Member State report / Art9 / 2012 / D11 / Lithuania / Baltic Sea

Report type Member State report to Commission
MSFD Article Art. 9 Determination of GES (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_MSFD9GES_20130423.xml
GES component
11.1 Distribution in time and place of loud, low and mid frequency impulsive sounds
11.1.1 Proportion of days with loud sound levels
11.2 Continuous low frequency sound
11.2.1 Ambient noise
Method used
Marine reporting units
  • Coastal waters (including transitional waters regarding descriptors and associated indicators that is not covered by WFD)
  • LT marine waters (all marine waters)
  • Teritorial sea (excluding coastal and transitional waters) and Lithuanian Exclusive Economic Zone
  • Transitional waters
  • Coastal waters (including transitional waters regarding descriptors and associated indicators that is not covered by WFD)
  • LT marine waters (all marine waters)
  • Teritorial sea (excluding coastal and transitional waters) and Lithuanian Exclusive Economic Zone
  • Transitional waters
  • Coastal waters (including transitional waters regarding descriptors and associated indicators that is not covered by WFD)
  • LT marine waters (all marine waters)
  • Teritorial sea (excluding coastal and transitional waters) and Lithuanian Exclusive Economic Zone
  • Transitional waters
  • Coastal waters (including transitional waters regarding descriptors and associated indicators that is not covered by WFD)
  • LT marine waters (all marine waters)
  • Teritorial sea (excluding coastal and transitional waters) and Lithuanian Exclusive Economic Zone
  • Transitional waters
Feature
Criterion/indicator
11.1
11.1.1
11.2
11.2.1
GES description
Threshold values
Threshold value unit
Proportion of area to achieve threshold value
Reference point type
Baseline
Assessment method
Development status