The International Mussel Watch 



important to protecting human health and the world's coastal ecosystems. Optimism is warranted 

 since national and even a few regional sentinel organism monitoring programs have been 

 successful, providing data and interpretations that have already significantly influenced policy and 

 management related to coastal ecosystems. The following budget is presented in two formats: 

 (1) Full implementation of a global three year exercise and (2), implementation stepwise by sub- 

 components, representing a regional approach, certainly taking longer than 3 years to complete. 



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