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List of threatened and List of threatened and declining species of lampreys declining species of lampreys and fishes in the Baltic Sea and fishes in the Baltic Sea

• Dr. Ronald Fricke,
• Dr. Ronald Fricke,

Staatliches Museum f Staatliches Museum fü ür r Naturkunde Stuttgart, Germany Naturkunde Stuttgart, Germany

The 2nd BSRP/HELCOM Coastal Fish The 2nd BSRP/HELCOM Coastal Fish Monitoring Workshop, Helsinki, Monitoring Workshop, Helsinki, Finland, 31 Jan. Finland, 31 Jan.-

• 3 Feb. 2005, agreed

3 Feb. 2005, agreed that a HELCOM List of Threatened that a HELCOM List of Threatened and Declining Fish and Lamprey and Declining Fish and Lamprey Species should be produced, and that Species should be produced, and that the procedure should follow OSPAR the procedure should follow OSPAR prioritisation criteria. prioritisation criteria. The HELCOM HABITAT Workshop on The HELCOM HABITAT Workshop on the development of an initial list of the development of an initial list of threatened and/or declining marine threatened and/or declining marine species and biotopes/habitats (Berlin, species and biotopes/habitats (Berlin, 1 1-

• 3 Mar. 2006) further implemented

3 Mar. 2006) further implemented this list and produced a list of priority this list and produced a list of priority species and habitats. species and habitats.

Platichthys flesus

National Red Lists National Red Lists – – HELCOM Area HELCOM Area IUCN Classification IUCN Classification – – HELCOM List of HELCOM List of Threatened and Declining Threatened and Declining Species Species HELCOM Priority List HELCOM Priority List – – HELCOM List of HELCOM List of Threatened and Declining Threatened and Declining Species Species ( (following following OSPAR OSPAR criteria criteria) )

Cottus gobio

Lampreys Lampreys and and Fishes Fishes

Coordinator Coordinator: : Dr Dr Ronald Fricke, Ronald Fricke, Stuttgart, Germany Stuttgart, Germany

Contributors Contributors: :

• Dr. Kaj
• Dr. Kaj Adjers

Adjers, , Mariehamn Mariehamn, Aland; , Aland;

• Dr. Jan Andersson,
• Dr. Jan Andersson, Figeholm

Figeholm, Sweden; , Sweden;

• Dr. Magnus Appelberg,
• Dr. Magnus Appelberg, Ö

Öregrund regrund, , Sweden; Sweden;

• Dr. Uwe B
• Dr. Uwe Bö

öttcher, Rostock, Germany; ttcher, Rostock, Germany; Dr.

• Dr. Redik

Redik Eschbaum Eschbaum, Tartu, Estonia; , Tartu, Estonia;

• Dr. Ann
• Dr. Ann-
• Britt Florin,

Britt Florin, Ö Öregrund regrund, , Sweden Sweden; ; Dr.

• Dr. Zbigniew

Zbigniew Glowacinski Glowacinski, Krakow, , Krakow, Poland; Poland; Dr.

• Dr. Ivars

Ivars Kazmers Kazmers, Riga, Latvia; , Riga, Latvia;

• Dr. Anti
• Dr. Anti Lappalainen

Lappalainen, Helsinki, Finland; , Helsinki, Finland; Dr.

• Dr. Linas

Linas Lozys Lozys, Vilnius, Lithuania; , Vilnius, Lithuania; Dr.

• Dr. Atis

Atis Minde Minde, Riga, Latvia; , Riga, Latvia;

• Dr. Alexey
• Dr. Alexey Neyelov

Neyelov, St Petersburg, , St Petersburg, Russia; Russia;

• Dr. Henn Ojaveer, Tallinn, Estonia;
• Dr. Henn Ojaveer, Tallinn, Estonia;

Dr.

• Dr. Wojciech

Wojciech Pelczarski Pelczarski, Gdynia, , Gdynia, Poland; Poland; Dr.

• Dr. Iwona

Iwona Psuty Psuty-

• Lipska

Lipska, Gdynia, , Gdynia, Poland; Poland;

• Dr. Rimantas Repecka, Vilnius,
• Dr. Rimantas Repecka, Vilnius,

Lithuania; Lithuania; Katarzyna Roszkowska, Warszawa, Katarzyna Roszkowska, Warszawa, Poland; Poland;

• Dr. Henrik
• Dr. Henrik Sved

Svedä äng ng, , Ö Öregrund regrund, , Sweden; Sweden;

• Dr. Ralf
• Dr. Ralf Thiel

Thiel, Stralsund, Germany; , Stralsund, Germany;

• Dr. Markus
• Dr. Markus Veternaa

Veternaa, Tartu, Estonia; , Tartu, Estonia; Dr.

• Dr. Hakan

Hakan Wickstr Wickströ öm m, , Drottningholm Drottningholm, , Sweden Sweden; ;

• Dr. Helmut M. Winkler, Rostock,
• Dr. Helmut M. Winkler, Rostock,

Germany. Germany.

