3. In the present report to the Commission the Advisory Committee on Marine Pollution has included information which it hopes the Commission may find useful in addition to items which the Commission itself has expressed the wish to be informed about,