Art11

Member State report / Art11 / 2020 / D2 / Finland / Baltic 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	D2 Non-indigenous species
Member State	Finland
Region/subregion	Baltic Sea
Reported by	Finnish Environment Institute
Report date	2020-10-31
Report access	ART11_Programmes_Merge__6_.xml msfd-ART11_Strategies_1__3_.xml

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Descriptor	D2
Monitoring strategy description	The programme monitors alien species that enter and have arrived in Finlandâs sea basin and aims to identify the origin of the alien species and the way in which they arrive. There is only one sub-programme for the collection of alien species information on ports. In addition, all other biologi...
Coverage of GES criteria	Adequate monitoring is in place by July 2020
Gaps and plans	The new programme bridges the previous gaps in monitoring of port areas for new introduced species and also gives better information of the distribution and abundance of established alien species.
Related targets	VIERAS1
Coverage of targets	Adequate monitoring is in place by July 2020
Related measures	BALFI-X003-NIS - 'National strategy for Non-Indigenous Species (Government resolution 15 March 2012)' BALFI-X004-NIS - 'Measures that relate to the EU Regulation (1143/2014/EU) on the prevention and management of the introduction and spread of invasive alien species' BALFI-X005-NIS - 'Measures that relate to the government proposal for a law on the management of the risks caused by invasive alien species, which will implement the EU Regulation (1143/2014)'
Coverage of measures	Adequate monitoring is in place by July 2020
Related monitoring programmes	04 06ben-1 06ben-2 06ben-3 06ben-4 06ben-5 06pel-1 06pel-2 BALFI-d01 BALFI-d02-1
Programme code	BALFI-D01,04,06ben-1										BALFI-D01,04,06ben-2													BALFI-D01,04,06ben-3						BALFI-D01,04,06ben-4		BALFI-D01,04,06ben-5			BALFI-D01,04,06pel-1						BALFI-D01,04,06pel-2						BALFI-D02-1
Programme name	Offshore soft bottom macrozoobenthos										Coastal waters soft bottom fauna													Coastal hard bottom macroalgae and blue mussel communities						Coastal sand and gravel bottoms		Soft bottom macrophytes			Zooplankton species composition and abundance						Phytoplankton species composition, abundance and biomass						Alien species
Update type	Same programme as in 2014										Same programme as in 2014													Modified from 2014						New programme		New programme			Same programme as in 2014						Same programme as in 2014						Same programme as in 2014
Old programme codes																								04 06ben-3 BALFI-D01
Programme description	A description of the biological macrozoobenthic communities associated with the predominant seabed habitats. Changes in communities and abundance of alien species.										A description of the biological communities associated with the coastal soft bottom seabed habitats. Changes in communities and abundance of alien species.													Coastal hard bottom habitat forming macroalgae and blue mussel communities and population structure of macrozoobenthic species living in these habitats. Aims to observe structure changes in communities, which are especially affected by eutrophication.						Program monitors eutrophication in coastal sand and gravel bottoms. Indicators are amount of drifting macroalgae, number of epifytic macroalgae and species composition of macrophytes (see also BALFI-D01,04,06ben-5)		Program monitors changes in macrophyte community (number of species and species coverage) in soft bottoms in coastal and shallow bay areas, which are affected among other things by eutrophication.			Zooplankton species composition, abundance and biomass						Phytoplankton species composition, abundance and biomass are monitored by counting phytoplankton from preserved water samples to identify changes in phytoplankton communities (e.g. harmful and invasive species						Number of alien species, abundance and extent of species. This program covers species, which are covered in following monitoring programs: Zooplankton, phytoplankton, coastal hard bottom macroalagae and mussel communities, soft bottom benthic animals and coastal fish monitoring programs. Alien species are also monitored in harbors with in-situ sampling. Accuracy of alien species extent is improved by individual sightings by experts and citizen.
