Art8-2024

Member State report / Art8-2024 / 2024 / D1-B / Latvia / Baltic Sea

Report type	Member State report to Commission
MSFD Article	Art8
Report due	2024-10-15
GES Descriptor	D1 Birds
Member State	Latvia
Region/subregion	Baltic Sea
Report date	2026-04-27 09:00:00

BAL-LV-MS-006

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Regional assessment area	Baltic Sea	Baltic Sea	Baltic Sea	Baltic Sea	Baltic Sea	Baltic Sea	Baltic Sea	Baltic Sea	Baltic Sea	Baltic Sea	Baltic Sea	Baltic Sea	Baltic Sea	Baltic Sea	Baltic Sea	Baltic Sea	Baltic Sea	Baltic Sea	Baltic Sea	Baltic Sea	Baltic Sea	Baltic Sea	Baltic Sea	Baltic Sea	Baltic Sea	Baltic Sea	Baltic Sea	Baltic Sea
Component MRUs	BAL-LV-AA-007 BAL-LV-AA-009	BAL-LV-AA-007 BAL-LV-AA-009	BAL-LV-AA-007 BAL-LV-AA-009	BAL-LV-AA-007 BAL-LV-AA-009	BAL-LV-AA-007 BAL-LV-AA-009	BAL-LV-AA-007 BAL-LV-AA-009	BAL-LV-AA-007 BAL-LV-AA-009	BAL-LV-AA-007 BAL-LV-AA-009	BAL-LV-AA-007 BAL-LV-AA-009	BAL-LV-AA-007 BAL-LV-AA-009	BAL-LV-AA-007 BAL-LV-AA-009	BAL-LV-AA-007 BAL-LV-AA-009	BAL-LV-AA-007 BAL-LV-AA-009	BAL-LV-AA-007 BAL-LV-AA-009	BAL-LV-AA-007 BAL-LV-AA-009	BAL-LV-AA-007 BAL-LV-AA-009	BAL-LV-AA-007 BAL-LV-AA-009	BAL-LV-AA-007 BAL-LV-AA-009	BAL-LV-AA-007 BAL-LV-AA-009	BAL-LV-AA-007 BAL-LV-AA-009	BAL-LV-AA-007 BAL-LV-AA-009	BAL-LV-AA-007 BAL-LV-AA-009	BAL-LV-AA-007 BAL-LV-AA-009	BAL-LV-AA-007 BAL-LV-AA-009	BAL-LV-AA-007 BAL-LV-AA-009	BAL-LV-AA-007 BAL-LV-AA-009	BAL-LV-AA-007 BAL-LV-AA-009	BAL-LV-AA-007 BAL-LV-AA-009
GES component	D1B	D1B	D1B	D1B	D1B	D1B	D1B	D1B	D1B	D1B	D1B	D1B	D1B	D1B	D1B	D1B	D1B	D1B	D1B	D1B	D1B	D1B	D1B	D1B	D1B	D1B	D1B	D1B
Feature	Benthic-feeding birds	Benthic-feeding birds	Benthic-feeding birds	Benthic-feeding birds	Benthic-feeding birds	Benthic-feeding birds	Benthic-feeding birds	Benthic-feeding birds	Benthic-feeding birds	Grazing birds	Grazing birds	Grazing birds	Grazing birds	Pelagic-feeding birds	Pelagic-feeding birds	Pelagic-feeding birds	Pelagic-feeding birds	Pelagic-feeding birds	Pelagic-feeding birds	Pelagic-feeding birds	Pelagic-feeding birds	Surface-feeding birds	Surface-feeding birds	Surface-feeding birds	Surface-feeding birds	Surface-feeding birds	Surface-feeding birds	Surface-feeding birds
Element		Aythya fuligula	Aythya marila	Bucephala clangula	Clangula hyemalis	Melanitta fusca	Melanitta nigra	Polysticta stelleri	Somateria mollissima		Anas platyrhynchos	Cygnus cygnus	Cygnus olor		Gavia arctica	Gavia stellata	Mergellus albellus	Mergus merganser	Mergus serrator	Phalacrocorax carbo	Podiceps cristatus		Hydrocoloeus minutus	Larus argentatus	Larus canus	Larus fuscus	Larus marinus	Larus ridibundus
Element extent
Trend element		Unknown	Unknown	Improving	Improving	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Deteriorating		Stable	Unknown	Unknown		Improving	Unknown	Unknown	Stable	Stable	Improving	Improving		Deteriorating	Stable	Unknown	Deteriorating	Deteriorating	Stable
Element 2
Element source		HELCOM; MSFD; MSFD 2017 Decision	HELCOM; MSFD; MSFD 2017 Decision	HELCOM; MSFD; MSFD 2017 Decision	HELCOM; MSFD; MSFD 2017 Decision	HELCOM; MSFD; MSFD 2017 Decision	HELCOM; MSFD; MSFD 2017 Decision	HD; HELCOM; MSFD; MSFD 2017 Decision	HELCOM; MSFD; MSFD 2017 Decision		HELCOM; MSFD; MSFD 2017 Decision	HELCOM; MSFD; MSFD 2017 Decision	HELCOM; MSFD; MSFD 2017 Decision		HELCOM; MSFD; MSFD 2017 Decision	HELCOM; MSFD; MSFD 2017 Decision	HELCOM; MSFD; MSFD 2017 Decision	HELCOM; MSFD; MSFD 2017 Decision	HELCOM; MSFD; MSFD 2017 Decision	HELCOM; MSFD; MSFD 2017 Decision	HELCOM; MSFD; MSFD 2017 Decision		HELCOM; MSFD; MSFD 2017 Decision	HELCOM; MSFD; MSFD 2017 Decision	HELCOM; MSFD; MSFD 2017 Decision	HELCOM; MSFD; MSFD 2017 Decision	HELCOM; MSFD; MSFD 2017 Decision	HELCOM; MSFD; MSFD 2017 Decision
