6. Environmental issues: impacts of dredging operations and discharges at sea

6.1 Good environmental practices

In February 2018, the Groupe d'études et d'observation sur les dragages et l'environnement (GEODE) published a document entitled "Dredging and dumping at sea. Review of good environmental practices".

In addition to the GEODE guides on dredging impact studies and environmental monitoring of dredging and dumping, we refer you to the above-mentioned guide, whose chapter headings are as follows:

• objectives ;

• dredging issues in France ;

• summary of the environmental impact of dredging operations ;

• introduction to good environmental practises (GEP) ;

• ...