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HELCOM indicators – the process

+ status

• f indicator ”cumulative impacts on

benthic biotopes” & indicator on bycatch

Indicator definitions

• Core indicator

– commonly agreed indicator (across the region) – agreed threshold values - allowing follow-up of progress towards reaching good status – built on coordinated monitoring data when possible

• Pre-core indicator

– Agreed in principle to be used as a core indicator, however some critical component of the indicator is still under development

• Candidate indicator

– Living list of new proposals for core indicators being developed further by experts

HELCOM core indicators

• Commonly agreed
• Used to assess progress towards defined targets: e.g.

– Baltic Sea Action Plan – EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive for those countries that are EU memeber states

• Agreed thresholds or environmental target
• Developed primarily for HELCOM common monitoring

data documented in HELCOM Monitoring Manual

• Regularly updated and published on-line

Indicators and categories

35 indicators 4 categories

Lead Country approach work

• HOD 48-2015 agreed on further development work to

be taken forward through a Lead Country approach (outcome para 3.64)

• Lead Countries and relevant HELCOM expert

groups/networks have developed the indicators

• Some indicators have also been developed within

specific projects

Adoption process

Expert group/network

• Identify potential candidate

core indicator

• Test and develop the

indicator

• Propose expert based

thresholds

• Propose data needs and
• ptions
• Define methodologies and

best practice (Monitoring and Assessment guidelines)

State and Conservation WG

• Nominate/confirm

experts involved

• Evaluate proposed

indicator

• Evaluate proposed

thresholds

• Ensure national

consultation

• Recommend for

agreement to HoD

Gear WG

• Consider other WGs recommendaiton to HoD
• Evaluate the whole set of indicaotrs
• Strategic and resources evaluation
• Evaluate GES-boundaries

Heads of Delegation (HOD)

• Agree on

indicator (core/pre-core)

• Agree on

thresholds Operational indicators updated regularly on-line

helcom.fi/baltic-sea-trends/indicators/

Cumulative impact on benthic biotopes

• Pre-core HELCOM indicator
• Co-lead countries – Germany and Sweden
• Representatives/contributors nominated or

approved by State and Conservation:

– Thorsten Berg, Alexander Darr, Antonia Nyström Sandman

Next steps

• Close to ready but no agreement yet
• State and Conservation consider this indicator

as high priority for development

• Proposals on threshold values required
• Overcoming low resolution of regional maps
• f benthic biotopes
• This indicator can not be included in the

current State of the Baltic Sea report

Number of drowned mammals and waterbirds in fishing gear

• Pre-core HELCOM indicator
• Co-lead countries – Germany, Poland and

Sweden

• Representatives/contributors nominated or

approved by State and Conservation:

– Sven Koschinski, Volker Dierschke, Tomasz Linkowski, Julia Carlström

Next steps

• Data collection or collation (data call) needed
• Proposals on threshold values required
• Agreement on data needs would be sufficient

to create a functional indicator

• This indicator can not be included in the

current State of the Baltic Sea report

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