Member State report / Art8 / 2018 / D4 / Estonia / Baltic Sea

Report type Member State report to Commission
MSFD Article Art. 8 Initial assessment (and Art. 17 updates)
Report due 2018-10-15
GES Descriptor D4 Food webs/D1 Ecosystems
Member State Estonia
Region/subregion Baltic Sea
Reported by Estonian Environment Agency
Report date 2020-04-06
Report access ART8_GES_Merge_v3_04_2019.xml

Estonian marine waters (BAL-EE-AA)

GES component
D4
D4
D4
D4
D4
D4
Feature
Coastal ecosystem
Coastal ecosystem
Coastal ecosystem
Coastal ecosystem
Coastal ecosystem
Coastal ecosystem
Element
All trophic guilds
Planktivores
Primary producers
Sub-apex pelagic predators
All trophic guilds
Sub-apex demersal predators
Element code
TrophicGuildsAll
TrophicGuildsPlankt
TrophicGuildsPrimProd
TrophicGuildsPredSApexPel
TrophicGuildsAll
TrophicGuildsPredSApexDem
Element code source
Link to other vocabulary or code lists that may be relevant
Link to other vocabulary or code lists that may be relevant
Link to other vocabulary or code lists that may be relevant
Link to other vocabulary or code lists that may be relevant
Link to other vocabulary or code lists that may be relevant
Link to other vocabulary or code lists that may be relevant
Element 2
Primary consumers
Sub-apex demersal predators
Element 2 code
TrophicGuildsPredSApexDem
Element 2 code source
Link to other vocabulary or code lists that may be relevant
Element source
EU
HELCOM
EU
HELCOM
EU
HELCOM
Criterion
D4C1
D4C2
D4C2
D4C2
D4C3
D4C3
Parameter
Other
Other
Other
Other
Other
Other
Parameter other
Fish community trophic index
Abundance of coastal Fish key functional groups: abundance of cyprinids in monitoring catches
Balance of lower guilds
Abundance of coastal Fish key functional groups: abundance of piscivores in monitoring catches
Mean maximum length across all fish species found in monitoring catches (MMLI)
Abundance index of large (TL>250 mm) perch (Perca fluviatilis) in monitoring catches
Threshold value upper
0.6
0.6
0.7
0.6
0.6
0.6
Threshold value lower
0.3
Threshold qualitative
Threshold value source
Other (specify)
Other (specify)
National
Other (specify)
Other (specify)
Other (specify)
Threshold value source other
HELCOM BEAT based national application
HELCOM BEAT based national application
HELCOM BEAT based national application
HELCOM BEAT based national application
HELCOM BEAT based national application
Value achieved upper
0.41
0.41
0.5
0.51
0.52
0.44
Value achieved lower
Value unit
Other
Other
ratio
Catch-Per-Unit-Effort
ratio
ratio
Value unit other
not applicable
not applicable
Proportion threshold value
Proportion value achieved
Proportion threshold value unit
Trend
Not relevant
Not relevant
Not relevant
Not relevant
Not relevant
Not relevant
Parameter achieved
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Description parameter
The threshold value of GES has been set according to the methodology developed by WG HELCOM FISH PRO II (http://www.helcom.fi/baltic-sea-trends/indicators/abundance-of-key-coastal-fish-species/assessment-protocol/). Depending on background conditions, the threshold values of GES are set using different methodologies for different MRU-s. Therefore the threshold values of GES have transferred to scale 0-1. According to the methodology, GES values over 0,6 are showing GES.
The threshold value of GES has been set according to the methodology developed by WG HELCOM FISH PRO II (http://www.helcom.fi/baltic-sea-trends/indicators/abundance-of-key-coastal-fish-species/assessment-protocol/). Depending on background conditions, the threshold values of GES are set using different methodologies for different MRU-s. Therefore the threshold values of GES have transferred to scale 0-1. According to the methodology, GES values over 0,6 are showing GES.
The threshold value of GES has been set according to the methodology developed by WG HELCOM FISH PRO II (http://www.helcom.fi/baltic-sea-trends/indicators/abundance-of-key-coastal-fish-species/assessment-protocol/). Depending on background conditions, the threshold values of GES are set using different methodologies for different MRU-s. Therefore the threshold values of GES have transferred to scale 0-1. According to the methodology, GES values over 0,6 are showing GES.
The threshold value of GES has been set according to the methodology developed by WG HELCOM FISH PRO II (http://www.helcom.fi/baltic-sea-trends/indicators/abundance-of-key-coastal-fish-species/assessment-protocol/). Depending on background conditions, the threshold values of GES are set using different methodologies for different MRU-s. Therefore the threshold values of GES have transferred to scale 0-1. According to the methodology, GES values over 0,6 are showing GES.
The threshold value of GES has been set according to the methodology developed by WG HELCOM FISH PRO II (http://www.helcom.fi/baltic-sea-trends/indicators/abundance-of-key-coastal-fish-species/assessment-protocol/). Depending on background conditions, the threshold values of GES are set using different methodologies for different MRU-s. Therefore the threshold values of GES have transferred to scale 0-1. According to the methodology, GES values over 0,6 are showing GES.
Related indicator
Criteria status
Not good
Not good
Good
Not good
Not good
Not good
Description criteria
Element status
Not good
Not good
Good
Not good
Not good
Not good
Description element
Integration rule type parameter
NHIE_NWEI
NHIE_NWEI
NHIE_NWEI
NHIE_NWEI
NHIE_NWEI
NHIE_NWEI
Integration rule description parameter
Integration rule type criteria
OOAO
OOAO
OOAO
OOAO
OOAO
OOAO
Integration rule description criteria
GES extent threshold
GES extent achieved
GES extent unit
Not relevant
Not relevant
Not relevant
Not relevant
Not relevant
Not relevant
GES achieved
GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported
GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported
GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported
GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported
GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported
GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported
Description overall status
Assessments period
2011-2016
2011-2016
2011-2016
2011-2016
2011-2016
2011-2016
Related pressures
  • Changes to hydrological conditions
  • Eutrophication
  • Extraction of, or mortality/injury to, wild species (by commercial and recreational fishing and other activities)
  • Input or spread of non-indigenous species
  • Physical disturbance to seabed
  • Physical loss of the seabed
  • Changes to hydrological conditions
  • Eutrophication
  • Extraction of, or mortality/injury to, wild species (by commercial and recreational fishing and other activities)
  • Input or spread of non-indigenous species
  • Physical disturbance to seabed
  • Physical loss of the seabed
  • Changes to hydrological conditions
  • Eutrophication
  • Extraction of, or mortality/injury to, wild species (by commercial and recreational fishing and other activities)
  • Input or spread of non-indigenous species
  • Physical disturbance to seabed
  • Physical loss of the seabed
  • Changes to hydrological conditions
  • Eutrophication
  • Extraction of, or mortality/injury to, wild species (by commercial and recreational fishing and other activities)
  • Input or spread of non-indigenous species
  • Physical disturbance to seabed
  • Physical loss of the seabed
  • Changes to hydrological conditions
  • Eutrophication
  • Extraction of, or mortality/injury to, wild species (by commercial and recreational fishing and other activities)
  • Input or spread of non-indigenous species
  • Physical disturbance to seabed
  • Physical loss of the seabed
  • Changes to hydrological conditions
  • Eutrophication
  • Extraction of, or mortality/injury to, wild species (by commercial and recreational fishing and other activities)
  • Input or spread of non-indigenous species
  • Physical disturbance to seabed
  • Physical loss of the seabed
Related targets