Member State report / Art11 / 2020 / D9 / 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 D9 Contaminants in seafood
Member State Romania
Region/subregion Black Sea
Reported by Ministerul Mediului, Apelor si Padurilor
Report date 2020-12-10
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Descriptor
D9
Monitoring strategy description
Monitoring activities cover Romanian marine waters. Contaminant levels are assessed mainly in molluscs, sampled from monitoring stations during research cruises.
Coverage of GES criteria
Adequate monitoring was in place in 2014
Gaps and plans
Expand number of samples and species monitored
Related targets
  • 9.1.
Coverage of targets
Adequate monitoring was in place in 2014
Related measures
Coverage of measures
Related monitoring programmes
  • 9_PressureMarEnv_07
  • BLKRO-D8
Programme code
BLKRO-D8,9_PressureMarEnv_07
Programme name
Contaminant levels - in species, including seafood
Update type
Same programme as in 2014
Old programme codes
Programme description
Monitoring activities cover Romanian marine waters. Contaminant levels are assessed mainly in mollusks, and data collected are useful for assessing the concentration of contaminants (bioaccumulation level) in species, including seafood, against regulated thresholds.
Monitoring purpose
  • Pressures in the marine environment
Other policies and conventions
  • BSC Integrated Monitoring and Assessment Programme
  • Foodstuffs Regulation
Regional cooperation - coordinating body
  • BSC
Regional cooperation - countries involved
Regional cooperation - implementation level
Common monitoring strategy
Monitoring details
Features
Contaminants – in seafood
Elements
  • Benzo(a)pyrene
  • Cadmium and its compounds
  • Lead and its compounds
  • Non-dioxin like PCB (sum of 6 PCB: 28, 52, 101, 138, 153 and 180)
GES criteria
D9C1
Parameters
  • Other
Parameter Other
CONC-B-Mytilus sp.
Spatial scope
  • Territorial waters
Marine reporting units
  • BLK_RO_AA_MT01
Temporal scope (start date - end date)
2005-9999
Monitoring frequency
Yearly
Monitoring type
  • In-situ sampling offshore
Monitoring method
  • Other monitoring method
Monitoring method other
IAEA-MEL (1995). Marine Environmental Studies Laboratory, Training Manual on the Measurement of Organochlorine and Petroleum Hydrocarbons in environmental samples; IAEA-MEL (1999). Standard operating procedures for trace metals analyses.
Quality control
Certified reference materials
Data management
Data access
Related indicator/name
Contact
References