More knowledge about by-catches of marine mammals is collected pursuant to the relevant monitoring programmes. (Operational target)

The Ministry of Environment and Food contributes to regional work regarding establishment of threshold values and determination of good environmental status, and works to ensure that the status for biological diversity is in accordance hereto.

Need for protection initiatives for HELCOM and OSPAR Red List species is assessed. If there are any Red List species that are endangered or not sufficiently protected, the Ministry of Environment and Food will assess specifically the need for further initiatives in collaboration with relevant ministries. (Operational target)

Incidental by-catch of harbour porpoise is reduced as much as possible, and as a minimum to a level below 1.7% of the total population.

Incidental by-catch of seals is at an adequately low level that does not threaten populations in the long term.

Harbour porpoise, harbour seal and grey seal achieve favourable conservation status in accordance with the timeline laid down in the Habitats Directive. (relation to timescale: Timescale is not set in the birds directive, and therefore not specified here)

Harbour porpoise, harbour seal and grey seal achieve favourable conservation status in accordance with the timeline laid down in the Habitats Directive. (relation to timescale: Timescale is not set in the birds directive, and therefore not specified here)

The Ministry of Environment and Food contributes to setting population-specific threshold values for by-catches of harbour porpoise in a regional context with a view to subsequently setting environmental targets for vulnerable populations of harbour porpoise. (Operational target)

The Ministry of Environment and Food contributes to regional work regarding establishment of threshold values and determination of good environmental status, and works to ensure that the anthropogenic impacts on the food web are in accordance hereto.

The need for additional marine protected areas or other initiatives in the Baltic Sea and the North Sea is assessed, and a similar assessment is subsequently carried out for the Danish Straits. (Operational target)

The northern Sound is designated as a marine protected area pursuant to the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, and new licences to extract mineral resources are stopped. This will not result in any changes in relation to the existing fisheries regulation