MS/Art9/2018/D2/Estonia/Baltic Sea

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

Simplified table

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