Member State report / Art8 / 2012 / D11 / Lithuania / Baltic Sea

Report type Member State report to Commission
MSFD Article Art. 8 Initial assessment (and Art. 17 updates)
Report due 2012-10-15
GES Descriptor D11 Energy, incl. underwater noise
Member State Lithuania
Region/subregion Baltic Sea
Reported by Environmental Protection Agency
Report date 2013-04-15
Report access BALLT_MSFD8bPressures_20130423.xml

Coastal waters (including transitional waters regarding descriptors and associated indicators that is not covered by WFD)

Transitional waters

LT marine waters (all marine waters)

GES component
D11C1 Anthropogenic impulsive sound (11.1, 11.1.1)
D11C2 Anthropogenic continuous low-frequency sound (11.2, 11.2.1)
D11C1 Anthropogenic impulsive sound (11.1, 11.1.1)
Feature
LevelPressureImpulsive
LevelPressureContinuous
ImpactPressureFunctionalGroups
Assessment Topic
NoiseImpulsive11_1
NoiseContinuous11_2
NoiseFunctionalGroupD11
Element
NotRelevant
Element 2
Žinduoliai, žuvys, jūros paukščiai (Brandon and Southal 2005, Popper 2003, Perrow et al 2011)
ThresholdValue
-9999
100
-9999
Threshold value/Value unit
Not assigned
dB RMS
Not assigned
Proportion threshold value
100
100
100
Status of criteria/indicator
NotAssessed
NotAssessed
NotAssessed
Status trend
Unknown_NotAssessed
Unknown_NotAssessed
Unknown_NotAssessed
Status confidence
NotRelevant
NotRelevant
NotRelevant
Description (status of criteria/indicator)
insufficient data
insufficient data
insufficient data
Limitations
Methods not determined, no data
no data
no data
Assessment period
Description
Input load
Unknown_NotAssessed
Unknown_NotAssessed
Load unit
Confidence
Non related GES component
Non related GES component
Trends (recent)
Increasing
Unknown_NotAssessed
Trends (future)
Increase
Unknown_NotAssessed
Description (activities)
Theoretically, the main activities should be: port, fishing, shipping
Theoretically, the main activities should be: port, fishing, shipping
Theoretically, the main activities should be: port, fishing, shipping
Activity type
  • "Shipping & floating structures (all vessels
  • Ports
  • Wild fisheries
  • "Shipping & floating structures (all vessels
  • Ports
  • Wild fisheries
  • "Shipping & floating structures (all vessels
  • Ports
  • Wild fisheries
Information gaps
insufficient data, data not analysed in required framewor
insufficient data, data not analysed in required framewor
insufficient data, data not analysed in required framewor

Teritorial sea (excluding coastal and transitional waters) and Lithuanian Exclusive Economic Zone