Member State report / Art11 / 2014-2020 / D10 / Romania / Black Sea

Report type Member State report to Commission
MSFD Article Art. 11 Monitoring programmes (and Art. 17 updates)
Report due 2014-10-15; 2020-10-15
GES Descriptor D10 Litter
Member State Romania
Region/subregion Black Sea
Report date -; 2020-12-10
Report access
2014 data
2020 data
Monitoring programme Monitoring programme name
Monitoring programme Reference existing programme
Monitoring programme Marine Unit ID
Q4e - Programme ID
Q4f - Programme description
Q5e - Natural variability
Q5d - Adequacy for assessment of GES Q5d - Adequate data
Q5d - Adequacy for assessment of GES Q5d - Established methods
Q5d - Adequacy for assessment of GES Q5d - Adequate understanding of GES
Q5d - Adequacy for assessment of GES Q5d - Adequate capacity
Q5f - Description of programme for GES assessment
Q5g - Gap-filling date for GES assessment
Q5h - Plans to implement monitoring for GES assessment
Q6a -Relevant targets Q6a - Environmental target
Q6a -Relevant targets Q6a - Associated indicator
Q6b - Adequacy for assessment of targets Q6b_SuitableData
Q6b - Adequacy for assessment of targets Q6b_EstablishedMethods
Q6b - Adequacy for assessment of targets Q6d_AdequateCapacity
Q6c - Target updating
Q6d - Description of programme for targets assessment
Q6e - Gap-filling date for targets assessment
Q6f - Plans to implement monitoring for targets assessment
Q7a - Relevant activities
Q7b - Description of monitoring of activities
Q7c - Relevant measures
Q7e - Adequacy for assessment of measures Q7d - Adequate data
Q7e - Adequacy for assessment of measures Q7d - Established methods
Q7e - Adequacy for assessment of measures Q7d - Adequate understanding of GES
Q7e - Adequacy for assessment of measures Q7d - Adequate capacity
Q7e - Adequacy for assessment of measures Q7d - Addresses activities and pressures
Q7e - Adequacy for assessment of measures Q7d - Addresses effectiveness of measures
Q7d - Description of monitoring for measures
Q7f - Gap-filling date for activities and measures
Q8a - Links to existing Monitoring Programmes
Reference sub-programme Sub-programme ID
Reference sub-programme Sub-programme name
Q4g - Sub-programmes Sub-programme ID
Q4g - Sub-programmes Sub-programme name
Q4k - Monitoring purpose
Q4l - Links of monitoring programmes of other Directives and Conventions
Q5c - Features Q5c - Habitats
Q5c - Features Q5c - Species list
Q5c - Features Q5c - Physical/Chemical features
Q5c - Features Q5c - Pressures
Q9a - Elements
Q5a - GES criteria Relevant GES criteria
Q5b - GES indicators Relevant GES indicators
Q9b - Parameters monitored (state/impact) Species distribution
Q9b - Parameters monitored (state/impact) Species population size
Q9b - Parameters monitored (state/impact) Species population characteristics
Q9b - Parameters monitored (state/impact) Species impacts
Q9b - Parameters monitored (state/impact) Habitat distribution
Q9b - Parameters monitored (state/impact) Habitat extent
Q9b - Parameters monitored (state/impact) Habitat condition (physical-chemical)
Q9b - Parameters monitored (state/impact) Habitat condition (biological)
Q9b - Parameters monitored (state/impact) Habitat impacts
Q9b - Parameters monitored (pressures) Pressure input
Q9b - Parameters monitored (pressures) Pressure output
Q9b - Parameters monitored (activity) Activity
Q9b Parameters monitored (other) Other
Q41 Spatial scope
Q4j - Description of spatial scope
Marine Unit IDs
Q4h - Temporal scope Start date- End date
Q9h - Temporal resolution of sampling
Q9c - Monitoring method
Q9d - Description of alteration to method
Q9e - Quality assurance
Q9f - Quality control
Q9g - Spatial resolution of sampling Q9g - Proportion of area covered %
Q9g - Spatial resolution of sampling Q9g - No. of samples
Q9i - Description of sample representivity
Q10a - Scale for aggregation of data
Q10b - Other scale for aggregation of data
Q10c - Access to monitoring data Q10c - Data type
Q10c - Access to monitoring data Q10c - Data access mechanism
Q10c - Access to monitoring data Q10c - Data access rights
Q10c - Access to monitoring data Q10c - INSPIRE standard
Q10c - Access to monitoring data Q10c Date data are available
Q10c - Access to monitoring data Q10c - Data update frequency
Q10d - Description of data access
Descriptor
D10
D10
Monitoring strategy description
Beach litter - monitoring on the beaches - at least 1 section of coastline of 100 m on lightly to moderately littered beaches and 50 m on heavily littered beaches (per selected site); Seafloor litter - monitoring in transects, covering the Romanian shelf waters (assessed along with demersal fish monitoring)
