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Project background: Currently, there are more than 20 offshore dumping sites in South-Eastern Baltic Sea, which are used for the depositing of dredged mainly from port areas and navigation channels. Development and maintenance of new ports will imply dredging of several million m3 of sediments in coming years, thus the need for new dumping sites should be also considered. Offshore dumping in the B ...

The Baltic Sea faces significant challenges: fishery declines, severe marine pollution, the effects of climate change as well as an increasing competition for space. At the same time new scientific and technological developments provide opportunities for innovative uses of marine resources which do not only have the power to generate sustainable regional economic development but also proactively c ...