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Trine Christiansen(EEA)Neil Holdsworth (ICES and ETC/ICM)

Regional and EU level data streams for D5 and D8

WG-DIKE, 30 September 2014

Reporting streams defined as part of a chain:Monitoring, Data, Indicators, Assessment, Knowledge

Integrate

Reflect

Structure(D)Data

(I)Indicators

(A)Assessments MSFD art 20

assessment

(K)Knowledge

Interpret

(K)Knowledge

(M)Monitoring

MSFD reportingAgreed under the common

implementation strategy of the MSFD

RSC “Roof Reports”

National Reports

EU summary

report

EEA SoER

Article 19.3 data flowN

ational databases

For D5, D8/D9 operational data flow: >40% of CPs reporting to the RSC

Workshop objectives

• A clear understanding of which data streams are in place within the RSC and EU at present and how they work;

• An equally clear understanding of which data streams needed for D5 and D8 indicators that are not in place, and how and when MS see these data streams being established;

• Reflections on criteria for operational set-up in the future. • Answer the question of whether this will be a useful

model for future workshops? – what could be changed?

Multiple reporting streams in place to support Descriptor 5

MSFD D5+D8

OSPAR (CEMP)

HELCOM (COMBINE)

UNEP/MAPBSC

WISE-SoE (WFD)

Eionet CDRCountry folders

TCM ETC data in Eionet ETC format

ICES DOME Data on contaminants

TCM SoER dataset

Collective dataset from this year

QC marking andduplicate checking by ETC

Feedback on QC by ETC based on the Eionet DD and QC-procedures

National/regional databases

Overview of the data flows supporting the WISE-SoE data

EIONET/ICES TCMData on contaminants

and nutrients

ICES Oceanographic database

Data on nutrients

QC screening of data

Feedback on QC by EEA

Feedback on QC by ICES based on the requirements and QC-procedures of the various monitoring programmes (COMBINE, CEMP etc.) and assessments e.g. OSPAR MIME

Analysis of D5 Indicator HELCOM OSPAR UNEP/MAP

MEDPOLBlack Sea EIONET

5.1.1: Nutrients concentration in the water column

6/8 7/10 2/8 2/2 19/23

5.1.2: Chlorophyll concentration in the water column

7/8 7/10 1/8 2/2 18/23

5.2.2: Water transparency 5/8 1/10 0 2/2 7/23

5.2.3: Abundance of opportunistic macroalgae

0 0 0 0 0

5.2.4: Species shift in floristic composition

4/8 0 0 2/2 0

5.3.1: Abundance of perennial seaweeds and seagrasses

0 0 0 2/2 0

5.3.2 Dissolved oxygen 6/8 7/10 0 2/2 16/23

Nutrient loads 8/8 7/10 0 0 0

Atmospheric deposition Based on NILU models

Based on NILU models

0 0 0

Access rights No restrictions No restrictions restricted restricted No restrictions

Programme Combine/PLC CEMP/RID MEDPOL BSIMAP WISE-SoE

Data holder ICES/SYKE ICES/ODIMS MEDPOL BSIMAP EEA/waterbase

HELCOM OSPAR UNEP/Map(Medpol)

Black Sea EIONET

Water None None None Metals and metalloids Organochlorines

PAHs

Chlorobiphenyls Cyclodienes

DDTsMetals and metalloids

OrganochlorinesPAHs

Sediment Metals and metalloids Chlorobiphenyls Metals and metalloids

PAHs

CyclodienesDDTs

Hexachloro-cyclohexanes

Metals and metalloids

Chlorobiphenyls Cyclodienes

DDTsHexachloro-

cyclohexanesMetals and metalloids

Organo-chlorinePAHs

Biota DDTsHexachloro-

cyclohexanes Metals and metalloids

Organochlorines

DDTsHexachloro-

cyclohexanesMetals and metalloids

OrganobrominesOrganochlorinesOrganometallic

compoundsPAHs

Hexachloro-cyclohexanes

Metals and metalloids

None ChlorobiphenylsCyclodienes

DDTsHexachloro-

cyclohexanesMetals and metalloids

OrganochlorinesPAHs

Loads ? Metals, HCH and PCBs Multiple substances in point sources

? None

Access rights No restrictions No restriction Restricted Restricted No restrictions

8.2.2 Occurrence, origin, and extent of oil spills

Number of spills Illegal discharges Amount released

Number of spills Amount released

Number of spills None

TG DATA conclusions• There is already considerable experience with exchange of information

from national to regional and to EU level. • In some cases a (like for D5 and D8) a subset of observations are

reported to the regional level in support of indicators calculated by RSCs.

• Although reporting takes place on 21 different ICES chemical groups, only a maximum of 7 groups are common within a region.

• In other cases data products/indicators are provided by an agreed source (like an RSC working group) to the regional level.

• MS are generally satisfied with the systems that are in place for OSPAR and HELCOM, and the unrestricted access to data provides for a mechanism to reuse the same data in different context;

• This is not possible for UNEP/MAP and the Black Sea because access is restricted. However, some of these countries support the EU level by reporting through the Eionet.

Decentralised reporting• At present most observations are at national data bases, and

are ‘pushed’ (reported) to regional data bases.• In the future it might be better to move towards a ‘pull’ system

where some MS would like to operate incorporating the following principles: – communication should go from MS to RSC and then to EU level– report once, use many times principle

• It was agreed that TG DATA has an important role to play in the shaping of the future architecture of the European marine data systems.

• The JRC Marine INSPIRE project was found a helpful initiative.

Next steps

• Biodiversity workshop was postponed because issues were not sufficiently clear.

• OSPAR COBAM and Helcom CORESET have been approached and we are looking at possibility of preparatory expert meeting. – Requirements for reporting of proposed indicators– benefits of using different platforms like Emodnet

or the EEA system. Other suggestions?– Link to reporting under HD art 17

More steps

• Mapping of data flows for specific indicators to identify the production process and who does what;

• It needs to be agreed what will be shared, who will publish and how often updates will take place.

• Selection of which indicators will be based on outcomes of RSC information and data project.

Developing WISE-Marine

Principles of SEISPartnership with Regional Sea Conventions

Sharing data and

information

WISE-Marine landing page (ENV) http://marine.europa.eu/

State of the marine

environment (EEA)

Policy (ENV)

Data (EEA)

Marine Competence Center (JRC)

WISE-Marine landing page (ENV) http://marine.europa.eu/

Data (EEA)

Data products (information shown)

Indicators (based on art 19.3, HOPE

indicators based on 19.3 and EMODnet)

Assessment tools

Data services (e.g. EMODNET)

Reference layers and MSFD maps

MS reported data (inputs to WISE-M)

MSFD Art 8, 9 and 10

MSFD Art 13

MSFD Art 11

MSFD Art 19.3

(RSC data?)WISE SOE

(TCM)