Member State report / Art9 / 2018 / D2 / Estonia / 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 D2 Non-indigenous species
Member State Estonia
Region/subregion Baltic Sea
Reported by Estonian Environment Agency
Report date 2020-04-06
Report access msfd2018-ART9_GES_FINAL2019_.xml

GES component
D2
D2C1
D2C2
D2C3
D2C3
D2C3
Marine reporting units
  • BAL-EE-AA
  • BAL-EE-AA
  • BAL-EE-AA
  • BAL-EE-AA
Features
  • Input or spread of non-indigenous species
  • All marine ecosystem elements
  • Benthic broad habitats
  • Pelagic broad habitats
GES description
GES is achieved if new introductions of non-indigenous species (NIS) to Estonian marine area through human activities during assessment period is zero. NIS = 0.
GES is achieved if the biopollution level (BPL) is ≤ 1.
GES is achieved if the assessment period average value of contribution of non-indigenous species in macrozoobenthic community in Estonian marine area is not significantly higher than the average value from previous assessment period.
GES is achieved if the assessment period average value of contribution of non-indigenous species in zooplankton community in Estonian marine area is not significantly higher than the average value from previous assessment period.
Determination date
201807
201210
201807
201807
Update type
New determination
Same as last reported determination
New determination
New determination
Justification for non-use of criterion
D2C2 is secondary criteria, therefore not mandatory for determining GES. Under criteria D2C2, three indicators are monitored: 'abundance of alien pelagic invertebrate species'; 'biomass of alien benthic invertebrate species' and 'catch per unit effort of mobile non-indigenous species', which are contributing to the assessment of criteria D2C3.
Justification for delay in setting EU/regional requirements