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Over 95 per cent of the estuaries in Great Britain were classified as having good or fair water quality in 2000. The last decade has seen a substantial decline in most marine inputs of metals, nutrients and organic substances via rivers and direct coastal discharges.
Between 1998 and 2002 there was a slight increase in the proportion of reported fish stocks around the UK assessed to be within safe biological limits, from 24 per cent to 29 per cent. However, the proportion of fish resources considered to be fully- or over-exploited has steadily increased over the last fifty years.
| Ref No | Indicator | QOLC 1999 | QOLC Updated Assessment | ||||
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| 1970 | 1990 | 1970 | 1990 | Strategy | |||
| R1 | Estuarine water quality, marine inputs | Estuarine water quality | |
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| R2 | Compliance with Bathing Water Directive | |
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| R3 | Biodiversity in coastal/marine areas † | |
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| R4 | Fish stocks around the UK fished within safe limits | |
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| R5 | State of the world's fisheries | |
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