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• EUTRO-OPER, work plan and road map
• WP1: Defining assessment methods
• WP2: Operationalizing the assessment

system

• WP3: Development work
• EUTRO-OPER and the EU-RSC data -project

Why EUTRO-OPER? Improvement needs

1. 2. 3. 4. Indicators do not allow use of new data types 5. The eutrophication indicator coreset is still incomplete 6. Low or moderate confidence of the assessment in many

• pen-sea sub-basins

1. Inefficient data flow, from national datasets to indicator- and assessment products 2. Disharmony of coastal and open sea assesment 3. Present assesment does not register improvement toward target

EUTRO-OPER project

• Jan 2014 – Dec 2015
• Aims toward a streamlined, cost-efficient and high-quality

eutrophication assessment

• Detailed project description in proposal by CORE EUTRO 8/2013

accepted by HOD 42/2013

• Guided by GEAR and MONAS groups
• Participants named by Denmark, Finland, Germany, Latvia,

Poland and Sweden

• Chaired by Finland
• EUTRO-OPER 1-2014 held 24-25 March 2014, with delegations

from Denmark, Finland, Germany, Poland and Sweden

• Main deliverable: a streamlined, documented assessment

process ready to produce an updated thematic assessment for HOLAS 2

• Work is carried out in five phases: 1) Apr–Aug 2014, 2) Sep–

Dec 2014, 3) Jan–Jun 2015, 4) Jul–Oct 2015 and 5) Nov–Dec 2015

• Meetings at the beginning of each phase, mostly

electronically; next physically attended meeting Feb 2015 in Gdynia, Poland

• Agreement on contributions devided between EUTRO-OPER,

Secretariat, ICES and EU-RSC data –project

• Detailed road map with deliverables for follow-up of work

agreed upon

OUTCOMES OF EUTRO-OPER 1-2014

• Preparing indicator description: parameters, data

used, monitoring manual

• Developing data aggregation for indicator update:

defining products, specifying methods, creating guidelines

• Further developing the HEAT tool, incl.

classification

• Setting up web-based indicator reporting model

– Facilitating also MSFD reporting – Including interactive use

WP1: Defining assessment methods

• Parameters and data sources for present core indicators have

been identified

– Testing the use of EO- and ferrybox data with the aim of using them for update of chlorophyll a indicator

• Optimal data aggregation approach for update for each core

indicator has been determined

– Additional expertise required for including the oxygen debt indicator into the assessment process

• Monitoring templates for producing the core indicators will be

delivered to MORE by 10 Apr 2014

• Common indicator web-structure agreed with CORESET II

OUTCOMES OF EUTRO-OPER 1-2014

OUTCOMES OF EUTRO-OPER 1-2014

• Additional classification or visualisation of distance to GES will be tested in order

to provide information on progress toward GES

• Will take advantage of the work by Germany underway, on testing HEAT on coastal

areas

Present GES / subGES division Distance to target Five sub-classes

WP2: Operationalizing the assessment system

• Setting up data stream for continuous reporting
• Cooperation with ICES on developing and hosting database
• Setting up a process for regular review of data and

assessment products, identifying relevant institutes in the Contracting Parties

• Agreed data flow model, produced in agreement with ICES

and in collaboration with the EU-RSC data project

• Inclusion of new data types (EO and Ferrybox)
• The need to include coastal data into ICES database was

identified

• The open sea data 2007-2011 not yet reported to ICES should

be reported by 15 june by the Contracting Parties, in order to be used for testing purposes

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• Identifying new core indicators, developing indicators
• Targets: setting up process on regular review of targets,

proposing targets for new indicators

• Work towards harmonizing coastal and open sea assessment

WP3: Development work

• Recalling present core set of eutrophication: DIN (winter), DIP

(winter), Secchi-depth (summer), Chlorophyll a (summer) and deep- bottom oxygen debt

• After discussion on gaps in the present eutrophication coreset,

additional indicator development relevant to eutrophication was identified: total nutrients, nutrient ratios, spring bloom (chlorophyll a), cyanobacteria blooms, benthic inverterbrates, macrophytes,

• xygen
• Noting the development of benthic indicators taking place under

CORESET II, EUTRO-OPER proposes to contribute to the development of the following indicators: total N, total P, nutrient ratios, spring bloom (chlorophyll a), cyanobacteria blooms and bottom oxygen

OUTCOMES OF EUTRO-OPER 1-2014

OUTCOMES OF EUTRO-OPER 1-2014

Indicator HELCOM MSFD Cr. Justification CP’s MSFD Development stage Lead CP Total N Total P 2003-07 assessm. 5.1 Strengthens link to loads,

• coef. of var. lower than for

inorganic 4 Developed in EUTRO- PRO and TARGREV, monitoring in place GER Nutrient ratios 5.1 Defined in Comm.dec. (5.1.2); additional information 6 monitoring and long- term data in place GER Spring bloom (chla) candidate 5.2 Spring period produces greatest annual phytoplankton biomass Finalized in 2014 thr. project funding, monitoring in place FIN Cyanobact- eria blooms candidate 5.2 Defined in BSAP and Comm.dec. (5.2.4) 3 Finalized in 2014 through project funding, monitoring in place FIN Oxygen core 5.3 Oxygen debt indicator exists

• nly for Baltic Proper,

Arkona Sea and Gulf of Finland 5 Development under way through national funding, monitoring in place SWE

OUTCOMES OF EUTRO-OPER 1-2014

• The meeting agreed, that harmonizing the coastal and open

sea eutrophication assessments is essential, emphasizing that WFD assessment on ecological status is not equivalent to MSFD eutrophication

• It was recalled, that EUTRO-OPER is piloting a model

implemented hopefully in the future under other thematic assessments, where separating coastal from open sea is not reasonable

• During the first phase, EUTRO-OPER will test the use of HEAT

in coastal areas using data on indicators reported to WFD, taking advantage of the work of Germany (to be reported within some weeks)

The EU–RSC data model development project

• Aims towards developing a shared data and information

system between EU and the Regional Sea Conventions, bringing in best practices from the RSCs

• EUTRO-OPER is used as pilot case, feeding back to the

European model proposed

• Contributes to EUTRO-OPER through WP1 and WP2 during

2014

HELCOM and EU–RSC data -project

• Project provides HELCOM means to influence the proposed

data model at an early stage:

1) Providing information on existing processes as background for planning the European data model 2) Providing experiences from the pilot studies, as feedback for iteration

• f the draft European data model

3) Steering group work and review of outcomes

• Secretariat has taken part in the project kick-off and given

input to questionnaires on Regional Sea Convention data and information systems

• Project involved in the planning of EUTRO-OPER data flow
• Project has indicated strong involvement of the steering group

through meeting participation and review of outcomes (first draft due May 2014)

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