Member State report / Art18 / 2018 / D3 / Finland / Baltic Sea

Report type Member State report to Commission
MSFD Article Art. 18 Interim report on programme of measures
Report due 2018-10-15
GES Descriptor D3 Commercial fish and shellfish
Member State Finland
Region/subregion Baltic Sea
Reported by Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE)
Report date 2018-12-21
Report access BALFI-ART18_21DEC2018.xml
Marine reporting units
Features
Measure code
BALFI-M007-EUTRO
BALFI-M008-EUTRO
BALFI-M011-FISH
BALFI-M012-FISH
BALFI-M014-NOISE
BALFI-M015-NOISE
BALFI-M018-PHYS
BALFI-M025-HABIT
BALFI-M026-HABIT
BALFI-M027-HABIT
BALFI-X001-FISH
BALFI-X002-FISH
BALFI-X002-HABIT
BALFI-X002-PHYS
BALFI-X003-FISH
BALFI-X003-HABIT
BALFI-X003-PHYS
BALFI-X004-FISH
BALFI-X004-HABIT
BALFI-X004-PHYS
BALFI-X005-FISH
BALFI-X005-PHYS
BALFI-X006-FISH
BALFI-X006-HABIT
BALFI-X006-PHYS
BALFI-X007-FISH
BALFI-X008-FISH
BALFI-X009-FISH
BALFI-X009-HABIT
BALFI-X010-FISH
BALFI-X011-FISH
BALFI-X012-FISH
Measure name
EUTRO7 - As part of HELCOM cooperation, Finland will continue to take part in negotiations that aim at having the International Maritime Organization designate the Baltic Sea a NOx emissions control area (NECA)
EUTRO8 - Contribute to adoption of LNG as the fuel used by vessels,and take responsibility for building the necessary infrastructure
FISH1 - Assessment of the possibilities and need for improving the effectiveness of restrictions on fishing of coastal species
FISH2 - Conservation of the European grayling
NOISE1 - Contribute to decision-making in the International Maritime Organization to reduce the amount of underwater noise caused by ships
NOISE2 - Reduce impulse noise caused by underwater construction work
PHYS2 - Draft a national plan on extraction of marine sand and aggregate
HABIT1 - Improve conservation in marine protected areas
HABIT2 - Action plans for endangered species and habitats
HABIT3 - Conservation of key underwater habitats
Measures that relate to the Hunting Act (615/1993)
Act on Implementing the Common Fisheries Policy of the European Community. (1139/1994)
Measures that relate to the Nature Conservation Act (1096/1996) and Decree (160/1997)
Act on the Exclusive Economic Zone of Finland (1058/2004)
Conservation and management plan of Sea trout stocks in the Gulf of Finland (2001)
Inventory Programme for the Underwater Marine Environment (VELMU), 2004-2015
Act on the Environmental Impact Assessment of Plans and Programs by Authorities (200/2005) (SEA Act)
Baltic seal population management plan (2007)
Management Plan for the Finnish Seal Populations in the Baltic Sea (2007)
An action plan to improve the status of endangered habitats (2011)
Government Decree on restrictions on salmon fishing in the Gulf of Bothnia and Simojoki river (190/2008)
Engineering of wind power constructions through landscape plans (2012)
Finland's National Eel Management Plan (2008), which has been implemented in line with the EU regulation for the recovery of the European eel stock (1100/2007)
Threatened Species in Finland - The Red List (2010)
Sediment dredging and deposition instructions (2015)
National Aquaculture Program 2015
National Commercial Fishing  Programme in 2015
National fishway strategy (Government Resolution on 8.3.2012)
Saving Nature for People. National action plan for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in Finland 2013–2020 (Government Resolution 20 December 2012)
EU regulation (1380/2013/EU) on the Common Fisheries Policy
Measures that relate to the National Salmon and Sea trout Strategy 2020 for the Baltic Sea Region (Government Resolution, 16 October 2014)
Measures that relate to the Fishing Act (379/2015) and Regulation on Fishing 1360/2015 (formerly old regulation 1116/1982 reported )
Measure category (type)
2a
2a
2b
2b
2a
2b
2b
2a
2a
2a
1a
1a
1a
1a
1a
1a
1a
1a
1a
1a
1a
1a
1a
1a
1a
1a
1a
1a
1a
1a
1a
1a
Progress in implementation
Measure implemented
Implementation started
Implementation not started
Implementation started
Implementation started
Implementation started
Implementation started
Implementation started
Implementation started
Implementation started
Measure withdrawn
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Reason for withdrawal
Year of implementation (Temporal coverage - timeline for implementation)
2016
2025
2021
2021
2021
2021
2021
2020
2020
Delay
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Reasons for delay
Other obstacles (Obstacles to implementation)
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Type of obstacle
Further information on obstacle (Description)
Brief description of progress (measurement of effectiveness of measure)
Ongoing (infinite)
The strategy has been adopted and it is ongoing and being implemented by ongoing measures.