Member State report / Art8 / 2018 / D2 / Baltic

Report type Member State report to Commission
MSFD Article Art. 8 Initial assessment (and Art. 17 updates)
Report due 2018-10-15
GES Descriptor D2 Non-indigenous species
Region/subregion Baltic
Reported by Member state
Member state
Finland
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland
Germany
Denmark
Sweden
Member state report
Marine reporting units MRUs used
  • BAL-FI
  • BAL-EE-AA
  • BAL-EE-GF
  • BAL-EE-GR
  • BAL-GF-EE-EEEE_05
  • BAL-LV-AAA-006
  • BAL-LT-AA-01
  • BAL-LT-AA-02
  • BAL-LT-MS-01
  • L2-SEA-007-POL
  • L2-SEA-008-POL
  • L2-SEA-009-POL
  • L4-POL-002
  • L4-POL-003
  • BALDE_MS
  • BAL-DK-HELCOM-TOTAL
  • DK-TOTAL-part-BAL
  • BAL-SE-RG-Ostersjon
Features Habitats
  • Other benthic habitats (1)
  • Pelagic broad habitats (1)
  • Other benthic habitats (2)
Features Biological
  • Established non-indigenous species (3)
  • Newly-introduced non-indigenous species (1)
  • Established non-indigenous species (21)
  • Newly-introduced non-indigenous species (1)
  • Newly-introduced non-indigenous species (2)
  • Established non-indigenous species (2)
  • Newly-introduced non-indigenous species (2)
  • Established non-indigenous species (27)
  • Newly-introduced non-indigenous species (8)
  • Newly-introduced non-indigenous species (11)
  • Established non-indigenous species (2)
  • Newly-introduced non-indigenous species (2)
  • Newly-introduced non-indigenous species (5)
Features No theme
  • All marine ecosystem elements (1)
Element All marine ecosystem elements
  • D2C3 (1)
Element Coastal
  • D2C3 (1)
Element Acartia (Acanthacartia) tonsa
  • D2C2 (1)
Element Alexandrium ostenfeldii
  • D2C2 (1)
Element Amphibalanus improvisus
  • D2C2 (4)
  • D2C2 (4)
Element Antithamnionella ternifolia
  • D2C1 (1)
Element Boccardiella ligerica
  • D2C1 (1)
Element Carassius gibelio
  • D2C2 (2)
Element Cercopagis pengoi
  • D2C2 (2)
  • D2C2 (3)
Element Coastal benthic habitats
  • D2C3 (1)
  • D2C3 (2)
Element Diadumene lineata
  • D2C1 (1)
Element Dikerogammarus villosus
  • D2C1 (1)
Element Dreissena bugensis
  • D2C1 (1)
  • D2C1 (1)
Element Dreissena polymorpha
  • D2C2 (1)
  • D2C2 (3)
Element Echinogammarus trichiatus
  • D2C1 (1)
Element Eriocheir sinensis
  • D2C2 (1)
Element Ficopomatus enigmaticus
  • D2C1 (1)
Element Gammarus tigrinus
  • D2C2 (1)
  • D2C2 (1)
Element Grandidierella japonica
  • D2C1 (1)
Element Hemigrapsus takanoi
  • D2C1 (1)
Element Hypania invalida
  • D2C1 (1)
Element Laonome sp.
