Member State report / Art9 / 2012 / D4 / 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 D4 Food webs/D1 Ecosystems
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
1.7 Ecosystem structure
1.7.1 Composition ecosystem
1.7.1 Composition ecosystem
4.1 Productivity (production per unit biomass) of key species or trophic groups
4.1.1 Productivity of key predators
4.2 Proportion of selected species at the top of food webs
4.2.1 Large fish by weight
4.3 Abundance/distribution of key trophic groups/species
4.3.1 Abundance trends of selected groups/species
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.
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
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)
  • Functional group - other (highly mobile/widely dispersed species groups)
Criterion/indicator
1.7
1.7.1
1.7.1
4.1
4.1.1
4.2
4.2.1
4.3
4.3.1
GES description
Absence of negative trend
Smolt production is above the limit share
Absence of decline
absence of decline
Threshold values
  • Estonian marine waters = Not Assessed
  • Estonian marine waters = 75
  • Estonian marine waters = Not Assessed
  • Estonian marine waters = Not Assessed
Threshold value unit
Unknown
%
Unknown
Unknown
Proportion of area to achieve threshold value
100%
100%
100%
100%
Reference point type
TargetReferencePoint
TargetReferencePoint
TargetReferencePoint
TargetReferencePoint
Baseline
reference conditions
reference conditions
reference conditions
reference conditions
Assessment method
Development status
Fully operational
Fully operational
Fully operational