Member State report / Art8 / 2018 / D10 / Lithuania / Baltic Sea
Report type | Member State report to Commission |
MSFD Article | Art. 8 Initial assessment (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 | msfd2018-ART8_GES_04-07-corrected_06-04.xml |
BAL-LT-AA-03
GES component |
D10
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Feature |
Litter in the environment
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Element |
Litter in the environment |
Element code |
PresEnvLitter |
Element code source |
Link to other vocabulary or code lists that may be relevant
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Element 2 |
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Element 2 code |
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Element 2 code source |
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Element source |
HELCOM |
Criterion |
D10C1
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Parameter |
Amount on seabed
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Parameter other |
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Threshold value upper |
1.0 |
Threshold value lower |
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Threshold qualitative |
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Threshold value source |
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Threshold value source other |
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Value achieved upper |
235.0 |
Value achieved lower |
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Value unit |
number of items per square kilometre
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Value unit other |
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Proportion threshold value |
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Proportion value achieved |
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Proportion threshold value unit |
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Trend |
Unknown |
Parameter achieved |
No |
Description parameter |
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) . Comparing the composition of the found rubbish, it was found that artificial polymer materials (36.7%) dominated. The highest amount of litter during one trawl was recorded on the slopes of the Gotland and Gdansk basins (346.2 units / km2). GES is not reached in the marine area (0 percent of the area).
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Related indicator |
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Criteria status |
Not good |
Description criteria |
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Element status |
Not good |
Description element |
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Integration rule type parameter |
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Integration rule description parameter |
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Integration rule type criteria |
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Integration rule description criteria |
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GES extent threshold |
100.00 |
GES extent achieved |
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GES extent unit |
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GES achieved |
GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported |
Description overall status |
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) . Comparing the composition of the found rubbish, it was found that artificial polymer materials (36.7%) dominated. The highest amount of litter during one trawl was recorded on the slopes of the Gotland and Gdansk basins (346.2 units / km2). The indicator of the criterion is the average annual amount of garbage accumulating on the bottom per 1 km2 - 1 unit. and the trend is non-rising (GES), the goal is to reduce the amount of litter polluting the seabed to less than 22 units / km2. GES is not reached in the marine area (0 percent of the area).
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Assessments period |
2012-2017 |
Related pressures |
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Related targets |
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BAL-LT-AA-04
GES component |
D10
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Feature |
Litter in the environment
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Element |
Litter in the environment |
Element code |
PresEnvLitter |
Element code source |
Link to other vocabulary or code lists that may be relevant
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Element 2 |
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Element 2 code |
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Element 2 code source |
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Element source |
HELCOM |
Criterion |
D10C1
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Parameter |
Amount on coastline
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Parameter other |
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Threshold value upper |
57.0 |
Threshold value lower |
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Threshold qualitative |
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Threshold value source |
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Threshold value source other |
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Value achieved upper |
120.0 |
Value achieved lower |
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Value unit |
Other
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Value unit other |
Vnt./100 m
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Proportion threshold value |
100.0 |
Proportion value achieved |
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Proportion threshold value unit |
% of stations achieving threshold value |
Trend |
Unknown |
Parameter achieved |
No |
Description parameter |
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Related indicator |
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Criteria status |
Not good |
Description criteria |
Litter (excluding micro-litter) polluting the Lithuanian Baltic Sea coast (BAL-LT-AA-04) was observed on ten beaches. During the observations, all beach-polluting litter in the 100m-long survey transects was identified, and different coastal litter objects were assessed and counted. Observational data show that artificial polymer materials: plastic fragments (41.8℅), cigarette butts (13.9℅), plastic ropes / purse sections (5.7℅) are the most common objects on the Lithuanian Baltic coast. Estimating the annual amount of litter polluting the coast in 2012-2017 period, there is a downward trend in the overall amount of litter. 2006-2011 period was not reported, the trend between periods was not assessed. The GES value was not reached at any of the study sites (0 percent).
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Element status |
Not good |
Description element |
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Integration rule type parameter |
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Integration rule description parameter |
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Integration rule type criteria |
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Integration rule description criteria |
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GES extent threshold |
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GES extent achieved |
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GES extent unit |
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GES achieved |
GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported |
Description overall status |
Litter (excluding micro-litter) polluting the Lithuanian Baltic Sea coast (BAL-LT-AA-04) was observed on ten beaches. During the observations, all beach-polluting litter in the 100 m long research transect was identified, and different coastal litter objects were assessed and assessed. Observational data show that artificial polymer materials: plastic fragments (41.8 ℅), cigarette butts (13.9 ℅), plastic ropes / purse sections (5.7 ℅) are the most common objects on the Lithuanian Baltic coast. Assessing the annual amount of litter polluting the coast, there is a downward trend in the total amount of litter. The GES value was not reached at any of the study sites (0 percent). Target values have been set for the criterion indicator: the average annual amount of rubbish discharged ashore and accumulating at the shoreline is 57 units per 100 m of the beach section, the trend is non-rising (GES), the goal is to have less than 94 units per 100 m of beach sections on average. garbage.
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Assessments period |
2012-2017 |
Related pressures |
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Related targets |
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