New project improves eutrophication assessments in the Baltic Sea

摘要

Anew project has recent begun which will assess eutrophication in the Baltic Sea over a two year period. The EUTRO-OPER project will design and implement monitoring and the aggregation of data from the nine Baltic coastal states in order to estimate the effectiveness measures to improve the health of Baltic marine environment. The key project results will include more efficient data flow, allowing for regular automated updates, flexibility in the system to extract information, and improved integration of indicators on eutrophication status with the use of the HEAT 3 assessment tool. With the new approach, HELCOM member states will be able to utilize the reported data and assessment to also serve their other requirements such as of EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive as far as EU countries are concerned.