Member State report / Art11 / 2014 / D11 / Finland / Baltic Sea
| Report type | Member State report to Commission |
| MSFD Article | Art. 11 Monitoring programmes (and Art. 17 updates) |
| Report due | 2014-10-15 |
| GES Descriptor | D11 Energy, incl. underwater noise |
| Member State | Finland |
| Region/subregion | Baltic Sea |
| Reported by | Reporter not found |
| Report date | Date not found |
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| Monitoring programme | Monitoring programme name | MP_D11 |
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| Monitoring programme | Reference existing programme | BALFI-D11 |
| Monitoring programme | Marine Unit ID |
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| Q4e - Programme ID | BALFI-D11 |
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| Q4f - Programme description | General information is available at:
HELCOM Monitoring manual - Monitoring of “Underwater noise” - http://www.helcom.fi/action-areas/monitoring-and-assessment/monitoring-manual/introduction#Noise and
http://www.helcom.fi/action-areas/monitoring-and-assessment/monitoring-manual/underwater-noise/ |
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| Q5e - Natural variability |
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| Q5d - Adequacy for assessment of GES | Q5d - Adequate data | Y |
| Q5d - Adequacy for assessment of GES | Q5d - Established methods | N |
| Q5d - Adequacy for assessment of GES | Q5d - Adequate understanding of GES | Y |
| Q5d - Adequacy for assessment of GES | Q5d - Adequate capacity | Y |
| Q5f - Description of programme for GES assessment | Monitoring has started and will give adequate data to support indicators which measure the distance to GES. It is not yet possible to assess whether the monitoring is sufficient to detect the natural variability. Assessment methods will be developed by 2018 on the basis of the monitored data. |
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| Q5g - Gap-filling date for GES assessment | By2018 |
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| Q5h - Plans to implement monitoring for GES assessment | It is expected that GES can be assessed by 2018. Underwater noise indicators will be developed by BIAS project and HELCOM on the basis of current measurements and they will be fully operational by 2018. |
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| Q6a -Relevant targets | Q6a - Environmental target | Target 38 Target 39 |
| Q6a -Relevant targets | Q6a - Associated indicator | Target 38 Target 39 |
| Q6b - Adequacy for assessment of targets | Q6b_SuitableData | Y |
| Q6b - Adequacy for assessment of targets | Q6b_EstablishedMethods | Y |
| Q6b - Adequacy for assessment of targets | Q6d_AdequateCapacity | Y |
| Q6c - Target updating | ||
| Q6d - Description of programme for targets assessment | The progress towards the targets will be monitored by a number of indicators (see Finnish Art. 10 report) |
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| Q6e - Gap-filling date for targets assessment | By2014 |
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| Q6f - Plans to implement monitoring for targets assessment | ||
| Q7a - Relevant activities |
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| Q7b - Description of monitoring of activities | Monitoring of noise is going on and analysis of it's sources is being undertaken in the LIFE+ BIAS project in the Baltic Sea. Generally the noise monitoring collects information from all sea based activities, but specific activity monitoring (eg. shipping) is collected within HELCOM. |
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| Q7c - Relevant measures | ||
| Q7e - Adequacy for assessment of measures | Q7d - Adequate data | |
| Q7e - Adequacy for assessment of measures | Q7d - Established methods | |
| Q7e - Adequacy for assessment of measures | Q7d - Adequate understanding of GES | |
| Q7e - Adequacy for assessment of measures | Q7d - Adequate capacity | |
| Q7e - Adequacy for assessment of measures | Q7d - Addresses activities and pressures | |
| Q7e - Adequacy for assessment of measures | Q7d - Addresses effectiveness of measures | |
| Q7d - Description of monitoring for measures | ||
| Q7f - Gap-filling date for activities and measures | By2014 |
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| Q8a - Links to existing Monitoring Programmes |
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| Reference sub-programme | Sub-programme ID | BALFI-D11-1 |
| Reference sub-programme | Sub-programme name | Diffuse underwater noise - distribution, frequency and levels |