Study Study area area – – fish fish distribution distribution

Abbreviation Abbreviation Region Region KA KA Kattegat Kattegat WB WB Western Western Baltic Baltic SB SB Southern Southern Baltic Baltic CB CB Central Central Baltic Baltic RI RI Gulf Gulf of Riga

• f Riga

BO BO Gulf Gulf of

• f Bothnia

Bothnia FI FI Gulf Gulf of

• f Finland

Finland

National National lists lists

• f
• f threatened

threatened and and declining declining fish fish and and lamprey lamprey species species

Member Member state state Most Most recent recent Red List Red List

Denmark Denmark Berg, 1998 Berg, 1998 Estonia Estonia Anonymus, 2005a Anonymus, 2005a Finland Finland Rassi Rassi et al., 2001 et al., 2001 Germany Germany Fricke et al., 2005 Fricke et al., 2005 Latvia Latvia Specialist Specialist information information, 2005 , 2005 Lithuania Lithuania Repecka Repecka, 2003 , 2003 Poland Poland G Gł łowaci

• waciń

ński ski, 2001 , 2001 Russia Russia Anonymus, 2004 Anonymus, 2004 Sweden Sweden G Gä ärdenfors rdenfors, 2005 , 2005 General General George, 2003, George, 2003, elasmobranchs elasmobranchs

Gobius niger

IUCN Red List IUCN Red List

http://www.redlist.org/info/categories_ http://www.redlist.org/info/categories_ criteria2001.html criteria2001.html

Abbreviation Abbreviation Criterion Criterion EX EX Extinct Extinct EW EW Extinct Extinct in in the the wild wild CR CR Critically Critically endangered endangered EN EN Endangered Endangered VU VU Vulnerable Vulnerable NT NT Near Near threatened threatened LC LC Least Least concern concern DD DD Data Data deficient deficient NE NE Not Not evaluated evaluated TM TM Threatened Threatened migrant migrant

Petromyzon marinus

HELCOM HELCOM Priority Priority List of List of threatened threatened and and declining declining fish fish and and lamprey lamprey species species

1) 1) Factors Factors considered considered: : Threat Threat Global Global importance importance Local Local importance importance Rarity Rarity Sensitivity Sensitivity Keystone Keystone species species Decline Decline 2) 2) Application Application by by Conservation Conservation Cube Cube Approach Approach

Main Main threats threats to to lampreys lampreys and and fishes fishes in in HELCOM HELCOM area area

Abbreviation Abbreviation Threat Threat FIT FIT Fishery Fishery ( (target target) ) FIB FIB Fishery Fishery ( (bycatch bycatch) ) HAB HAB Habitat Habitat loss loss EUT EUT Eutrophication Eutrophication/ /pollution pollution CON CON Construction/ Construction/weirs weirs in in rivers rivers AQU AQU Aquaculture Aquaculture/ / introduction introduction

THREAT

Global/ Global/local local importance importance

Global Global importance importance

Global importance of the Global importance of the HELCOM Area for a species. HELCOM Area for a species. Importance on a global scale, Importance on a global scale,

• f the HELCOM Area, for the
• f the HELCOM Area, for the

species is when a high species is when a high proportion of a species at any proportion of a species at any time of the life cycle occurs in time of the life cycle occurs in the HELCOM Area. the HELCOM Area.

No global No global importance importance

Not as described under Not as described under “ “global global importance. importance.” ”

Local Local importance importance

Importance within the Importance within the HELCOM Area, of the regions HELCOM Area, of the regions for the species where a high for the species where a high proportion of the total proportion of the total population of a species within population of a species within the HELCOM Area for any part the HELCOM Area for any part

• f its life cycle is restricted to a
• f its life cycle is restricted to a

small number of locations in small number of locations in the HELCOM Area. the HELCOM Area.

No No local local importance importance

Not as described under Not as described under “ “local local importance. importance.” ”

Perca fluviatilis

GLOBAL IMPORTANCE LOCAL IMPORTANCE

Guidance on the Guidance on the selection criteria for selection criteria for global and local global and local importance of importance of species species

Criterion Criterion Guidance Guidance Global Global importance importance

‘ ‘High proportion High proportion’ ’ is is considered to be more considered to be more than 75%, when known. than 75%, when known.

Local Local importance importance

‘ ‘High proportion High proportion’ ’ is is considered to be 90% of considered to be 90% of the population in a small the population in a small number of locations of number of locations of 50km x 50km grid 50km x 50km grid

• squares. This is
• squares. This is

dependent on scientific dependent on scientific judgement regarding judgement regarding natural abundance, natural abundance, range or extent and range or extent and adequacy of recording. adequacy of recording. A different scale may be A different scale may be needed for different needed for different taxa taxa. .

Lumpenus lampretaeformis

OSPAR/ OSPAR/ HELCOM HELCOM definitions definitions of

• f

Rarity Rarity and and Sensitivity Sensitivity

Rarity Rarity

Rare Rare

A species is rare if the total population is A species is rare if the total population is

• small. In case of a species that is sessile or of
• small. In case of a species that is sessile or of

restricted mobility at any time of its life cycle, a restricted mobility at any time of its life cycle, a species is rare if it occurs in a limited number species is rare if it occurs in a limited number

• f locations in the HELCOM Area, and in
• f locations in the HELCOM Area, and in

relatively low numbers. In case of a highly relatively low numbers. In case of a highly mobile species, the total population size will mobile species, the total population size will determine rarity. determine rarity.