Monitoring purpose	Environmental state and impacts										Environmental state and impacts													Environmental state and impacts						Environmental state and impacts		Environmental state and impacts			Environmental state and impacts						Environmental state and impacts						Environmental state and impacts
Other policies and conventions	HELCOM Monitoring programmes Habitats Directive										HELCOM Monitoring programmes Habitats Directive Water Framework Directive													HELCOM Monitoring programmes Habitats Directive Water Framework Directive						Habitats Directive		Habitats Directive Water Framework Directive			HELCOM Monitoring programmes						HELCOM Monitoring programmes Water Framework Directive						HELCOM Monitoring programmes IMO-BWM Invasive Alien Species Regulation
Regional cooperation - coordinating body	HELCOM										Other													HELCOM											HELCOM						HELCOM						HELCOM
Regional cooperation - countries involved	DE,DK,EE,LT,LV,PL,SE										EE,SE																								DE,DK,EE,LT,LV,PL,SE						DE,DK,EE,LT,LV,PL,SE						DE,DK,EE,LT,LV,PL,SE
Regional cooperation - implementation level	Coordinated data collection										Agreed data collection methods													Common monitoring strategy											Coordinated data collection						Coordinated data collection						Coordinated data collection
Monitoring details	Essential information describing this national sub-programme is available in the HELCOM COMBINE manual: http://www.helcom.fi/action-areas/monitoring-and-assessment/monitoring-manual/benthic-community-species-distribution-and-abundance/softbottom-fauna.										Monitoring is part of the EU Water Framework Directive monitoring of coastal waters. Ref: Mountain et al. (Sampling of soft benthic animals and sediment for VPD monitoring in coastal waters. In: Mountain et al. (ed.) organisation of biological monitoring and acquisition of analyses for river basi...													No monitoring in Bothnian Bay since species monitored do not habitat that area						Video monitoring with drop video		Diving transects and bathyscope			Program follows HELCOM Combine - https://helcom.fi/media/publications/Guidelines-for-monitoring-of-mesozooplankton.pdf						Samples are taken onboard research vessels under the coastal monitoring (part of EU WFD) and offshore monitoring.						Details of harbor monitoring - https://portal.helcom.fi/meetings/MARITIME%2015-2015-245/MeetingDocuments/3-1%20HELCOM-OSPAR%20Joint%20Harmonized%20Procedure%20for%20BWMC%20A-4%20exemptions.pdf
Features	Shelf ecosystems		Eutrophication	Benthic broad habitats	Chemical characteristics				Physical and hydrological characteristics		Physical and hydrological characteristics	Shelf ecosystems	Physical and hydrological characteristics	Shelf ecosystems	Eutrophication	Benthic broad habitats		Chemical characteristics				Physical and hydrological characteristics		Newly introduced non-indigenous species	Established non-indigenous species	Eutrophication		Benthic broad habitats		Eutrophication	Benthic broad habitats	Eutrophication		Benthic broad habitats	Pelagic broad habitats	Newly introduced non-indigenous species	Established non-indigenous species	Shelf ecosystems			Pelagic broad habitats	Newly introduced non-indigenous species	Shelf ecosystems		Eutrophication		Input or spread of non-indigenous species