Criterion	D1C2	D1C2	D1C2	D1C2	D1C2	D1C2	D1C2	D1C2	D1C2	D1C2	D1C2	D1C2	D1C2	D1C2	D1C2	D1C2	D1C2	D1C2	D1C2	D1C2	D1C2	D1C2	D1C2	D1C2	D1C2		D1C2	D1C2
Parameter	ABU-Winter	ABU-Winter	ABU-Winter	ABU-Winter	ABU-Winter	ABU-Winter	ABU-Winter	ABU-Winter	ABU-Winter	ABU-Winter	ABU-Winter	ABU-Winter	ABU-Winter	ABU-Winter	ABU-Winter	ABU-Winter	ABU-Winter	ABU-Winter	ABU-Winter	ABU-Winter	ABU-Winter	ABU-Winter	ABU-Winter	ABU-Winter	ABU-Winter		ABU-Winter	ABU-Winter
Threshold value upper	75.0	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	75.0	0.7	0.7	0.7	75.0	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	75.0	0.7	0.7	0.7		0.7	0.7
Threshold value lower
Threshold value operator	>	>	>	>	>	>	>	>	>	>		>	>	>	>	>	>	>	>	>	>	>	>	>	>		>	>
Threshold qualitative
Threshold value source	Helsinki Convention	Helsinki Convention	Helsinki Convention	Helsinki Convention	Helsinki Convention	Helsinki Convention	Helsinki Convention	Helsinki Convention	Helsinki Convention	Helsinki Convention	Helsinki Convention	Helsinki Convention	Helsinki Convention	Helsinki Convention	Helsinki Convention	Helsinki Convention			Helsinki Convention	Helsinki Convention	Helsinki Convention	Helsinki Convention		Helsinki Convention	Helsinki Convention		Helsinki Convention	Helsinki Convention
Value achieved upper	75.0	16.008	0.982	2.035	1.903	7.192	3.155			100.0	1.696	3.215	2.968	100.0	6.608	1.781	2.908	0.978	0.708	220.948	5.003	33.0		0.918	0.352		0.634	2.66
Value achieved lower
Value unit	percentage	index - relative abundance	index - relative abundance	index - relative abundance	index - relative abundance	index - relative abundance	index - relative abundance	index - relative abundance	index - relative abundance	percentage	index - relative abundance	index - relative abundance	index - relative abundance	percentage	index - relative abundance	index - relative abundance	index - relative abundance	index - relative abundance	index - relative abundance	index - relative abundance	index - relative abundance	percentage	index - relative abundance	index - relative abundance	index - relative abundance		index - relative abundance	index - relative abundance
Proportion threshold value
Proportion value achieved
Proportion threshold value unit	% of population achieving threshold value									% of population achieving threshold value				% of population achieving threshold value								% of population achieving threshold value
Trend parameter	Not assessed	Unknown	Unknown	Improving	Improving	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Deteriorating	Not assessed	Stable	Unknown	Unknown	Not assessed	Improving	Unknown	Unknown	Stable	Stable	Improving	Improving	Not assessed	Deteriorating	Stable	Not assessed		Deteriorating	Stable
Parameter achieved	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No		No	Yes
Description parameter	6 out of 8 populations are in good condition	GES has been achieved	GES has been achieved	GES has been achieved	GES has been achieved	GES has been achieved	GES has been achieved	GES has not been achieved	GES has not been achieved	All 4 species are in good condition	GES has been achieved	GES has been achieved	GES has been achieved	All species have achieved good status	GES has been achieved	GES has been achieved	GES has been achieved	GES has been achieved	GES has been achieved	GES has been achieved	GES has been achieved	Only 2 out of 6 species have achieved good status	GES has not been achieved	GES has been achieved	GES has not been achieved		GES has not been achieved	GES has been achieved