Not rare Not rare

Not as described above. Not as described above.

Sensitivity Sensitivity

Very Very sensitive sensitive species species

A A ‘ ‘very sensitive very sensitive’ ’ species is one if very easily species is one if very easily adversely affected by a human activity, and/or adversely affected by a human activity, and/or if affected is expected only to recover over a if affected is expected only to recover over a very long period, or not at all. very long period, or not at all.

Sensitive Sensitive species species

A A ‘ ‘sensitive sensitive’ ’ species is one if easily adversely species is one if easily adversely affected by a human activity, and/or if affected affected by a human activity, and/or if affected is expected to recover in a long period. is expected to recover in a long period.

Less Less sensitive sensitive species species

Not as Not as described described above above. .

Not Not known known

Not Not known known. .

RARITY SENSITIVITY

Guidance Guidance for selection for selection criteria of criteria of rarity and rarity and sensitivity sensitivity for species. for species.

Criterion Criterion Guidance Guidance

Rarity Rarity

‘ ‘A limited number of locations A limited number of locations’ ’ could be in could be in a small number of 50km x 50km grid a small number of 50km x 50km grid squares, but a different scale may be squares, but a different scale may be needed for different needed for different taxa

• taxa. This is

. This is dependent on scientific judgement dependent on scientific judgement regarding natural abundance, range or regarding natural abundance, range or extent and adequacy of recording. extent and adequacy of recording.

Sensitivity Sensitivity

A A ‘ ‘very long period very long period’ ’ may be considered to may be considered to be more than 25 years and be more than 25 years and ‘ ‘long long period period’ ’ in the range of 5 to 25 in the range of 5 to 25 years. years. Sensitivity to human activities is Sensitivity to human activities is measured by measured by a) life history characteristics a) life history characteristics b) dependence on other specific b) dependence on other specific ecological attributes e.g. restricted / ecological attributes e.g. restricted / specific habitat requirements specific habitat requirements

OSPAR/HELCOM OSPAR/HELCOM definitions definitions of

• f

keystone keystone species species

Description Description Definition Definition

Keystone Keystone species species A species which A species which has a controlling has a controlling influence on a influence on a community. community. No No keystone keystone species species Not as Not as described described above above. .

Syngnathus typhle

KEYSTONE SPECIES

OSPAR/HELCOM OSPAR/HELCOM categories categories of

• f decline

decline ( (Guidance Guidance available available) )

Decline Decline abbreviation abbreviation Description Description

Prob. Prob.

Probable Probable decline decline

Stable Stable

Stable Stable population population

Signif Signif. .

Significant Significant decline decline

Signif Signif./reg. ./reg.

Regional Regional significant significant decline decline

Sev Sev. .

Severe Severe decline decline

Ext. Ext.

Species Species extinct extinct in in HELCOM HELCOM area area

Not Not known known

Data Data deficiency deficiency

Foto: Krause & Hübner, BfN Vilm

Platichthys flesus

DECLINE

‚ ‚Conservation Conservation Cube Cube‘ ‘ approach approach ( (originally

• riginally

suggested suggested by by BirdLife BirdLife International): International):

– – Assessment Assessment of

• f localness

localness, , rarity rarity and and sensitivity sensitivity – – Including Including decline decline – – Including Including keystone keystone species species – – Result Result: : Prioritisation Prioritisation of

• f

species species

Application Application of

• f criteria

criteria (OSPAR/HELCOM (OSPAR/HELCOM) )

Salmo salar

Application scheme Application scheme for for ‘ ‘Conservation Conservation Cube Cube’ ’

• ___________

Gadus morhua

Step 1. Grouping of Step 1. Grouping of species on localness, species on localness, rarity and sensitivity rarity and sensitivity (considering keystone (considering keystone species) into red, species) into red, amber and green lists. amber and green lists.

Step 2. Grouping of species Step 2. Grouping of species (grouped on decline) into high, (grouped on decline) into high, medium and low priorities. medium and low priorities.

Species Species list list

Prob. Prob. Stable Stable Signif Signif. . Sev Sev. . Ext. Ext.

GREEN GREEN

Moderate Moderate priority priority Low Low priority priority Low Low priority priority High High priority priority High High priority priority

AMBER AMBER

Moderate Moderate priority priority Moderate Moderate priority priority High High priority priority High High priority priority High High priority priority

RED RED

High High priority priority High High priority priority High High priority priority High High priority priority High High priority priority

Decline

Low Low priority priority species species do do not not need need immediate immediate attention attention Moderate Moderate priority priority species species need need monitoring monitoring and and may may require require action action if if necessary necessary High High priority priority species species require require immediate immediate political political action action to to ensure ensure their their conservation conservation

Anguilla anguilla