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Upcoming CBD Regional Workshop to Facilitate the Description of Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSA) in the Baltic Sea Datasets Name 10/26/2017 Surname 2

The Meeting is invited to: • consider the proposed catalogue of HELCOM datasets relevant for the Baltic EBSA workshop • agree on making the data available and used for the purpose of the EBSA identification and description in the Baltic Sea. Name 10/26/2017 Surname 3

HOLAS II Datasets Map Metadat Mammals Grey seal distribution link link Theme Ecosystem component map a Harbour seal distribution link link Benthic species Charophyte distribution link link Ringed seal distribution link link Fucus distribution link link Furcellaria lumbricalis distribution link link Natura habitats Baltic Esker islands (1610) link link Mytilus distribution link link Boreal Baltic islets and small islands (1620) link link Zostera marina distribution link link Coastal lagoons (1150) link link Estuaries (1130) link link Birds Breeding areas for birds link link Large shallow inlets and bays (1160) link link Wintering areas for birds link link Mudflats and sandflats (1140) link link Reefs (1170) link link Broadscale Sandbanks (1110) link link Circalittoral hard substrate link link habitats Submarine structures made by leaking gas link link Circalittoral mixed substrate link link (1180) Circalittoral mud link link Circalittoral sand link link Pelagic habitats Deep water habitat (Bottom oxygen index) link link Infralittoral hard substrate link link Productive surface waters (Chl-a) link link Infralittoral mixed substrate link link Infralittoral mud link link Infralittoral sand link link Fish Cod abundance link link Cod spawning areas link link Herring abundance link link Perch recruitment area link link Pikeperch recruitment area link link Sprat abundance link link Name 10/26/2017 Surname 4

Red List Datasets HELCOM RED LIST maps Map (link to group layer) Benthic invertebrates link Birds link Fish link Marine mammals link Macrophytes link Biotopes link Biotope complexes (Habitat directive Annex 1) link Name 10/26/2017 Surname 5

Other Datasets Physical data • Baltic Sea Ice minimum and maximum (years 1960 to 1964 and 2005 to 2009). • Bathymetric data including depth contours, relief map and the Baltic Sea bathymetry Database raster. Boundaries and administrative areas • The HELCOM Marine area with division to subbasins, including coastal and offshore divisions and Water Framework Directive coastal waterbodies and watertypes. Other HELCOM resources • The HELCOM MPA database contains information on the MPAs and data on species and habitats reported within the MPAs. Name 10/26/2017 Surname 6