Related indicator	Abundance of benthic feeders in wintering season	Abundance of benthic feeders in wintering season	Abundance of benthic feeders in wintering season	Abundance of benthic feeders in wintering season	Abundance of benthic feeders in wintering season	Abundance of benthic feeders in wintering season	Abundance of benthic feeders in wintering season	Abundance of benthic feeders in wintering season	Abundance of benthic feeders in wintering season	Abundance of grazing feeders in wintering season	Abundance of grazing feeders in wintering season	Abundance of grazing feeders in wintering season	Abundance of grazing feeders in wintering season	Abundance of pelagic feeders in wintering season	Abundance of pelagic feeders in wintering season	Abundance of pelagic feeders in wintering season	Abundance of pelagic feeders in wintering season	Abundance of pelagic feeders in wintering season	Abundance of pelagic feeders in wintering season	Abundance of pelagic feeders in wintering season	Abundance of pelagic feeders in wintering season	Abundance of surface feeders in wintering season	Abundance of surface feeders in wintering season	Abundance of surface feeders in wintering season	Abundance of surface feeders in wintering season		Abundance of surface feeders in wintering season	Abundance of surface feeders in wintering season
Criteria status	Not good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Not good	Not good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Not good	Not good	Good	Not good		Not good	Good
Description criteria	GES has not been achieved	Population in good status	Population in good condition	Population in good status	Population in good condition	Population is in good status	Population in good status	Population is not in good status	Population not in good condition	GES has been achieved	Population is in good condition	Population is in good condition	Population is in good condition	GES has been achieved	Population in good condition	Population in good condition	Population in good status	Population in good condition	Population in good condition	Population in good condition	Population in good condition	GEs has not been achieved	population not in good status	Population in good condition	Population is not in good status		Population is not in good condition	Population in good condition
Element status		Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good		Not good		Good	Good	Good		Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good		Not good	Good	Not good	Not good	Not good	Good
Description element		Population is in good condition	Population is in good condition	Population is in good status	Population is in good condition	Population is in good condition	Population is in good condition	Population is not in good condition	Population is not in good status		Population is in good status	Population is in good status	Population is in good status		Population is in good condition	Population is in good status	Population is in good status	Population is in good status	population is in good status	Population is in good status	Population is in good condition		Population is not in good status	Population is in good status	Population is not in good status	Population is not in good status	Population is not in good status	Population is in good status
Source assessment feature	HELCOM	HELCOM	HELCOM	HELCOM	HELCOM	HELCOM	HELCOM	HELCOM	HELCOM	HELCOM	HELCOM	HELCOM	HELCOM	HELCOM	HELCOM	HELCOM	HELCOM	HELCOM	HELCOM	HELCOM	HELCOM	HELCOM	HELCOM	HELCOM	HELCOM	HELCOM	HELCOM	HELCOM
Reporting method feature	Type B1	Type B1	Type B1	Type B1	Type B1	Type B1	Type B1	Type B1	Type B1	Type B1	Type B1	Type B1	Type B1	Type B1	Type B1	Type B1	Type B1	Type B1	Type B1	Type B1	Type B1	Type B1	Type B1	Type B1	Type B1	Type B1	Type B1	Type B1
Trend feature	Stable	Stable	Stable	Stable	Stable	Stable	Stable	Stable	Stable	Stable	Stable	Stable	Stable	Improving	Improving	Improving	Improving	Improving	Improving	Improving	Improving	Stable	Stable	Stable	Stable	Stable	Stable	Stable
Integration rule type parameter	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO
