MS/Art9/2018/D8/Finland/Baltic Sea — Marine Information System for Europe

Member State report / Art9 / 2018 / D8 / Finland / Baltic Sea

Report type	Member State report to Commission
MSFD Article	Art. 9 Determination of GES (and Art. 17 updates)
Report due	2018-10-15
GES Descriptor	D8 Contaminants
Member State	Finland
Region/subregion	Baltic Sea
Reported by	Finnish Environment Institute
Report date	2019-04-10
Report access	msfd2018-ART9_GES_3Jan2019_4_.xml

Simplified table

GES component	D8	D8C1							D8C2			D8C3		D8C4
Marine reporting units		BAL-FI-AS-COAST BAL-FI-AS-OFFSHORE BAL-FI-BB-COAST BAL-FI-BB-OFFSHORE BAL-FI-BS-COAST BAL-FI-BS-OFFSHORE BAL-FI-GF-COAST BAL-FI-GF-OFFSHORE BAL-FI-NB-OFFSHORE BAL-FI-QK-COAST BAL-FI-QK-OFFSHORE							BAL-FI	BAL-FI-AS BAL-FI-BS BAL-FI-GF	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
Features		Contaminants - non UPBT substances		Contaminants - UPBT substances Contaminants - non UPBT substances				Input of other substances (e.g. synthetic substances, non-synthetic substances, radionuclides) - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition, acute events	Seals	Seals	Apex predators	Acute pollution events	Contaminants - non UPBT substances
GES description		PESTICIDE FORMULATIONS: The concentrations of blue myrky nodularin are lower than 1,0 µg in L-1 in seawater. The status of undesirable substances in the marine environment is assessed for coastal and offshore elements of marine waters, first for each substance or indicator separately and then as a weighted average of indicators, using HELCOM Chase.	Lead concentrations in fish and cadmium concentrations in bivalve molluscs are below the thresholds of 24 µg Pb kg-1 ww and 960 µg Cd kg-1 dw agreed at HELCOM. The status of harmful substances in the marine environment is first assessed for the offshore and offshore sections of marine areas separ...	Concentrations of benzo-a-pyrene and fluoranthene in molluscs are below the environmental quality standards (5 and 30 µg kg-1 ww) and the concentrations of anthracene in sediment are below 24 µg kg-1 dw (TOC 5%). The status of harmful substances in the marine environment is first assessed for the...	Concentrations of lead, mercury and cadmium (annual average) below environmental quality standards in water (1.3 μg Pb L-1 and 0.2 μg Cd L-1) and in fish (mercury only, 200 μg kg-1 ww). The status of harmful substances in the marine environment is first assessed for the offshore and offshore sect...	The concentration of tributyltin (TBT) in sediment is lower than the agreed threshold of 1.6 μg kg-1 dw (5% TOC) in HELCOM or the corresponding environmental quality standard in water (0.2 ng L-1). The status of harmful substances in the marine environment is first assessed for the offshore and o...	Concentrations of compounds below the environmental quality standards for fish, crustaceans and molluscs are as follows: sum of PBDEs 28, 47,99,100, 153 and 154 0.0085 μg kg-1 ww, HBCDD 167 μg kg-1, PFOS 9.1 µg kg-1 ww, PCB sum of congener 28, 52, 101, 138, 153 and 180 sum of 75 µg kg-1 ww, sum o...	The concentration of radioactive Cesium-137 in the herring is below 2.5 Bq kg-1. The status of harmful substances in the marine environment is first assessed for the offshore and offshore sections of marine areas separately for each substance or indicator and then as a weighted average of indicators using the HELCOM CHASE tool.	Females > 90 % of births in females aged 6 and over will lead to birth. The status of undesirable substances in the marine environment is assessed for coastal and offshore elements of marine waters, first for each substance or indicator separately and then as a weighted average of indicators, using HELCOM Chase.	More than 90% of the Baltic females'> 5 year old females give birth to a live pup. The status of harmful substances in the marine environment is assessed for coastal and offshore sections of the sea, first for each substance or indicator, and then as a weighted average of indicators using the HELCOM CHASE tool.	The population of the white-tailed eagle is in good condition if the litter production is 0.97; breeding success is 59% and litter size is 1.64. The status of harmful substances in the marine environment is assessed for coastal and offshore sections of the sea, first for each substance or indicator, and then as a weighted average of indicators using the HELCOM CHASE tool.	Oil discharges observed in the sea are below the HELCOM thresholds: 5.2447 m3 in the Gulf of Finland, 14.3056 m3 in the Northern Baltic Sea, 0.1363 m3 in the Åland Sea, 0.0007 m3 in the Kvarken and 0.1135 m3 in the Gulf of Bothnia. The status of harmful substances in the marine environment is ass...	Oil content in seawater is less than 1.0 µg L-1 (annual average in the sea). The status of harmful substances in the marine environment is assessed for coastal and offshore sections of the sea, first for each substance or indicator, and then as a weighted average of indicators using the HELCOM CHASE tool.
Determination date		201807	201807	201807	201807	201807	201807	201807	201807	201807	201807	201807	201807
Update type		Modified from reported determination	Modified from reported determination	Modified from reported determination	Modified from reported determination	Modified from reported determination	Modified from reported determination	Modified from reported determination	Modified from reported determination	Modified from reported determination	Modified from reported determination	Modified from reported determination	Modified from reported determination
Justification for non-use of criterion												This criteria has not been used since all Contaminants indicators are related to Criteria D8C1 and D8C2.
Justification for delay in setting EU/regional requirements