Member State report / Art9 / 2012 / D10 / Finland / 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 D10 Litter
Member State Finland
Region/subregion Baltic Sea
Reported by Team of experts from: - several Finnish Institutes, - Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment - The Ministry of Enviroment
Report date 2012-11-09
Report access MSFD9GES_20130515_140715.xml
GES component
D10
10.1 Characteristics of litter in the marine and coastal environment
10.1.1 Trends in litter on shore
10.1.2 Trends in litter in water column
10.1.3 Trends in micro-plastics
10.2 Impacts of marine litter on marine life
10.2.1 Trends in amount of litter ingested
Method used
space limits (space targets) which may be either m
space limits (space targets) which may be either m
space limits (space targets) which may be either m
space limits (space targets) which may be either m
space limits (space targets) which may be either m
Marine reporting units
  • Baltic Sea
  • Baltic Sea
  • Baltic Sea
  • Baltic Sea
  • Baltic Sea
  • Baltic Sea
  • Baltic Sea
Feature
  • Litter [macro]
Criterion/indicator
D10
10.1
10.1.1
10.1.2
10.1.3
10.2
10.2.1
GES description
Roskaantuminen ei ominaisuuksiltaan eikä määrältään aiheuta haittaa rannikko- ja meriympäristölle
Meressä olevan tai sinne päätyvän roskan tai sen hajoamistuotteiden määrä on sellaisella tasolla, joka ei aiheuta merkittävää kemiallista tai fyysistä haittaa eliöyhteisöille, meriympäristön virkistyskäytölle eikä se aiheuta taloudellista haittaa rannikon ja meren elinkeinotoiminnalle.
Number and quality of visible debris on beaches
Amount of litter collected
Quantity and quality of visible litter at the bottom of the sea
Threshold values
Threshold value unit
Proportion of area to achieve threshold value
Reference point type
Baseline
Assessment method
Definite
Development status
operational by 2014
operational by 2014
operational by 2018