Member State report / Art8 / 2012 / D9 / 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 | D9 Contaminants in seafood |
| 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)
GES component |
D9C1 Contaminants in seafood (9.1, 9.1.1) |
9.1.2 |
9.1.2 |
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Feature |
LevelPressureBathingLower |
LevelPressureBathingHigher |
LevelPressureShellfishLower |
LevelPressureShellfishHigher |
LevelPressureOther |
ImpactPressureShellfish |
Assessment Topic |
MicrobialPathogensBathingWater
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MicrobialPathogensShellfishWater
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MicrobialPathogensOther
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MicrobialPathogensImpactShellfishWater
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Element |
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Element 2 |
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ThresholdValue |
-9999
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-9999
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-9999
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Threshold value/Value unit |
good quality
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Unknown_NotAssessed
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Unknown_NotAssessed
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Proportion threshold value |
100 |
100 |
100 |
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Status of criteria/indicator |
Good |
NotAssessed |
NotAssessed |
NotAssessed |
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Status trend |
Stable |
Unknown_NotAssessed |
Unknown_NotAssessed |
Unknown_NotAssessed |
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Status confidence |
High |
NotRelevant |
NotRelevant |
NotRelevant |
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Description (status of criteria/indicator) |
Not relevant
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insufficient data
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Not relevant
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Limitations |
No limits
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Not relevant
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Not relevant
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Not relevant
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Assessment period |
2004-2011 |
2004-2011 |
2004-2011 |
2004-2011 |
2004-2011 |
2004-2011 |
Description |
Lithuanian coastal waters usually meet the norms (except in cases when the water of the Curonian Lagoon stagnates or emergency sewage failures occur). At present, about 400 local epidemics of vertebrate parasites in the Baltic Sea (Härkönen et al., 2005; Ojaveer et al., 2010) and several pathogens have been reported, contributing to a two-thirds decline in the seal population in the Skagerrak and Kattegat (Härkönen et al., 2006 ) or a sharp decrease in mollusc biomass in the central Baltic (Axén, 1999).
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Not relevant
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Not relevant
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Not relevant
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Input load |
1
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99
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Unknown_NotAssessed
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Unknown_NotAssessed
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Unknown_NotAssessed
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Load unit |
%
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%
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Unknown_NotAssessed
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Unknown_NotAssessed
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Confidence |
High
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High
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Non related GES component
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Non related GES component
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Non related GES component
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Trends (recent) |
Stable
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Unknown_NotAssessed |
Unknown_NotAssessed |
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Trends (future) |
Be stable
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Unknown_NotAssessed |
Unknown_NotAssessed |
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Description (activities) |
Main recreational activities, urban wastewater
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Main recreational activities, urban wastewater
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Main recreational activities, urban wastewater
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Main recreational activities, urban wastewater
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Main recreational activities, urban wastewater
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Main recreational activities, urban wastewater
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Activity type |
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Information gaps |
In Lithuanian territorial waters, the diversity of pathogenic organisms, routes and mechanisms of transmission (including ballast water) or the extent of exposure to individual host groups are still poorly studied (EFSA, 2011).
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In Lithuanian territorial waters, the diversity of pathogenic organisms, routes and mechanisms of transmission (including ballast water) or the extent of exposure to individual host groups are still poorly studied (EFSA, 2011).
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In Lithuanian territorial waters, the diversity of pathogenic organisms, routes and mechanisms of transmission (including ballast water) or the extent of exposure to individual host groups are still poorly studied (EFSA, 2011).
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In Lithuanian territorial waters, the diversity of pathogenic organisms, routes and mechanisms of transmission (including ballast water) or the extent of exposure to individual host groups are still poorly studied (EFSA, 2011).
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In Lithuanian territorial waters, the diversity of pathogenic organisms, routes and mechanisms of transmission (including ballast water) or the extent of exposure to individual host groups are still poorly studied (EFSA, 2011).
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In Lithuanian territorial waters, the diversity of pathogenic organisms, routes and mechanisms of transmission (including ballast water) or the extent of exposure to individual host groups are still poorly studied (EFSA, 2011).
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