Member State report / Art18 / 2018 / D5 / Lithuania / Baltic Sea

Report type Member State report to Commission
MSFD Article Art. 18 Interim report on programme of measures
Report due 2018-10-15
GES Descriptor D5 Eutrophication
Member State Lithuania
Region/subregion Baltic Sea
Reported by Environmental Protection Agency
Report date 2019-06-12
Report access MSFD%20Article%2018%2C%20Progress%20on%20PoMs.xml
Marine reporting units
Features
Measure code
BALLT-M003-T3PR1
BALLT-M004-T3PR2
BALLT-M005-T3PR3
BALLT-M006-T3PR4
BALLT-M007-T3PR5
Measure name
Dredge the channel at Panemunė to increase the sedimentation of outwash material in the Nemunas River valley in order to expand the denitrification areas and reduce the extent of eutrophication
Feasibility assessment of a project on zebra mussels’ collection, nutrient removal and stimulation of denitrification processes
Pilot project on the collection of phytoplankton biomass in the waters of the Curonian Lagoon using floating gear
Including the estimation of total and dissolved organic carbon in the National Monitoring Programme and increase the frequency of measurement of nitrogen, phosphorus and carbon at Klaipėda Strait
Analyse the impact of biological processes (nitrogen fixation, denitrification and cyanotoxin production) on the balance of biogenic substances in the Curonian Lagoon and inflow of nutrients into the Baltic Sea
Measure category (type)
2a
2b
2b
1b (related to WFD)
2b
Progress in implementation
Implementation started
Implementation started
Implementation started
Implementation started
Measure withdrawn
No
No
No
No
Reason for withdrawal
Year of implementation (Temporal coverage - timeline for implementation)
2023
2020
2020
2020
Delay
0
1
1
1
Reasons for delay
Financing
Financing
Financing
Other obstacles (Obstacles to implementation)
No
No
No
No
Type of obstacle
Further information on obstacle (Description)
Brief description of progress (measurement of effectiveness of measure)