1998 Year of the Ocean 



PERSPECTIVES ON MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY TODAY 



Contents 



1. INTRODUCTION E-2 



2. THE VALUE OF MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY E-3 



3. PRESSURES ON MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY E-5 



4. THE STATE OF MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY E-1 1 



5. RESPONSES TO CHANGES IN MARINE 



ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY E-17 



6. CONCLUSION E-26 



7. REFERENCES E-27 



8. DOMESTIC LEGAL REGIME E-31 



9. LIST OF ACRONYMS E-45 



This Year of the Ocean document was prepared as a background discussion paper and does not 

 necessarily reflect the policies of the U.S. Government or the U.S. Government agencies that 

 participated in its preparation. 



