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Aquatic toxicity
Volume 14/Number6/June 1983
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Environmental Impact Assessment
New Publications on International Regulations
The Fourth International Seminar on Environmental Impact Assessment sponsored by the World Health Organization is to be held at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, from 17 to 29 July. Further information from Sandra M. Ralston, Department of Geography, University of Aberdeen, Old Aberdeen AB9 2UF, Scotland, UK.
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has recently published 'Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution by Oil' which contains the articles and Annex 1 of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the 1978 Protocol and also the proposed amendments to Annex 1 agreed by IMO's Marine Environment Protection Committee. In an IMO briefing announcing the new publication, the Treaty, which will become international law on 2 October this year, is described as "the most important anti-pollution measure ever adopted". Two new sections of IMO's Manual on Oil Pollution have been released recently, covering prevention and salvage. A fourth p u b l i c a t i o n - I M O / U N E P Guidelines on Oil Spill Dispersant Application and Environmental Considerations- is also now available. All can be ordered from Publications Section, IMO, 4, Albert Embankment, London SE1 7SR, UK.
Marine Pollution Chemistry A Diploma course in Marine Pollution Chemistry will be held in the Department of Oceanography, Liverpool University, from January to June 1984. It is designed to give scientists with some existing chemical background, training in marine chemistry, marine pollution chemistry and chemical analysis of marine systems. A limited number of NERC Advance course studentships are available for suitable British candidates. Further information from the organizer: Dr M. R. Preston, Department of Oceanography, Liverpool University, P. O. Box 147, Liverpool L69 3BX, UK.
Aquatic Toxicity The Tenth Annual Aquatic Toxicity Workshop will be held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on 7-10 November 1983, and the deadline for the submission of papers is 1 July. Further information from Dr Richard Addison, Marine Ecology Laboratory, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, P.O. Box 1006, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, B2Y 4A2, Canada.
Report on Marine Technology 'Marine Technology in the 1990s', a 202 page volume containing a range of papers about the potential for the exploitation of marine resources and for improved observation of the ocean, is now available from The Royal Society, Carlton House Terrace, London, UK, for £25.75 (UK) or £27.10 (overseas addresses). 207
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Environmental Impact Assessment
New Publications on International Regulations
The Fourth International Seminar on Environmental Impact Assessment sponsored by the World Health Organization is to be held at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, from 17 to 29 July. Further information from Sandra M. Ralston, Department of Geography, University of Aberdeen, Old Aberdeen AB9 2UF, Scotland, UK.
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has recently published 'Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution by Oil' which contains the articles and Annex 1 of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the 1978 Protocol and also the proposed amendments to Annex 1 agreed by IMO's Marine Environment Protection Committee. In an IMO briefing announcing the new publication, the Treaty, which will become international law on 2 October this year, is described as "the most important anti-pollution measure ever adopted". Two new sections of IMO's Manual on Oil Pollution have been released recently, covering prevention and salvage. A fourth p u b l i c a t i o n - I M O / U N E P Guidelines on Oil Spill Dispersant Application and Environmental Considerations- is also now available. All can be ordered from Publications Section, IMO, 4, Albert Embankment, London SE1 7SR, UK.
Marine Pollution Chemistry A Diploma course in Marine Pollution Chemistry will be held in the Department of Oceanography, Liverpool University, from January to June 1984. It is designed to give scientists with some existing chemical background, training in marine chemistry, marine pollution chemistry and chemical analysis of marine systems. A limited number of NERC Advance course studentships are available for suitable British candidates. Further information from the organizer: Dr M. R. Preston, Department of Oceanography, Liverpool University, P. O. Box 147, Liverpool L69 3BX, UK.
Aquatic Toxicity The Tenth Annual Aquatic Toxicity Workshop will be held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on 7-10 November 1983, and the deadline for the submission of papers is 1 July. Further information from Dr Richard Addison, Marine Ecology Laboratory, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, P.O. Box 1006, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, B2Y 4A2, Canada.
Report on Marine Technology 'Marine Technology in the 1990s', a 202 page volume containing a range of papers about the potential for the exploitation of marine resources and for improved observation of the ocean, is now available from The Royal Society, Carlton House Terrace, London, UK, for £25.75 (UK) or £27.10 (overseas addresses). 207