Elements	Deposit-feeders Filter-feeders		Benthic habitats - macrobenthic communities	Circalittoral mixed sediment Circalittoral mud Circalittoral sand Offshore circalittoral mixed sediment Offshore circalittoral mud Offshore circalittoral sand	CDOM - colored dissolved organic matter	Dissolved oxygen (O2)	H2S	Salinity	Seabed substrate and morphology	Temperature	Seabed substrate and morphology	Deposit-feeders Filter-feeders Secondary producers	Seabed substrate and morphology	Deposit-feeders Filter-feeders Secondary producers	Benthic habitats - macrobenthic communities	Circalittoral mixed sediment Circalittoral mud Circalittoral sand Infralittoral mixed sediment Infralittoral mud Infralittoral sand		CDOM - colored dissolved organic matter	Dissolved oxygen (O2)	H2S	Salinity	Seabed substrate and morphology	Temperature	Not Applicable	Neogobius melanostomus Palaemon elegans Rhithropanopeus harrisii	Benthic habitats - opportunistic macroalgae	Benthic habitats - macrophyte communities	Circalittoral rock and biogenic reef	Infralittoral rock and biogenic reef	Benthic habitats - opportunistic macroalgae	Circalittoral coarse sediment Circalittoral sand Infralittoral coarse sediment Infralittoral sand	Benthic habitats - opportunistic macroalgae	Benthic habitats - macrophyte communities	Infralittoral mixed sediment Infralittoral mud Infralittoral sand	Coastal pelagic habitat Shelf pelagic habitat	Not Applicable	Cercopagis pengoi	Secondary producers			Coastal pelagic habitat Shelf pelagic habitat	Not Applicable	Primary producers		Cyanobacteria	Diatoms & Dinoflagellates	Not Applicable
GES criteria	D4C2	D4C3	D5C8	D6C5	NotRelevan				NotRelevan		D4C1	D4C1	D4C2	D4C2	D5C8	D6C5	D7C2	NotRelevan				NotRelevan		D2C1	D2C2	D5C6	D5C7	D6C5		D5C6	D6C5	D5C6	D5C7	D6C5	D1C6	D2C1	D2C2	D4C1	D4C2	D4C3	D1C6	D2C1	D4C1	D4C2	D5C3		D2C1	D2C2
Parameters	Abundance (number of individuals) Biomass	Size distribution	Abundance (number of individuals) Other	Other	Concentration in sediment (total)	Concentration in water	Other	Salinity	Physical structure of habitat (e.g. sediment characteristics, topographic structure)	Temperature	Other	Other	Abundance (number of individuals) Biomass	Abundance (number of individuals) Biomass	Abundance (number of individuals) Other	Other		Concentration in sediment (total)	Concentration in water	Other	Salinity	Physical structure of habitat (e.g. sediment characteristics, topographic structure)	Temperature	Other Presence	Abundance (number of individuals)	Coverage (e.g. of a species within a habitat or area)	Coverage (e.g. of a species within a habitat or area) Extent	Extent Other		Coverage (e.g. of a species within a habitat or area) Other	Extent Other	Extent Other	Coverage (e.g. of a species within a habitat or area) Extent	Extent Other	Other Size distribution	Presence	Abundance (number of individuals) Extent	Other	Abundance (number of individuals) Biomass	Size distribution	Other	Presence	Other	Biomass	Extent	Other	Presence	Abundance (number of individuals) Extent Other
Parameter Other			biomass; species richness	Species richness; abundance; biomass; length			See SYKE manual				Species diversity	Number of species		Number of species	Biomass; Species richness	Species richness; Abundance; Biomass				See SYKE manual				Abundance	Abundance			Maximum depth limit and coverage of Mytilus trossu	Diversity of macrofauna on fucus; Macroalgae cover	epiphytic macroalgae coverage on macrophytes (%),	Drifting macroalgae coverage (%)	Coverage % on macrophytes		Species richness	Biomass; Abundance			Diversity			Abundance; Species richness		Species richness; Diversity		Ratio of Diatoms & Dinoflagellates			Ratio of NIS and indigenous species
Spatial scope	EEZ (or similar)										Coastal waters (WFD)													Coastal waters (WFD)						Coastal waters (WFD)		Coastal waters (WFD)			EEZ (or similar)						EEZ (or similar)						EEZ (or similar)
