Member State report / Art9 / 2012 / D10 / Sweden / NE Atlantic: Greater North Sea

Report type Member State report to Commission
MSFD Article Art. 9 Determination of GES (and Art. 17 updates)
Report due 2012-10-15
GES Descriptor D10 Litter
Member State Sweden
Region/subregion NE Atlantic: Greater North Sea
Reported by Havs- och vattenmyndigheten
Report date 2012-10-15 2013-04-30
Report access ANSSE_MSFD9GES_20130430.xml
GES component
D10
10.1 Characteristics of litter in the marine and coastal environment
10.1.1 Trends in litter on shore
10.1.2 Trends in litter in water column
10.1.3 Trends in micro-plastics
10.2 Impacts of marine litter on marine life
10.2.1 Trends in amount of litter ingested
Method used
The main approach to developing what characterizes Good Environmental Status for each objective follows mainly the approach described in section 4.3 of the Common understanding document. This means that for Article 9, qualitative descriptions at the level of criteria have been developed for all 2...
The main approach to developing what characterizes Good Environmental Status for each objective follows mainly the approach described in section 4.3 of the Common understanding document. This means that for Article 9, qualitative descriptions at the level of criteria have been developed for all 2...
Marine reporting units
  • ANS-SE-AA-B_Kattegatt
  • ANS-SE-AA-B_Oresund
  • ANS-SE-AA-B_Skagerrak
  • ANS-SE-AA-K_1n_Vastkusten_inre_Skagerrak
  • ANS-SE-AA-K_1s_Vastkusten_inre_Kattegatt
  • ANS-SE-AA-K_2_Vastkusten_fjordar
  • ANS-SE-AA-K_3_Vastkusten_yttre_Skagerrak
  • ANS-SE-AA-K_4_Vastkusten_yttre_Kattegatt
  • ANS-SE-AA-K_5a_S_Halland_och_N_Oresund
  • ANS-SE-AA-K_5b_S_Halland_och_N_Oresund
  • ANS-SE-AA-K_6_Oresund
  • ANS-SE-AA-U_Kattegatt
  • ANS-SE-AA-U_Skagerrak
  • ANS-SE-SR-Nordsjon
Feature
  • Litter [macro]
  • SeabedHabitatsAll
  • WaterColumnHabitatsAll
  • Litter [macro]
  • Litter [macro]
Criterion/indicator
D10
10.1
10.1.1
10.1.2
10.1.3
10.2
10.2.1
GES description
Egenskaper hos och mängder av marint avfall förorsakar inga skador på kustmiljön och den marina miljön. Properties and quantities of marine litter do not cause harm to the coastal and marine environment.
Mängden avfall, inklusive dess nedbrytningsprodukter, förorsakar inte skada på havsmiljön. 10.1 The amount of litter, including its degradation products, do not cause damage to the marine environment.
Avfall som påverkar eller kan antas påverka marina organismer negativt ska minska. 10.2 Litter that adversely affects, or can be assumed to adversely affect, marine organisms must decrease.
Threshold values
  • None = -
  • None = -
Threshold value unit
-
-
Proportion of area to achieve threshold value
100
100
Reference point type
NotReported
NotReported
Baseline
-
-
Assessment method
Development status