Member State report / Art9 / 2018 / D1-P / Denmark / Baltic Sea

Report type Member State report to Commission
MSFD Article Art. 9 Determination of GES (and Art. 17 updates)
Report due 2018-10-15
GES Descriptor D1 Pelagic habitats
Member State Denmark
Region/subregion Baltic Sea
Reported by Danish Environmental Protection Agency
Report date 2019-08-30
Report access DK_ART9_GES_Merge_20190829.xml

GES component
D1
D1-P
D1C6
Marine reporting units
  • DK-TOTAL-part-BAL
Features
  • Pelagic broad habitats
GES description
The state of the habitat type, including its biotic and abiotic structure and its functions (e.g. the typical species composition and their relative density, absence of particularly sensitive or vulnerable species, or species that have an important function in the ecosystem, or species size structure) are not adversely affected by man-made pressures.
Determination date
201904
Update type
New determination
Justification for non-use of criterion
Justification for delay in setting EU/regional requirements
For D1C6, good environmental status is considered descriptive, as at present there are no regional or subregional coordinated thresholds for good environmental status in the pelagic habitat.