Marine reporting units	BAL-FI-AS-OFFSHORE BAL-FI-BB-OFFSHORE BAL-FI-BS-OFFSHORE BAL-FI-GF-OFFSHORE BAL-FI-NB-OFFSHORE BAL-FI-QK-OFFSHORE										BAL-FI-AS-COAST BAL-FI-BB-COAST BAL-FI-BS-COAST BAL-FI-GF-COAST BAL-FI-QK-COAST													BAL-FI-AS-COAST BAL-FI-BS-COAST BAL-FI-GF-COAST BAL-FI-QK-COAST						BAL-FI-AP-COAST-INNER BAL-FI-AP-COAST-MIDDLE BAL-FI-AP-COAST-OUTER BAL-FI-BB-COAST BAL-FI-BS-COAST BAL-FI-GF-COAST BAL-FI-QK-COAST		BAL-FI-AS-COAST BAL-FI-BB-COAST BAL-FI-BS-COAST BAL-FI-GF-COAST BAL-FI-QK-COAST			BAL-FI-AS BAL-FI-BB BAL-FI-BS BAL-FI-GF BAL-FI-NB BAL-FI-QK						BAL-FI-AS BAL-FI-BB BAL-FI-BS BAL-FI-GF BAL-FI-NB BAL-FI-QK						BAL-FI-AS BAL-FI-BB BAL-FI-BS BAL-FI-GF BAL-FI-NB BAL-FI-QK
Temporal scope (start date - end date)	1964-9999										1964-9999													1993-9999						2020-9999		2020-9999			1979-9999						1979-9999						1960-9999
Monitoring frequency	Yearly										Yearly													Yearly						3-yearly		3-yearly			Yearly						Yearly						Continually
Monitoring type	In-situ sampling offshore										In-situ sampling coastal													In-situ sampling coastal						Other		In-situ sampling coastal			In-situ sampling coastal In-situ sampling offshore						In-situ sampling coastal In-situ sampling offshore						Administrative data collection In-situ sampling coastal In-situ sampling offshore Visual observation
Monitoring method	HELCOM Manual for monitoring in COMBINE programme										HELCOM Manual for monitoring in COMBINE programme													HELCOM Manual for monitoring in COMBINE programme Other monitoring method						Other monitoring method		Other monitoring method			HELCOM Manual for monitoring in COMBINE programme						HELCOM Guidelines for monitoring phytoplankton species composition, abundance and biomass HELCOM Manual for monitoring in COMBINE programme						HELCOM Guidelines for monitoring of non-indigenous species by eRAS
Monitoring method other																								Bladder wrack and macroalgae monitoring follows Finnish Environment Institutes monitoring instructions, which follows HELCOM COMBINE - https://helcom.fi/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Manual-for-Marine-Monitoring-in-the-COMBINE-Programme-of-HELCOM_PartC_AnnexC9.pdf. Blue mussel monitoring follows bladder wrack monitoring instructions.						The Finnish Inventory Programme for the Underwater Marine Environment (VELMU) - https://www.environment.fi/en-US/VELMU		The Finnish Inventory Programme for the Underwater Marine Environment (VELMU) - https://www.environment.fi/en-US/VELMU Åbo Akademi - http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-12-3309-8
Quality control	Soft bottom sediment monitoring is FINAS-accredited (SFS-EN ISO/IEC 17025) and follows HELCOM COMBINE manual.										Soft bottom sediment monitoring is FINAS-accredited (SFS-EN ISO/IEC 17025) and follows HELCOM COMBINE manual.													HELCOM manual for monitoring in COMBINE: http://www.helcom.fi/action-areas/monitoring-and-assessment/monitoring-manual/benthic-community-species-distribution-and-abundance/hardbottom-species						Monitoring and methods are new, no quality control yet		Monitoring and methods based on VELMU monitoring			Offshore sampling follows HELCOM COMBINE program and coastal sampling instructions from Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE). Ring tests for zooplankton identifiers (HELCOM ZEN), Inter-and intra-laboratory calibrations.						Monitoring follows instructions from Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), which are based on HELCOM COMBINE program. Certificate of phytoplankton identification is required from person identifying phytoplankton from the sample						Program follows HELCOM- monitoring programs quality control and Finnish Environment Institutes (SYKE) monitoring instructions.
