Member State report / Art10 / 2018 / D10 / Lithuania / Baltic Sea
| Report type | Member State report to Commission |
| MSFD Article | Art. 10 Environmental targets (and Art. 17 updates) |
| Report due | 2018-10-15 |
| GES Descriptor | D10 Litter |
| Member State | Lithuania |
| Region/subregion | Baltic Sea |
| Reported by | Environmental Protection Agency |
| Report date | 2020-06-09 |
| Report access | ART10_Targets_LT-03-31-corrected_06-04.xml |
Target code |
8 |
8 |
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Target description |
Reduce the impact of marine litter on the coastal and marine environment.
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Reduce the impact of marine litter on the coastal and marine environment.
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Feature(s) |
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GES components |
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Timescale |
203012 |
203012 |
Update date |
201712 |
201712 |
Update type |
Modified from 2012 definition |
Modified from 2012 definition |
Marine reporting unit |
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Element |
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Element 2 |
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Parameter |
Amount on coastline
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Amount on seabed
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Parameter - other |
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Target value |
94.0 |
22.0 |
Value achieved - upper |
120.0 |
235.0 |
Value achieved - lower |
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Value unit |
number of items per meter
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number of items per square kilometre
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Value unit - other |
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Target status |
Target not yet achieved |
Target not yet achieved |
Assessment period |
2012-2017 |
2012-2017 |
Target assessment description |
Litter on the Lithuanian Baltic Sea coast (BAL-LT-AA-04) (excluding micro-litters) was monitored on ten beaches. The observations identified all the beach litter contained in the 100 m study broadcast and assessed the different objects of the shore-side litter. Observations show that artificial polymer materials: Plastic fragments (41.8), cigarette extinction (13.9), plastic ropes/valves (5.7) are the most commonly accepted objects on the Lithuanian Baltic Sea coast. Looking at the annual amount of shore-side litter in the period 2012-2017, there is a downward trend in the overall amount of litter. The GES value was not achieved in any of the study sites (0 %) and in 2017, 120 pieces of litter were found in 100.
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The data of the Baltic Sea bottom trawls (during the research period (2013-2017) 47 times in Lithuanian marine waters, BAL-LT-AA-03) showed that at least one litter polluting the marine environment was detected during 36 trawls (76.5% of all) , In 2017, 235 units / km2 of garbage were found on the seabed.
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