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Progress on the update

• f the ’State of the

Baltic Sea’ report

Work still planned

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General

• HOLAS II 9-2018 recommended changing the name of the

supplementary reports to thematic assessments.

• State of the Baltic Sea overviews
• Harmonizing the presentation of the graphics, e.g use the

same color scheme for all. – Threshold values should be presented as a full line – the assessment period as a lightly grey colored area. – The threshold value line should be of the same color preferably dark green, dashed, in all graphs

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Introduction Chapters

• Corrections to new text included under climate and hydrology.

Estonia to provide suggested revised text, including updates to Box 1.1 to include an introduction to H2S and to explain the negative values presented.

• remove the word “principles” in relation the ecosystem

approach, to avoid confusion with HELCOM principles.

• For Figure 1.3 an arrow from fish to birds needs to be added
• include a graph on changes in the development of time of
• xygen deficiency in deep water.

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Indicators

• based on the updated indicator information the associated

figures and result related text of the State of the Baltic Sea report and supplementary material will be updated in April 2018.

• Re-calculate the oil spills indicator based on new sub basin

division.

• Finalizing the indicator reports for endorsement by State and

Conservation WG.

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Integrated assessments: Eutrophication

• elaborate on the confidence levels in the thematic assessment

report.

• Extending the line showing MAI.
• Include updated figures on eutrophication status, maps on

nutrient levels (direct- and indirect effects), pie charts as well as table on changes since the latest assessment period in the summary report.

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Integrated assessments: Hazardous substances

• Include a list of indicators in the integrated contamination

status figure,

• including explanatory information on the colors used in the

image

• Include a condensed text on the threshold values in the

summary report

• Clarifying what 12 substances are assessed

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Integrated assessment: Biodiversity

• exclude sprat and cod in the Bothnian Bay from the

assessment in BEAT.

• the data description for extraction of fish layer to be amended

with information on min and max landings, as well as better clarifications on the scaling methods.

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Integrated assessements: BSPI/BSII

• Complementary information to be added to metadata

records.

• possible corrections depositing of dredged material will be

integrated to data used in the index calculations pending clarification by Denmark.

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Integrated assessements: BSPI/BSII

• explore the possibility to weight the data layer on fish

extraction by the ratios of F/Fmsy 4.17

• rename the benthic habitat/oxygen deficiency layer

‘Availability of deep water habitat, based on occurrence of H2S’

• add figures presenting the data coverage for human activities

and ecosystem components

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Intrgrate Assessments: Economic and Social Analyses

• Compiling and analyzing data call results.
• correct figure 3.2 b and 3.2e.
• Clairfy the discrepancy between the number of passengers in

relation to the value added between Finland, Sweden and Estonia.

• Clarify implications of cost of degradation in a more easy

wording as well.

• Explore the possibility to modify figure 3.1. by moving the

pressures found at the bottom of the right hand list to the top

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Marine Litter

• Revisions to chapter to put less focus on the methodology and

more information content.

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Underwater sound

• Updates to table 4.4.1 as a result of the correspondence

drafting group consisting of Denmark, Estonia, Germany and Sweden

• replace the current sound map with the same one as used in

the BSII

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Non-Indigenous Species

• More clearly address the lack of recovery option and how NIS

spread.

• Update the table by removing species which no longer fullfill

the criteria.

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Commercial Fish

• for eel the dramatical decline should be acknowledged by a

stronger wording than “considerable”,

• move the paragraph on methods in order to highlight the

results section,

• cross reference the impacts of fishing section to the food web

section of the summary report

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Hunting of Mammals and Birds

• simplify the language regarding the hunting of common eider

and longtailed duck.

• clarify if the Danish data includes inland hunting or only

hunting taken place by the Baltic Sea.

• include figures for hunting of cormorants in DE and link to

Birds Directive under derogation.

• include updated statistics on seal hunting from Finland.

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Conclusions and Future Outlook Chapter

• a more integrated, cross sectorial approach,
• better reflect sustainable use of marine resources and effects
• f increased blue growth,
• strengthen the messages that there is delay in implementing

measures under the BSAP.

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