Member State report / Art9 / 2012 / D3 / Estonia / Baltic Sea

Report type Member State report to Commission
MSFD Article Art. 9 Determination of GES (and Art. 17 updates)
Report due 2012-10-15
GES Descriptor D3 Commercial fish and shellfish
Member State Estonia
Region/subregion Baltic Sea
Reported by Estonian Marine Institute
Report date 2012-10-19
Report access MSFD9GES_20130430_141744.xml
GES component
3.1 Level of pressure of the fishing activity
3.1.1 Fishing mortality
3.1.2 Fish catch/biomass ratio
3.2 Reproductive capacity of the stock
3.2.1 Spawning stock biomass
3.2.2 Biomass indices
3.3 Population age and size distribution
3.3.1 Proportion of larger fish
3.3.3 Fish length distribution
3.3.4 Fish size at sexual maturation
Method used
BAL-EE-AA: Targets were set on criteria level and indicators were selected from those used for GES determination.
BAL-EE-AA: Targets were set on criteria level and indicators were selected from those used for GES determination.
BAL-EE-AA: Targets were set on criteria level and indicators were selected from those used for GES determination.
Marine reporting units
  • Estonian marine waters
  • Estonian marine waters
  • Estonian marine waters
  • Estonian marine waters
  • Estonian marine waters
  • Estonian marine waters
  • Estonian marine waters
  • Estonian marine waters
  • Estonian marine waters
  • Estonian marine waters
Feature
  • Functional group - other (highly mobile/widely dispersed species groups)
  • Functional group - other (highly mobile/widely dispersed species groups)
  • Functional group - other (highly mobile/widely dispersed species groups)
Criterion/indicator
3.1
3.1.1
3.1.2
3.2
3.2.1
3.2.2
3.3
3.3.1
3.3.3
3.3.4
GES description
Abundance is not higher than sertain frequency of occurrence
Absence of negative trend
Limit values for males and females
Threshold values
  • Estonian marine waters = 80
  • Estonian marine waters = Not Assessed
  • Estonian marine waters = L50>157 mm females L50>101 mm makes
Threshold value unit
Unknown
mm
Proportion of area to achieve threshold value
100%
100%
Reference point type
LimitReferencePoint
TargetReferencePoint
TargetReferencePoint
Baseline
background levels
reference conditions
reference conditions
Assessment method
Development status
Fully operational
Fully operational