  • D2C2 (1)
  • D2C1 (1)
  • D2C1 (1)
  • D2C1 (1)
Element Limnodrilus profundicola
  • D2C1 (1)
Element Maeotias marginata
  • D2C2 (1)
Element Marenzelleria spp. (neglecta & viridis)
  • D2C2 (4)
  • D2C2 (5)
Element Melita nitida
  • D2C1 (1)
Element Murchisonellidae
  • D2C2 (1)
Element Mya arenaria
  • D2C2 (2)
  • D2C2 (4)
Element Mytilopsis leucophaeata
  • D2C1 (1)
Element Neogobius melanostomus
  • D2C2 (2)
  • D2C2 (2)
  • D2C2 (2)
Element Not applicable
  • D2C1 (1)
  • D2C1 (2)
  • D2C1 (2)
Element Palaemon macrodactylus
  • D2C1 (1)
Element Paramysis lacustris
  • D2C1 (1)
Element Potamopyrgus antipodarum
  • D2C2 (2)
  • D2C2 (1)
Element Proasellus coxalis
  • D2C1 (1)
Element Prorocentrum cordatum
  • D2C2 (3)
Element Rangia cuneata
  • D2C1 (1)
  • D2C1 (2)
  • D2C1 (1)
Element Rhithropanopeus harrisii
  • D2C2 (1)
  • D2C1 (1)
Element Sinelobus vanhaareni
  • D2C1 (1)
  • D2C1 (1)
Element2
  • Rangia cuneata
Element sources No. of elements per level
  • EU (0)
  • HELCOM (1)
  • National (0)
  • Other (3)
  • EU (25)
  • HELCOM (0)
  • National (0)
  • Other (0)
  • EU (0)
  • HELCOM (2)
  • National (0)
  • Other (0)
  • EU (0)
  • HELCOM (6)
  • National (0)
  • Other (0)
  • EU (0)
  • HELCOM (0)
  • National (33)
  • Other (0)
  • EU (0)
  • HELCOM (0)
  • National (11)
  • Other (0)
  • EU (0)
  • HELCOM (0)
  • National (2)
  • Other (2)
  • EU (0)
  • HELCOM (5)
  • National (0)
  • Other (0)
Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) D2 Non-indigenous species
Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) D2C1 Newly-introduced NIS
  • Presence (1)
  • Presence (1)
  • Presence (2)
  • Presence (2)
  • Presence (8)
  • Other - arrival rate of non-indigenous species (11)
  • Presence (2)
  • Presence (5)
Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) D2C2 Established NIS (2.1, 2.1.1)
  • Abundance (1)
  • Presence (2)
  • Abundance (9)
  • Biomass (10)
  • Other - Abundance (large mesh size: 40-60 mm) (1)
  • Other - Abundance (small mesh size: 18-22 mm) (1)
  • Other - Gausumo pokytis (2)
  • Presence (27)
  • Abundance (1)
  • Extent (1)
Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) D2C3 Adverse effects of NIS (2.2, 2.2.1, 2.2.2)
  • Other - Biopollution level (BPL) (1)
  • Other - Relative abundance of non-indigenous species in zooplankton community (1)
  • Other - Relative biomass of non-indigenous species in macrozoobenthic community (1)
  • Extent (2)
Threshold values % of parameters with values (no. of parameters)
0% (0)
12% (3)
0% (0)
0% (0)
0% (0)
100% (11)
0% (0)
0% (0)
Threshold value sources D2 Non-indigenous species
Threshold value sources D2C1 Newly-introduced NIS
  • HELCOM (1)
  • HELCOM (1)
  • IMO (2)
  • HELCOM (8)
  • Other (11)
  • National (5)
Threshold value sources D2C2 Established NIS (2.1, 2.1.1)
  • Not applicable (21)
  • National (2)
Threshold value sources D2C3 Adverse effects of NIS (2.2, 2.2.1, 2.2.2)
  • National (2)
  • Other (1)
  • National (2)
Value achieved upper % of parameters with values (no. of parameters)
0% (0)
96% (24)
100% (2)
66% (4)
94% (33)
100% (11)
0% (0)
100% (5)
Value achieved lower % of parameters with values (no. of parameters)
0% (0)
0% (0)
0% (0)
0% (0)
0% (0)
0% (0)
0% (0)
0% (0)
Value unit/Value unit other (count of use per criterion) D2 Non-indigenous species
Value unit/Value unit other (count of use per criterion) D2C1 Newly-introduced NIS
  • (number of) species (1)
  • (number of) species (1)
  • (number of) species (2)
  • (number of) species (2)
  • (number of) species (8)
  • number of species in 6 years (11)
  • (number of) species (2)
  • (number of) species (5)
Value unit/Value unit other (count of use per criterion) D2C2 Established NIS (2.1, 2.1.1)
  • Catch per unit effort (5)
  • average number of individuals per square meter (6)
  • grams per square meter dry weight (10)
  • percentage (1)
  • (number of) species (27)
  • (number of) individuals (1)
Value unit/Value unit other (count of use per criterion) D2C3 Adverse effects of NIS (2.2, 2.2.1, 2.2.2)
  • not applicable (1)
  • percentage (2)
  • percentage (2)
Proportion threshold values Range of % values (no. of parameters)
Range: 100-100% (2 of 35 parameters)
Proportion values achieved Range of % values (no. of parameters)
Range: 100-100% (2 of 35 parameters)
Proportion threshold value units
% area of MRU achieving threshold value
Trends No. of trends per category
  • Deteriorating (0 or 0.0%)
  • Improving (1 or 25.0%)
  • Not relevant (0 or 0.0%)
  • Stable (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (3 or 75.0%)