Integration rule description parameter
Integration rule type criteria	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO
Integration rule description criteria
GES extent threshold	0.70	0.70	0.70	0.70	0.70	0.70	0.70	0.70	0.70	0.70	0.70	0.70	0.70	0.70	0.70	0.70	0.70	0.70	0.70	0.70	0.70	0.70	0.70	0.70	0.70	0.70	0.70	0.70
GES extent achieved										1.70	1.70	1.70	1.70	0.71	0.71	0.71	0.71	0.71	0.71	0.71	0.71
GES extent unit	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant
GES achieved	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	GES achieved by 2018	GES achieved by 2018	GES achieved by 2018	GES achieved by 2018	GES achieved by 2018	GES achieved by 2018	GES achieved by 2018	GES achieved by 2018	GES achieved by 2018	GES achieved by 2018	GES achieved by 2018	GES achieved by 2018	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed
Description overall status	Populations of 8 species were assessed. 2 were in bad status; 6 in good status	Populations of 8 species were assessed. 2 were in bad status; 6 in good status	Populations of 8 species were assessed. 2 were in bad status; 6 in good status	Populations of 8 species were assessed. 2 were in bad status; 6 in good status	Populations of 8 species were assessed. 2 were in bad status; 6 in good status	Populations of 8 species were assessed. 2 were in bad status; 6 in good status	Populations of 8 species were assessed. 2 were in bad status; 6 in good status	Populations of 8 species were assessed. 2 were in bad status; 6 in good status	Populations of 8 species were assessed. 2 were in bad status; 6 in good status	Populations of 4 species assessed. All are in good status	Populations of 4 species assessed. All are in good status	Populations of 4 species assessed. All are in good status	Populations of 4 species assessed. All are in good status	Populations of 7 species assessed. All are in good status	Populations of 7 species assessed. All are in good status	Populations of 7 species assessed. All are in good status	Populations of 7 species assessed. All are in good status	Populations of 7 species assessed. All are in good status	Populations of 7 species assessed. All are in good status	Populations of 7 species assessed. All are in good status	Populations of 7 species assessed. All are in good status	Populations of 6 species were assessed. 2 were in good status; 4 were in bad status	Populations of 6 species were assessed. 2 were in good status; 4 were in bad status	Populations of 6 species were assessed. 2 were in good status; 4 were in bad status	Populations of 6 species were assessed. 2 were in good status; 4 were in bad status	Populations of 6 species were assessed. 2 were in good status; 4 were in bad status	Populations of 6 species were assessed. 2 were in good status; 4 were in bad status	Populations of 6 species were assessed. 2 were in good status; 4 were in bad status
Assessments period	2017-2021	2017-2021	2017-2021	2017-2021	2017-2021	2017-2021	2017-2021	2017-2021	2017-2021	2017-2021	2017-2021	2017-2021	2017-2021	2017-2021	2017-2021	2017-2021	2017-2021	2017-2021	2017-2021	2017-2021	2017-2021	2017-2021	2017-2021	2017-2021	2017-2021	2017-2021	2017-2021	2017-2021
Related pressures	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Related targets	JVM1	JVM1	JVM1	JVM1	JVM1	JVM1	JVM1	JVM1	JVM1	JVM1	JVM1	JVM1	JVM1	JVM1	JVM1	JVM1	JVM1	JVM1	JVM1	JVM1	JVM1	JVM1	JVM1	JVM1	JVM1	JVM1	JVM1	JVM1
Test TV	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	NA	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	NA	No	Yes
Test results	Correct	Correct	Correct	Correct	Correct	Correct	Correct	Correct	Correct	Correct	False	Correct	Correct	Correct	Correct	Correct	Correct	Correct	Correct	Correct	Correct	Correct	Correct	Correct	Correct	False	Correct	Correct