Member State report / Art8 / 2012 / D3 / 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 | D3 Commercial fish and shellfish |
| 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 |
D3C1 Fishing mortality rate (F) (3.1, 3.1.1, 3.1.2) |
D6C4 Benthic habitat extent (1.4, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.5, 1.5.1, 6.1.1) |
D1C3 Population demographic characteristics (1.3, 1.3.1) |
D1C4 Population distributional range and pattern (1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3) |
D3C3 Population age/size distribution (3.3, 3.3.1, 3.3.3, 3.3.4) |
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Feature |
LevelPressureLess12PassiveMobile |
LevelPressureMore12Passive |
LevelPressureMore12MobileSeabed |
LevelPressureMore12MobileOther |
LevelPressureFishingRecreational |
LevelPressureFishingOther |
LevelPressureShellfishCollection |
ImpactPressureSeabedHabitats |
ImpactPressureFunctionalGroup |
ImpactPressureExploitedFish |
ImpactPressureExploitedShellfish |
Assessment Topic |
Extraction3_1
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ExtractionSeabedHabitats
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ExtractionFunctionalGroups
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ExtractionCommerciallyExpFish3_2or3_3
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ExtractionCommerciallyExpShellfish3_2or3_3
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Element |
HabitatsOther |
BirdsAll, FishCoastal, FishCoastal |
FishPelagic, FishPelagic |
NotRelevant |
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Element 2 |
Atviras bangoms smėlėtas dugnas su Macoma balthica |
Bycatch of birds |
Fishery |
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ThresholdValue |
0,16
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0,35
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0,3
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0
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-9999
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Threshold value/Value unit |
Fmsy
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Fmsy
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Fmsy
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trends
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Unknown_NotAssessed
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Proportion threshold value |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
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Status of criteria/indicator |
NotGood |
Good |
Good |
Good |
NotReported |
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Status trend |
Declining |
Improving |
Improving |
Improving |
Unknown_NotAssessed |
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Status confidence |
Moderate |
Moderate |
Moderate |
Moderate |
NotRelevant |
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Description (status of criteria/indicator) |
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Limitations |
It is difficult to assess future impacts and their strengths
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Assessment period |
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Description |
Impact of commercial fishing
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Input load |
Unknown_NotAssessed
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Unknown_NotAssessed
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Unknown_NotAssessed
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NotReported
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25-50%
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NotReported
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lessthan1%
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25-50%
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2
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Load unit |
Unknown_NotAssessed
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6
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Confidence |
NotReported |
NotReported |
NotReported |
Non related GES component
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Low
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Non related GES component
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High
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Moderate
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NotReported |
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Trends (recent) |
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Trends (future) |
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Description (activities) |
Main fishing activity, recreation
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Main fishing activity, recreation
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Main fishing activity, recreation
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Main fishing activity, recreation
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Main fishing activity, recreation
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Main fishing activity, recreation
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Main fishing activity, recreation
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Main fishing activity, recreation
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Main fishing activity, recreation
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Main fishing activity, recreation
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Main fishing activity, recreation
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Activity type |
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Information gaps |
insufficient data, data not analysed in required framework/ scale |
insufficient data, data not analysed in required framework/ scale |
insufficient data, data not analysed in required framework/ scale |
insufficient data, data not analysed in required framework/ scale |
insufficient data, data not analysed in required framework/ scale |
insufficient data, data not analysed in required framework/ scale |
insufficient data, data not analysed in required framework/ scale |
insufficient data, data not analysed in required framework/ scale |
insufficient data, data not analysed in required framework/ scale |
insufficient data, data not analysed in required framework/ scale |
insufficient data, data not analysed in required framework/ scale |