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

Report type Member State report to Commission
MSFD Article Art. 11 Monitoring programmes (and Art. 17 updates)
Report due 2020-10-15
GES Descriptor D10 Litter
Member State Romania
Region/subregion Black Sea
Reported by Ministerul Mediului, Apelor si Padurilor
Report date 2020-12-10
Report 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
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