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    To protect marine mammals

    Harbour porpoise (Phocaena phocaena) The harbour porpoise is the smallest cetacean of the North Sea. This species is found in cold and temperate shallow sea areas of the North...
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    Links to other sea sites

    Belgium has a long tradition of sea research. For additional or more specific information, you can find something you want in one of the following sites: • MUMMis Management...
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    Military activities

    Soldiers on sea? The Belgian part of the North Sea is regularly used for military activities, such as (planning of exercises): • shooting exercises from the land towards...
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    Activities at sea

    ACTIVITIES AT SEA The Belgian part of the North Sea has a large and often unprecedented biodiversity. The spectrum of human activities that takes place is also extremely diverse...
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    Diseases

    Like all animals, cetaceans are exposed to diseases and biotoxins. However, the number of these diseases is increasing and the emergence of new diseases has been observed in...
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    Environmental problems

    Environmental problems and threats Human activity has had a major negative impact on the marine environment, especially in recent decades. The sea and its biodiversity are being...
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    Fisheries and mariculture

    Fishery, an age-old profession Viewed in economical terms, fishery is a small sector in Belgium and moreover has considerably decreased over the last decades. It however remains...
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    Shipping and ports

    Busy, busy, busy on the North Sea … The North Sea includes some of the busiest sea routes of the world. The most important routes for international maritime transport lie just...
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    Offshore energy production

    Looking for renewable energy Renewable energy has become an important issue. There are some evident reasons for this: • no emission of CO2 that helps to achieve the Kyoto...
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    Sand and gravel extraction

    Should it still be sand? The sand and gravel exploitation in the Belgian part of the North Sea started in 1976 as an alternative to the extraction of sand and gravel on land. The...