  • Deteriorating (1 or 4.0%)
  • Improving (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not relevant (23 or 92.0%)
  • Stable (1 or 4.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Deteriorating (0 or 0.0%)
  • Improving (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not relevant (0 or 0.0%)
  • Stable (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (2 or 100.0%)
  • Deteriorating (4 or 66.7%)
  • Improving (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not relevant (0 or 0.0%)
  • Stable (2 or 33.3%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Deteriorating (0 or 0.0%)
  • Improving (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not relevant (0 or 0.0%)
  • Stable (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (35 or 100.0%)
  • Deteriorating (0 or 0.0%)
  • Improving (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not relevant (0 or 0.0%)
  • Stable (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (11 or 100.0%)
  • Deteriorating (0 or 0.0%)
  • Improving (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not relevant (0 or 0.0%)
  • Stable (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (4 or 100.0%)
  • Deteriorating (0 or 0.0%)
  • Improving (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not relevant (5 or 100.0%)
  • Stable (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
Parameters achieved No. of parameters per category
  • No (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Yes (3 or 75.0%)
  • Yes, based on low risk (1 or 25.0%)
  • No (3 or 12.0%)
  • Not assessed (21 or 84.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Yes (1 or 4.0%)
  • Yes, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%)
  • No (2 or 100.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Yes (0 or 0.0%)
  • Yes, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%)
  • No (4 or 66.7%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Yes (2 or 33.3%)
  • Yes, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%)
  • No (6 or 17.1%)
  • Not assessed (27 or 77.1%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Yes (2 or 5.7%)
  • Yes, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%)
  • No (11 or 100.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Yes (0 or 0.0%)
  • Yes, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%)
  • No (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (4 or 100.0%)
  • Yes (0 or 0.0%)
  • Yes, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%)
  • No (5 or 100.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Yes (0 or 0.0%)
  • Yes, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%)
Related indicators
  • BAL-FI-IND-NON-INDIGENOUS-SPECIES
  • BALEED2C1.1
  • BALEED2C2.1
  • BALEED2C2.2
  • BALEED2C2.3
  • BALEED2C3.1
  • BALEED2C3.2
  • BALEED2C3.3
  • BAL-HELCOM-nis1
  • BAL-LT- D02-2.2.1
  • HELCOM-NIS
  • Inventory-Parameter
  • HELCOM-NIS
  • BAL-HELCOM-NIS-NEWLY_INTRODUCED
  • DK-NIS-DISTRIBUTION_ESTABLISHED_NIS
  • DK-NIS-NEWLY_INTRODUCED
  • BALSE-2.1A_Intro_främmande_art
Criteria status No. of criteria per category
  • Contributes to assessment of another criterion/ele (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good (3 or 75.0%)
  • Good, based on low risk (1 or 25.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Contributes to assessment of another criterion/ele (21 or 84.0%)
  • Good (1 or 4.0%)
  • Good, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not good (3 or 12.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Contributes to assessment of another criterion/ele (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not good (2 or 100.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Contributes to assessment of another criterion/ele (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good (2 or 33.3%)
  • Good, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not good (4 or 66.7%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Contributes to assessment of another criterion/ele (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good (2 or 5.7%)
  • Good, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (27 or 77.1%)
  • Not good (6 or 17.1%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Contributes to assessment of another criterion/ele (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not good (11 or 100.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Contributes to assessment of another criterion/ele (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not good (1 or 25.0%)
