Member State report / Art11 / 2020 / D7 / 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 D7 Hydrographical changes
Member State Romania
Region/subregion Black Sea
Reported by Ministerul Mediului, Apelor si Padurilor
Report date 2020-12-10
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Descriptor
D7
Monitoring strategy description
Monitoring in transects covering the Romanian shelf waters; monitoring in relation to the relevant habitat distribution
Coverage of GES criteria
Adequate monitoring will be in place by 2024
Gaps and plans
Data collected in the frame of WFD, Habitats and BSC are useful in the MSFD monitoring to assess the physical characteristics of the seabed habitats
Related targets
  • 7.2
Coverage of targets
Adequate monitoring will be in place by 2024
Related measures
  • RO-ME-032 - 'Implementation of the development works according to the Master Plan �Coastal Zone Protection and Rehabilitation�, needed to improve the flow of sediment transported by the Danube'
Coverage of measures
Adequate monitoring will be in place by 2024
Related monitoring programmes
  • 6
  • 7_SeabedHabitats_02
  • BLKRO-D1
Programme code
BLKRO-D1,6,7_SeabedHabitats_02
Programme name
Seabed habitats - physical and chemical characteristics
Update type
Same programme as in 2014
Old programme codes
Programme description
Monitoring in transects covering the Romanian shelf waters; monitoring in relation to the relevant habitat distribution
Monitoring purpose
  • Environmental state and impacts
Other policies and conventions
Regional cooperation - coordinating body
  • BSC
Regional cooperation - countries involved
Regional cooperation - implementation level
Common monitoring strategy
Monitoring details
Features
Benthic broad habitats
Elements
  • Circalittoral mud
  • Circalittoral sand
  • Infralittoral mud
  • Infralittoral sand
  • Offshore circalittoral mud
GES criteria
D7C2
Parameters
  • Extent
Parameter Other
Spatial scope
  • Territorial waters
Marine reporting units
  • BLK_RO_AA_CT
  • BLK_RO_AA_MT01
  • BLK_RO_AA_TT03
Temporal scope (start date - end date)
2006-9999
Monitoring frequency
Yearly
Monitoring type
  • In-situ sampling coastal
  • In-situ sampling offshore
  • Numerical modelling
Monitoring method
  • Other monitoring method
Monitoring method other
Bathymetric (single and multibeam measurements), Side-scan sonar imaging, geomorphologic and topographic measurements (leveling, granulometry analyze, GPS, aerial photos); IHO Standards for Hydrographic Surveys, International Hydrographic Organization.
Quality control
Unknown
Data management
Data access
Related indicator/name
Contact
References