| Q4g - Sub-programmes | Sub-programme ID | BALFI-D11-1 |
| Q4g - Sub-programmes | Sub-programme name | Diffuse underwater noise - distribution, frequency and levels |
| Q4k - Monitoring purpose | StateImpact |
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| Q4l - Links of monitoring programmes of other Directives and Conventions | General information on monitoring of impulsive and ambient noise is available in:
HELCOM Monitoring manual at - http://www.helcom.fi/action-areas/monitoring-and-assessment/monitoring-manual/underwater-noise/ |
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| Q5c - Features | Q5c - Habitats |
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| Q5c - Features | Q5c - Species list | |
| Q5c - Features | Q5c - Physical/Chemical features | |
| Q5c - Features | Q5c - Pressures |
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| Q9a - Elements |
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| Q5a - GES criteria | Relevant GES criteria |
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| Q5b - GES indicators | Relevant GES indicators |
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| Q9b - Parameters monitored (state/impact) | Species distribution | |
| Q9b - Parameters monitored (state/impact) | Species population size | |
| Q9b - Parameters monitored (state/impact) | Species population characteristics | |
| Q9b - Parameters monitored (state/impact) | Species impacts | |
| Q9b - Parameters monitored (state/impact) | Habitat distribution | |
| Q9b - Parameters monitored (state/impact) | Habitat extent | |
| Q9b - Parameters monitored (state/impact) | Habitat condition (physical-chemical) | |
| Q9b - Parameters monitored (state/impact) | Habitat condition (biological) | |
| Q9b - Parameters monitored (state/impact) | Habitat impacts | |
| Q9b - Parameters monitored (pressures) | Pressure input | |
| Q9b - Parameters monitored (pressures) | Pressure output |
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| Q9b - Parameters monitored (activity) | Activity |
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| Q9b Parameters monitored (other) | Other | |
| Q41 Spatial scope | TerritorialWaters EEZ |
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| Q4j - Description of spatial scope | The monitoring covers the Finnish marine areas and in international cooperation the whole Baltic Sea is covered. |
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| Q4h - Temporal scope | Start date- End date | 2014-9999 |
| Q9h - Temporal resolution of sampling |
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| Q9c - Monitoring method | see BIAS-project: Standards for noise measurements - http://www.BIAS-project.eu and http://biasproject.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/bias_standards_v3-2.pdf |
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| Q9d - Description of alteration to method | ||
| Q9e - Quality assurance |
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| Q9f - Quality control | OtherQC |
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| Q9g - Spatial resolution of sampling | Q9g - Proportion of area covered % | 100 |
| Q9g - Spatial resolution of sampling | Q9g - No. of samples | Hydrophone-sensors for monitoring of sound are installed in all sub-basins, and in international cooperation the whole Baltic Sea is covered. |
| Q9i - Description of sample representivity | Linked to this sub-programme there is a collection of information on activities which cause the pressure on marine environment. Information on the activity Shipping is collected at HELCOM level.
See under "Action areas" at: http://www.helcom.fi/action-areas |
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| Q10a - Scale for aggregation of data |
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| Q10b - Other scale for aggregation of data | ||
| Q10c - Access to monitoring data | Q10c - Data type | ProcessedData DataProducts |
| Q10c - Access to monitoring data | Q10c - Data access mechanism | URLview |
| Q10c - Access to monitoring data | Q10c - Data access rights | Open |
| Q10c - Access to monitoring data | Q10c - INSPIRE standard | EnvMonitoringFacilities |
| Q10c - Access to monitoring data | Q10c Date data are available | 2015-12 |
| Q10c - Access to monitoring data | Q10c - Data update frequency | 3monthly |
| Q10d - Description of data access | No database for sound data is yet available; according to preliminary plans, the recorded raw data will be stored at SYKE and the processed indicator data at the HELCOM Secretariat database |