  • Unknown (3 or 75.0%)
  • Contributes to assessment of another criterion/ele (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not good (5 or 100.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
Element status No. of elements per category
  • Good (3 or 75.0%)
  • Good, based on low risk (1 or 25.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good (1 or 4.0%)
  • Good, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not good (3 or 12.0%)
  • Unknown (21 or 84.0%)
  • Good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not good (2 or 100.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good (2 or 33.3%)
  • Good, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not good (4 or 66.7%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good (2 or 5.7%)
  • Good, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (27 or 77.1%)
  • Not good (6 or 17.1%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (11 or 100.0%)
  • Not good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (2 or 50.0%)
  • Not good (2 or 50.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (5 or 100.0%)
  • Not good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
Integration rule type for parameters
Not relevant (25 or 100.0%)
THRES (2 or 100.0%)
Not relevant (35 or 100.0%)
Not relevant (4 or 100.0%)
Not relevant (5 or 100.0%)
Integration rule description for parameters
No integration rule applied
Integration rule type for criteria
Not relevant (21 or 84.0%)
OOAO (4 or 16.0%)
THRES (2 or 100.0%)
Not relevant (35 or 100.0%)
Not relevant (4 or 100.0%)
Not relevant (5 or 100.0%)
Integration rule description for criteria
No integration rule applied
GES extent threshold
  • 1.00 (11 of 11, or 100.0%)
GES extent achieved
  • 1.00 (2 of 6, or 33.3%)
  • 4.00 (4 of 6, or 66.7%)
  • 5.00 (5 of 5, or 100.0%)
GES extent unit
  • Number of newly-introduced species (2 of 2, or 100.0%)
  • Number of newly-introduced species (2 of 2, or 100.0%)
  • Number of newly-introduced species (8 of 8, or 100.0%)
  • Number of newly-introduced species (11 of 11, or 100.0%)
  • Number of newly-introduced species (5 of 5, or 100.0%)
GES achieved All marine ecosystem elements
  • GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported (1)
GES achieved Other benthic habitats
  • GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported (1)
  • GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, Article 14 exception reported (2)
GES achieved Pelagic broad habitats
  • GES achieved (1)
GES achieved Established non-indigenous species
  • GES achieved (3)
  • Not relevant (21)
  • GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, Article 14 exception reported (2)
  • GES achieved (2)
  • GES expected to be achieved by 2020 (19)
  • GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported (6)
  • GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported (2)
GES achieved Newly-introduced non-indigenous species
  • GES achieved (1)
  • GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported (1)
  • GES expected to be achieved by 2020 (2)
  • GES achieved (2)
  • GES achieved (2)
  • GES expected to be achieved by 2020 (6)
  • GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported (11)
  • GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported (2)
  • GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported (5)
Assessment period
2011-2016 (4 or 100.0%)
2012-2017 (25 or 100.0%)
2011-2016 (2 or 100.0%)
2012-2017 (6 or 100.0%)
2011-2016 (35 or 100.0%)
2011-2016 (11 or 100.0%)
1900-2016 (1 or 25.0%)
2002-2016 (1 or 25.0%)
2008-2016 (2 or 50.0%)
2011-2016 (5 or 100.0%)
Related pressures
  • Input or spread of non-indigenous species (4 or 100.0%)
  • Established non-indigenous species (24 or 32.4%)
  • Input or spread of non-indigenous species (25 or 33.8%)
  • Newly-introduced non-indigenous species (25 or 33.8%)
  • Input or spread of non-indigenous species (2 or 100.0%)
  • Input or spread of non-indigenous species (6 or 100.0%)
  • Established non-indigenous species (8 or 7.6%)
  • Input of genetically modified species and translocation of native species (35 or 33.3%)
  • Input or spread of non-indigenous species (35 or 33.3%)
  • Newly-introduced non-indigenous species (27 or 25.7%)
  • Input or spread of non-indigenous species (11 or 100.0%)
  • Input or spread of non-indigenous species (2 or 100.0%)
  • Input or spread of non-indigenous species (5 or 100.0%)
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