Member State report / Art9 / 2012 / D2 / Estonia / Baltic 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 D2 Non-indigenous species
Member State Estonia
Region/subregion Baltic Sea
Reported by Estonian Marine Institute
Report date 2012-10-19
Report access MSFD9GES_20130430_141744.xml
GES component
2.1 Abundance and state characterisation of non-indigenous species, in particular invasive species
2.1.1 Trends in abundance of NIS
2.2 Environmental impact of invasive non-indigenous species
2.2.1 Ratio invasive to native species
2.2.2 Impacts of NIS
Method used
BAL-EE-AA: Targets were set on criteria level and indicators were selected from those used for GES determination.
BAL-EE-AA: Targets were set on criteria level and indicators were selected from those used for GES determination.
Marine reporting units
  • Estonian marine waters
Feature
  • Functional group - other (highly mobile/widely dispersed species groups)
  • Functional group - other (highly mobile/widely dispersed species groups)
Criterion/indicator
2.1
2.1.1
2.2
2.2.1
2.2.2
GES description
Abundance is not higher than sertain frequency of occurrence
Biopollution Index
Threshold values
  • Estonian marine waters = 80
  • Estonian marine waters = 1
Threshold value unit
%
index
Proportion of area to achieve threshold value
100%
100%
Reference point type
TargetReferencePoint
LimitReferencePoint
Baseline
background levels
reference conditions
Assessment method
Development status
Fully operational
Fully operational