Data management	SYKE's POHJE database (https://www.syke.fi/avointieto). The same data is submitted to ICES HELCOM database. HELCOM publishes the indicator data and results: http://metadata.helcom.fi/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/0fdc6cb9-fa15-4ba3-9d73-8aeddb5cff64.										Stored in SYKE's POHJE database. Currently also submitted to ICES and used in the HELCOM indicator.													Database being constructed for the monitoring data.						Data will we compatible with other VELMU-data and stored in LajiGIS		Data will be compatible with VELMU-data and stored in Laji-GIS database			Data saved to SYKE data center, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administrations (NOAA) plankton database and International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) data portal. Results can be found from HELCOM indicators						Data is saved into Finland's environmental administrations Hertta- data system and submitted to ICES.						New introductions are reported to AquaNIS database (http://www.corpi.ku.lt/databases/index.php/aquanis).
Data access	http://ices.dk/data/dataset-collections/Pages/HELCOM.aspx,http://metadata.helcom.fi/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/0fdc6cb9-fa15-4ba3-9d73-8aeddb5cff64,https://www.syke.fi/avointieto										https://www.syke.fi/avointieto													https://www.metsa.fi/maat-ja-vedet/paikkatieto/paikkatietojarjestelmat/#LajiGis						https://www.metsa.fi/maat-ja-vedet/paikkatieto/paikkatietojarjestelmat/#LajiGis		https://www.metsa.fi/maat-ja-vedet/paikkatieto/paikkatietojarjestelmat/#LajiGis			http://ecosystemdata.ices.dk/inventory/index.aspx?HELCOM=0&Area=HELCOM&LatN=&LatS=&LonE=&LonW=&Sdate=&Edate=&Filter=,http://metadata.helcom.fi/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/2fda6dbc-acc1-4de9-86a9-366de22a349a,https://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/plankton/content/region_baltic.html						http://ices.dk/data/dataset-collections/Pages/HELCOM.aspx,https://www.syke.fi/avointieto						http://www.corpi.ku.lt/databases/index.php/aquanis/,http://www.corpi.ku.lt/databases/index.php/binpas/,http://www.helcom.fi/baltic-sea-trends/environment-fact-sheets/biodiversity/observed-non-indegenous-and-cryptogenic-species-in-the-baltic-sea/,http://www.vieraslajit.fi
Related indicator/name	State of the soft bottom macrofauna community State and diversity of the soft bottom fauna State of Gulf of Finland seabed										State and diversity of the soft bottom fauna													State of the macrophytes State of the coastal macrophytes						State of the macrophytes		State of the macrophytes			Zooplankton mean size and total stock (MSTS)						Cyanobacteria bloom index (CyaBI) Phytoplankton community composition Taxonomic diversity of phytoplankton (Shannon95)						Trends in arrival of New Non-Indigenous Species Arrival of new non-indigenous species
Contact	http://www.helcom.fi/action-areas/monitoring-and-assessment/monitoring-manual/benthic-community-species-distribution-and-abundance/softbottom-fauna										SYKE open access interface for environmental data
