The Commission will be briefed on the relevant results of the Expert Meeting on Dynamic and New Sectors of World Trade, held on 24 26 October 2005, on three sectors (i) electronics, (ii) marine products, and (iii) steel and related specialty products.

Marine environment, marine resources, marine biodiversity and the protection of vulnerable marine ecosystems

Some delegations referred to the adoption by FAO of international guidelines for the ecolabelling of fish and fishery products from marine capture fisheries, and the recommendation by the FAO Committee on Fisheries to prepare international guidelines on the ecolabelling of fish and fishery products from inland fisheries.

Marine environment, marine resources and the protection of vulnerable marine ecosystems

Marine environment and marine resources

Marine environment, marine resources and sustainable development

XI. Marine environment, marine resources and sustainable development

The Commission on Trade, at its ninth session in 2005, decided to convene annual Expert Meetings on promoting participation of developing countries in dynamic and new sectors of world trade and decided to consider following three sectors at the next Expert Meeting (a) electronics, (b) marine products, and (c) steel and related specialty products.

Examples include natural fibres, organic agricultural products, recyclable and biodegradable products or sustainably produced forest products.

V Marine safety and protection of the marine environment from accidental pollution

Marine science

Marine biodiversity

Marine transport

Marine debris

Marine debris

(b) Effects of marine debris (the effects of marine debris on human health, safety, tourism and other economic activities, navigation, marine species, the marine environment and fisheries) (see A 60 63, paras. 241 247)

Other products cost less. Other products had more features.

Qin Shanghai, Dean of the Ocean University of China s International Education College, told reporters that marine science, marine organism, marine geology, aquaculture, and utilization of marine bio resource are the distinctive majors of the school.

Enhanced marine scientific research is critical for sustainable exploration and exploitation of marine resources.

(b) Marine debris

Global Marine Assessment

Marine debris, also referred to as marine litter, is any persistent, manufactured or processed solid material discarded, disposed of or abandoned in the marine and coastal environment.

Typical rod products are reinforcing rods for concrete, engineering products, gears, tools and a range of products used in building construction.

We must strike a balance between marine resources exploitation and the conservation of the marine environment.

Effects of Pollution on Marine Mammals. Marine Mammal Commission Annual Report to Congress, Bethesda, Maryland, 1996.

Finished products are subdivided into two basic types flat and long products.

Marine science and technology

Rapporteur Marine Davtyan (Armenia)

Sources of marine litter

Effects of marine litter

Prevention of marine pollution

Petroleum products

Print products

As long as the input of non degradable litter into the marine environment continues, the result will be increased quantities of marine litter in the coastal and marine environments.

According to the United States Marine Mammal Commission, 136 marine species have been reported in entanglement incidents in the wider United States area, including 6 species of sea turtles, 51 species of seabirds and 32 species of marine mammals (Marine Mammal Commission, 1996).

Numerous countries use Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) to protect critical breeding grounds and migration routes for marine life.

VIII. Marine science and technology

(a) Protecting vulnerable marine ecosystems

Discussion Panel B Marine debris

Prescription Financial Products

State of the Marine Environment Report. Regional Organisation for the Protection of the Marine Environment, Kuwait, 2003, 217 pp.

Marine wildlife tourism generates many times more revenues from non extractive activities, such as visits to intact marine habitats.

China is a net exporter of long products and a net importer of flat products.

Wire drawn products and seamless pipes are also part of the long steel products group.

86. Notes the contribution of the Census of Marine Life to marine biodiversity research, and encourages participation in this initiative