Beach litter - monitoring on the beaches - at least 1 section of coastline of 100 m on lightly to moderately littered beaches and 50 m on heavily littered beaches (per selected site); Seafloor litter - monitoring in transects, covering the Romanian shelf waters (assessed along with demersal fish monitoring)
Coverage of GES criteria
Adequate monitoring was in place by 2018
Adequate monitoring was in place by 2018
Gaps and plans
Need to improve frequency and monitoring transects
Need to improve frequency and monitoring transects
Related targets
  • 10.1.1
  • 10.1.2
  • 10.1.1
  • 10.1.2
Coverage of targets
Adequate monitoring was in place by 2018
Adequate monitoring was in place by 2018
Related measures
  • RO-MN-024 - 'Improvement of the waste management from ships'
  • RO-MN-026 - 'Facilitating and implementing �Fishing for litter� practices'
  • RO-MN-027 - 'Identification of accumulation zones of plastic marine litter in the marine environment and development of an action plan to address the issue'
  • RO-MN-024 - 'Improvement of the waste management from ships'
  • RO-MN-026 - 'Facilitating and implementing �Fishing for litter� practices'
  • RO-MN-027 - 'Identification of accumulation zones of plastic marine litter in the marine environment and development of an action plan to address the issue'
Coverage of measures
Adequate monitoring was in place by 2018
Adequate monitoring was in place by 2018
Related monitoring programmes
  • BLKRO-D10_PressureMarEnv_13
  • BLKRO-D10_PressureMarEnv_14
  • BLKRO-D10_PressureMarEnv_13
  • BLKRO-D10_PressureMarEnv_14
Programme code
BLKRO-D10_PressureMarEnv_13
BLKRO-D10_PressureMarEnv_14
Programme name
Litter - characteristics and abundance/volume on coast, water surface, seabed
Litter - characteristics and abundance/volume on coast, water surface, seabed
Update type
Same programme as in 2014
Same programme as in 2014
Old programme codes
Programme description
Monitoring on the beaches - at least 1 section of coastline of 100 m on lightly to moderately littered beaches and 50 m on heavily littered beaches (per selected site)
Monitoring in transects, covering the Romanian shelf waters (along with demersal fish monitoring)
Monitoring purpose
  • Pressures in the marine environment
  • Pressures in the marine environment
Other policies and conventions
Regional cooperation - coordinating body
  • BSC
  • BSC
Regional cooperation - countries involved
Regional cooperation - implementation level
Common monitoring strategy
Common monitoring strategy
Monitoring details
Data collected are useful in the MSFD monitoring for assessing the litter on the beaches, thus for establishing/updating targets and and GES
Data collected are usable in the MSFD monitoring for assessing the litter on the seafloor (alterations of seabed habitats), thus for establishing/updating targets and GES
Features
Litter in the environment
Litter in the environment
Litter in the environment
Litter in the environment
Litter in the environment
Litter in the environment
Litter in the environment
Litter in the environment
Elements
  • Litter in the environment
  • Litter in the environment
GES criteria
D10C1
D10C1
Parameters
  • Amount on coastline
  • Amount on seabed
Parameter Other
Spatial scope
  • Terrestrial part of MS
  • Territorial waters
Marine reporting units
  • BLK_RO_AA_CT
  • BLK_RO_AA_MT01
Temporal scope (start date - end date)
2013-9999
2013-9999
Monitoring frequency
Yearly
Yearly
Monitoring type
  • In-situ sampling land/beach
  • In-situ sampling offshore
Monitoring method
  • Other monitoring method
  • Other monitoring method
Monitoring method other
JRC, 2013. Guidance on Monitoring of marine litter in European Seas. A guidance document within the Common Implementation Strategy for the Marine Strategy Framework Directive. MSFD Technical Subgroup on Marine Litter. 128 p http://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/bitstream/JRC83985/lb-na-26113-en-n.pdf; Black Sea Commission, 2009, Marine Litter in the Black Sea Region. Black Sea Commission Publications http://www.blacksea-commission.org/_publ-ML.asp; Coastwatch method - http://coastwatch.org/europe/
JRC, 2013. Guidance on Monitoring of marine litter in European Seas. A guidance document within the Common Implementation Strategy for the Marine Strategy Framework Directive. MSFD Technical Subgroup on Marine Litter. 128 p http://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/bitstream/JRC83985/lb-na-26113-en-n.pdf; Black Sea Commission, 2009, Marine Litter in the Black Sea Region. Black Sea Commission Publications http://www.blacksea-commission.org/_publ-ML.asp;
Quality control
No validation of data
No validation of data
Data management
Data access
Related indicator/name
Contact
References