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In Groups 1 to 3, the average score for all parameters in the Worst10% areas of the region is Very Poor, and a substantial proportion of these parameters contin- ue to decline across the region.

signed scores/grades for either condition or trends in Best10% or Worst10% of places. A large propor- tion of these parameters were species groups of fish where there was general knowledge of their overall conditions and trends, but no specific knowledge fin- er than regional scale. The lack of region-wide spa- tial knowledge about these populations might be an

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In Group 6, 15 of the 16 parameters are distinguished in the cluster analysis because they were not as-

Figure 13. Average condition scores for the region for each of the 8 groups from the clas- sification shown in Figure 11, with 1 standard deviation bar, for the Best10%, Most and Worst10% areas. (n = the number of parameters included in a group).

Figure 14. Summary of the confidence levels assigned by the experts to each group of parameters identified by the classification: frequency of parameters (%) assigned High, Medium or Low confidence for each classification group. (n = the number of parameters included in a group).