Member State report / Art9 / 2018 / D2 / Lithuania / Baltic Sea

Report type Member State report to Commission
MSFD Article Art. 9 Determination of GES (and Art. 17 updates)
Report due 2018-10-15
GES Descriptor D2 Non-indigenous species
Member State Lithuania
Region/subregion Baltic Sea
Reported by Environmental Protection Agency
Report date 2020-06-09
Report access ART9_GES_LT-04-08-corrected-06-03.xml

GES component
D2
D2C1
D2C2
D2C3
Marine reporting units
  • BAL-LT-MS-01
  • BAL-LT-AA-01
  • BAL-LT-AA-02
  • BAL-LT-AA-01
  • BAL-LT-AA-02
Features
  • Newly-introduced non-indigenous species
  • Established non-indigenous species
  • Benthic broad habitats
  • Pelagic broad habitats
GES description
During the assessment period (six years), the number of new non-native species introduced into the wild as a result of human activities, calculated from the beginning of the reference year (referred to in the initial assessment under Article 8 (1) of Directive 2008/56 / EC), has been reduced to a...
Abundance and spatial distribution of established non-native species, in particular invasive species, which contribute significantly to adverse effects on certain species groups or predominant habitat types. The condition is assessed according to the indicator “Species abundance and distribution ...
Part of the group of species in which the adverse changes have occurred or the spatial extent of the predominant habitat type in which the adverse changes have occurred, if those adverse changes relate to non-native species, in particular invasive non-native species. The assessment of the marine ...
Determination date
201304
202002
201304
Update type
Same as last reported determination
New determination
Modified from reported determination
Justification for non-use of criterion
Justification for delay in setting EU/regional requirements