References	SFS-EN ISO 16665:2005. Water quality. Guidelines for quantitative sampling and sample processing of marine soft-bottom macrofauna (ISO 16665:2003) HELCOM Combine manual. Annex C-8 Soft bottom macrozoobenthos http://www.helcom.fi/Documents/Action%20areas/Monitoring%20and%20assessment/Manuals%20and%20Guidelines/Manual%20for%20Marine%20Monitoring%20in%20the%20COMBINE%20Programme%20of%20HELCOM_PartC_AnnexC8.pdf Kvantitatiivinen pohjaeläinnäytteenotto. SYKE/MK Sisäinen menetelmä SA301, modifioitu HELCOM-ohjeistuksesta. Pohjaeläinten lajiston, lukumäärän ja biomassan määritys. SYKE/MK Sisäinen menetelmä TA201, modifioitu HELCOM-ohjeistuksesta.										Rannikkovesien pehmeiden pohjien eläinyhteisön seurantaan liittyviä menetelmäohjeistuksia: SFS-EN ISO 16665:2005. Water quality. Guidelines for quantitative sampling and sample processing of marine soft-bottom macrofauna (ISO 16665:2003) SFS 5076:1989. Water quality. Sampling of the bottom fauna on soft bottoms with an Ekman grab. Vesitutkimukset. Pohjaeläinnäytteenotto Ekman-noutimella pehmeiltä pohjilta. SFS-EN ISO 10870:2012 Water quality. Guidelines for the selection of sampling methods and devices for benthic macroinvertebrates in fresh waters (ISO 10870:2012) SFS 5077:1989. Water quality. Handnet sampling of the bottom fauna in running waters. Vesitutkimukset. Pohjaeläinnäytteenotto käsihaavilla virtaavissa vesissä. HELCOM Combine manual. Annex C-8 Soft bottom macrozoobenthos http://www.helcom.fi/Documents/Action%20areas/Monitoring%20and%20assessment/Manuals%20and%20Guidelines/Manual%20for%20Marine%20Monitoring%20in%20the%20COMBINE%20Programme%20of%20HELCOM_PartC_AnnexC8.pdf Lax H-G, Perus J 2008. Pehmeiden pohjien pohjaeläinten ja sedimentin näytteenotto rannikkovesien VPD-seurannassa. Teoksessa Vuori et al. (toim.) Vesienhoitoalueiden biologisten seurantojen järjestäminen ja määritysten hankinta. Suomen ympäristökeskuksen raportteja 35, liite 4 Nygård H, 2018. Pohjaeläinnäytteenotto rannikkovesialueilla. https://www.ymparisto.fi/download/noname/%7BEAA3550F-CB3C-4359-A05C-975152698BDF%7D/141803 Pohjaeläinten lajiston, lukumäärän ja biomassan määritys. SYKE/MK Sisäinen menetelmä TA201, modifioitu HELCOM-ohjeistuksesta.													Holgersson E (2013) Kartering av makrofyter, framtagandet av en klassificeringsmetod för att kunna beräkna ekologisk status för Ålands skärgård och skapandet av ett miljöövervakningsprogram. Rapporter från Husö biologiska station, nr 75. Ruuskanen A, 2014. Rannikkovesien vesipuitedirektiivin mukainen makrofyyttiseuranta. https://www.ymparisto.fi/download/noname/%7B688ED3AE-C8A0-46E6-9919-74273AB55AA4%7D/141802 Saarinen A (2015) Beräkning av ekologisk status för Ålands ytvattenförekomster utgående från kartering av makrofyter: ett förslag till övervakningsprogram och harmonisering av metoder mellan Åland och Finland. Rapporter från Husö biologiska station, nr 75. SFS-EN ISO 19493:2007. Water quality. Guidance on marine biological surveys of hard-substrate communities (ISO 19493:2007) SFS-EN 16260:2012 Water quality – Visual seabed surveys ROV using remotely operated and/or towed observation gear for collection of environmental data VELMU-menetelmäohjeistus - https://www.ymparisto.fi/en-us/VELMU HELCOM Combine manual. Annex C-9 Guidelines for monitoring of phytobenthic plant and animal communities in the Baltic Sea http://www.helcom.fi/Documents/Action%20areas/Monitoring%20and%20assessment/Manuals%20and%20Guidelines/Manual%20for%20Marine%20Monitoring%20in%20the%20COMBINE%20Programme%20of%20HELCOM_PartC_AnnexC9.pdf						https://www.environment.fi/en-US/VELMU		VELMU - https://www.environment.fi/en-US/VELMU Åbo Akademi - http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-12-3309-8			HELCOM Combine - https://helcom.fi/media/publications/Guidelines-for-monitoring-of-mesozooplankton.pdf						Aroviita, J., Mitikka, S., Vienonen S. (toim.) 2019: Pintavesien tilan luokittelu ja arviointiperusteet vesienhoidon kolmannella kaudella. Suomen ympäristökeskuksen raportteja 37 / 2019. HELCOM 2017: Monitoring of phytoplankton species composition, abundance and biomass.