Baltic Sea Pilot Project BALSAM

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1 Baltic Sea Pilot Project BALSAM Testing new concepts for integrated environmental monitoring of the Baltic Sea Maria Laamanen, Professional Secretary MSFD PCG meeting Setp 2013, Brussels Maria Laamanen Professional Secretary 9/13/2013 1

2 BALSAM will enhance the capacity of the Baltic Sea region EU member states to develop monitoring programmes by 2014

3 Test new concepts: - New HELCOM Monitoring and Assessment Strategy - Core indicators

4 Partners 1. Coordinator HELCOM Secretariat 2. Aquabiota, Sweden (non-profit research institute) 3. Baltic Environmental Forum, Latvia (NGO) 4. Estonian Fund For Nature, Estonia (NGO) 5. Estonian Marine Institute, Estonia (public research institute) 6. Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency, Germany (public research institute) 7. Finnish Environment Institute, Finland (public research institute) 8. Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute (public research institute) 9. Instytut Meteorologii I Gospodarki Wodnej PIB, Poland (public research institute) 10. Klaipeda University, Lithuania (university) 11. Latvian Fund for Nature, Latvia (NGO) 12. Latvian Institute of Aquatic Ecology, Latvia (public research institute) 13. Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemuende, Germany (public research institute) 14. Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Sweden (SMHI) 15. Swedish Museum of Natural History, Sweden (public research institute) 16. Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia (university) 17. University of Gdansk, Poland (university) 18. WWF Finland (NGO) 19. Århus University, Denmark (university, public research institute)

5 HELCOM GEAR to supervise implementation of BALSAM, MONAS group informed EC and MSFD Project Coordination Group Coordination with the HELCOM MORE project for monitoring revision WP1: Coordination, facilitation and administration Project Coordinator Johanna Karhu, HELCOM Secretariat Communication with other sea regions: two other New Knowledge projects, Baltic2Black WP3: Regional coordination of monitoring of marine mammals and seabirds WP Lead: Aarhus University, Denmark WP4: Non-indigenous species multidisciplinary monitoring schemes to gain synergies for ballast water risk-management and environmental monitoring WP Lead: HELCOM Secretariat (Professional Secretary for HELCOM MARITIME) WP2: Promoting resourceefficiency in national monitoring strategies WP Lead: HELCOM Secretariat (BALSAM Project Coordinator) and ICES to contribute WP5: Tools for optimizing coordinated international use of research vessels for monitoring activities WP Lead: Tallinn University of Technology (TUT, Estonia) WP6: A common standard for mapping and monitoring of Baltic Sea benthic biotopes and habitats, and format for data exchange; WP Lead: Baltic Environmental Forum Latvia (BEF, Latvia)

6 WP1 Project Coordination and cooperation for integrated monitoring WP lead: HELCOM Secretariat, Project Manager Partners: - Aquabiota (Sweden), Baltic Environmental Forum Latvia (BEF LV), Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), Estonian Marine Institute (EMI), Klaipeda University (KUCORPI, Lithuania), Latvian Institute of Aquatic Ecology (LIAE), Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW, Germany), Polish Institute of Meteorology and Water Management from Gdynia (IMGW), Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), Tallinn University of Technology (TUT, Estonia), Århus University (AU, Denmark) Associated partners: Roshydromet, State Oceanographic Institute (SOI) WP2 Promoting resourceefficiency in national monitoring strategies WP lead: HELCOM Secretariat Partners: Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute (FGFRI), Institute of Meteorology and Water Management from Gdynia (IMGW), SMHI, SYKE Associated partners: Thünen Institute of Baltic Sea Fisheries (TI-OF) External assistance: ICES WP3 Regional coordination of monitoring of marine mammals and seabirds WP Lead: Århus University (AU) Partners: Latvian Fund for Nature (LFN), Swedish Museum of National History (SMNH), Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute (FGFRI), WWF Finland, Estonian Fund for Nature (EFN), Associated partners: Russian Fund Lenoblpriroda (RFL) External assistance: not identified WP4 Non-indigenous species multi-disciplinary monitoring schemes to gain synergies for ballast water risk-management and environmental monitoring WP Lead: HELCOM Secretariat Partners: Estonian Marine Institute (EMI), University of Gdansk (UG), Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH), Latvian Institute of Aquatic Ecology (LIAE), SYKE External assistance: BSH, HELCOM, UG WP5 Tools for optimizing coordinated international use of research vessels for monitoring activities WP Lead: Tallinn University of Technology (TUT) Partners: SYKE, IMGW, Latvian Institute of Aquatic Ecology (LIAE), SMHI, Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW) WP6 A common standard for mapping and monitoring of Baltic Sea benthic biotopes and habitats, and format for data exchange WP Lead: Baltic Environmental Forum Latvia (BEF LV) Partners: Latvian Institute of Aquatic Ecology (LIAE), AquaBiota Water Research ABWR AB (AquaBiota), Estonian Marine Institute (EMI), Klaipeda University (KUCORPI) External assistance: not identified

7 WP2: Promoting resource-efficiency in national monitoring strategies Objectives/deliverables: Comparison and analysis of e.g. fisheries and environmental monitoring Recommendations and action plan for better accessibility and compatibility of monitoring data Work mode: ICES external support Expert desk work, e.g. cataloguing, assessment, analysis Operational Task Force Three meetings of TF ICES organised workshop

8 WP3: Regional coordination of monitoring of marine mammals and seabirds; WP Lead: Aarhus University, Denmark Objectives/deliverables: Development of a framework for coordinated monitoring of mammals and birds Developing and testing of methods Updated monitoring guidelines Provisioning of data to core indicators Work mode: Expert work Meetings, e.g. in association with HELCOM SEAL

9 WP4: Non-indigenous species Objectives/deliverables: Harmonised monitoring for MSFD and IMO BWMC Testing and finetuning of a regional decision support tool for BWMC exemptions Work mode: Workshop/course to introduce methods Testing of methods with sampling in ports Expert desk work

10 WP5: Tools for optimizing coordinated international use of research vessels for monitoring activities Objectives/deliverables: Catalogue of research vessels available for monitoring in the Baltic with specifications Automated monitoring cruise plans collector Online sharing of monitoring cruise information on HELCOM website Enhanced multilatera access to cruises formalised through HELCOM Work mode: Expert work, e.g. Software and website development Four workshops

11 WP6: Benthic biotopes and habitats Objectives/deliverables: Catalogue of existing monitoring of benthic habitats, gap analysis vs MSFD Evaluation of methods Guidelines for monitoring to be developed Work mode: Expert desk work, e.g. Cataloguing, analyses, communication, testing Four to six expert meetings Two international seminars

12 BALSAM initial timetable Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar WP1 - Coordination Administration Coordination and communication Kick-off meeting Deliverables WP2 - Monitoring and data streamlining Mapping of monitoring to MSFD Analysis of existing monit and data Task Force meetings ICES organised workshop Recommendations and action plan WP3 - Marine mammals and birds Devt of monitoring framework Analyses and devt of methods Guidelines for monitoring Meetings WP4 - Non-indigenous species Workshop/training to introduce methods Harmonisation of methods (MSFD/BWMC) Testing of decision support tool WP5 - Monitoring vessel operations Expert work, e.g. analysis, software, website Communication and meetings WP6 - Benthic habitats and biotopes Kick-off meeting WP meetings Expert work, e.g. analysis, testing, writing

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