Art9-2024

Member State report / Art9-2024 / 2024 / D1-F / Estonia / Baltic Sea

Report type	Member State report to Commission
MSFD Article	Art9
Report due	2024-10-15
GES Descriptor	D1 Fish
Member State	Estonia
Region/subregion	Baltic Sea
Report date	2024-12-11 14:54:57

Simplified table

GES component	D1C2	D1C1	D1C1	D1C1	D1C2	D1C2	D1C3	D1C3	D1C3	D1C4	D1C4	D1C4	D1C5	D1C5	D1C5
Marine reporting units		BAL-EE-AA-AA	BAL-EE-AA-AA	BAL-EE-AA-AA	BAL-EE-AA-AA	BAL-EE-AA-AA	BAL-EE-AA-AA	BAL-EE-AA-AA	BAL-EE-AA-AA	BAL-EE-AA-AA	BAL-EE-AA-AA	BAL-EE-AA-AA	BAL-EE-AA-AA	BAL-EE-AA-AA	BAL-EE-AA-AA
Features	Seals	Benthic-feeding birds Grazing birds Pelagic-feeding birds Surface-feeding birds Wading birds	Coastal fish	Seals	Benthic-feeding birds Grazing birds Pelagic-feeding birds Surface-feeding birds Wading birds	Coastal fish	Coastal fish SpeciesGroups	Benthic-feeding birds Grazing birds Pelagic-feeding birds Surface-feeding birds Wading birds	Seals	Seals	Coastal fish	Benthic-feeding birds Grazing birds Pelagic-feeding birds Surface-feeding birds Wading birds	Coastal fish	Benthic-feeding birds Grazing birds Pelagic-feeding birds Surface-feeding birds Wading birds	Seals
GES description	Good status is achieved for each species when the following criteria are met: i) The abundance of seals reaches a Limit Reference Level (LRL) of at least 10,000 individuals; ii) The annual increase in the exponentially growing population is equal to or exceeds 7% (the population is showing at least 7% increase in annual abundance rate); iii) The abundance of the grey seal population does not decrease by more than 1% per year over the last six years; iv) The abundance of the ringed seal population, which is at the ecological carrying capacity limit, does not decline by more than 10% over a 10-year period. The regional GES determination is agreed upon and used in the assessment; no separate GES definition is established for Estonia.				Species level: GES is achieved if the abundance of bird species is at least 70% from the baseline value. Species group level: GES is achieved if 75% of the bird species inside the species group have achieved GES.		GES is determined for fish via indicator 'mean maximum length across all fish species found in monitoring catches (MMLI)'. GES is achieved if indicator value is above 0,6.			Grey seals: GES is achieved if the distributional range covers the entire Estonian marine area, which is ca 36500 km². Ringed seals: GES is achieved if the distributional range is at least 12050 km². GES is achieved if the distribution patterns of both grey and ringed seals are not fragmented within their distributional areas.			According to the ICES analysis, to restore salmon populations to a level that would allow their sustainable exploitation (at the MSY level), it is necessary to achieve a number of spawners that would constitute 75% of the maximum natural potential number of spawners in these spawning rivers (PSPC75%) (Piet et al. 2010).
Determination date	201807	201807	201807	201807	201807	201807	201807	201807	201807	201807	201807	201807	202407	201807	201807
Update type	DeterminationSame	DeterminationSame	DeterminationSame	DeterminationSame	DeterminationSame	DeterminationSame	DeterminationSame	DeterminationSame	DeterminationSame	DeterminationSame	DeterminationSame	DeterminationSame	DeterminationNew	DeterminationSame	DeterminationSame
Justification for non-use of criterion		Criterion D1C1 is not used for determining GES due to insufficient reliable data on mortality rates for bird, seal, and fish species from incidental by-catch.	Criterion D1C1 is not used for determining GES due to insufficient reliable data on mortality rates for bird, seal, and fish species from incidental by-catch.	Criterion D1C1 is not used for determining GES due to insufficient reliable data on mortality rates for bird, seal, and fish species from incidental by-catch.		GES is not determined separately at the national level; regional GES and assessment results are used for the D1C2 criterion		There is insufficient reliable data on birds and seals to determine GES. Criterion D1C3 is a secondary criterion for birds and seals, so determining GES is not mandatory.	There is insufficient reliable data on birds and seals to determine GES. Criterion D1C3 is a secondary criterion for birds and seals, so determining GES is not mandatory.		4 species covered by Annexes II (Cobitis taenia, Cottus gobio, Lampetra fluviatilis) and V (Coregonus widegreni) of Directive 92/43/EEC are permanently inhabiting Estonian marine waters. Due to the lack of consistent data for C. taenia and C. gobio and the absence of identified pressures on L. fluviatilis, it is deemed inappropriate to determine GES for these species under the D1C4 in Estonian marine waters. Data regarding the distribution and abundance of C. taenia and C. gobio is highly fragmented as no regular monitoring is performed for these species. It hasn’t been possible to develop threshold values or determine GES for these species. There is no indication that L. fluviatilis's distribution is restricted by any factors; it is not directly dependent on/linked to specific marine habitat types. Therefore, assessing its distribution range is not relevant for determining GES D1C4. For C. widegreni and other commercially exploited fish stocks, GES is determined under D3	Criterion D1C4 is a secondary criterion for birds and seals, so determining GES is not mandatory.		There is insufficient reliable data to determine GES. Criterion D1C5 is a secondary criterion for birds and seals, so determining GES is not mandatory.	There is insufficient reliable data to determine GES. Regional cooperation for assessing criterion D1C5 is lacking, and the necessary data is either not collected or is irregular. Consequently, developing the GES and the indicator is neither feasible nor appropriate with the current data.
Justification for delay in setting EU/regional requirements