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HELCOM indicators – the process + status of 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 Operational indicators updated Expert group/network regularly on-line •Identify potential candidate core indicator Heads of •Test and develop the Delegation indicator (HOD) •Propose expert based • Agree on thresholds •Propose data needs and indicator State and options (core/pre-core) Conservation WG •Define methodologies and • Agree on best practice (Monitoring thresholds •Nominate/confirm and Assessment guidelines) experts involved •Evaluate proposed indicator •Evaluate proposed Gear WG thresholds Consider other WGs recommendaiton to HoD • •Ensure national Evaluate the whole set of indicaotrs • consultation Strategic and resources evaluation • •Recommend for Evaluate GES-boundaries • agreement to HoD

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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 of 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 3/14/2018 11