Baltic Marine Environment
Protection Commission

Baltic Marine Environment
Protection Commission

Reports and materials

Summary report 2018

State of the Baltic Sea – Second HELCOM holistic assessment 2011–2016 (PDF)

State of the Baltic Sea website

Thematic assessments 2018

Thematic assessment of eutrophication 2011-2016

Thematic assessment of hazardous substances 2011-2016

Thematic assessment of biodiversity 2011-2016

Thematic assessment of cumulative impacts on the Baltic Sea 2011-2016

Thematic assessment of Economic and social analyses in the Baltic Sea region 2011–2016

Core indicator reports 2018

Biodiversity

Abundance of waterbirds in the breeding season

Abundance of waterbirds in the wintering season

Distribution of Baltic seals

Population trends and abundance of seals

Nutritional status of seals

Reproductive status of seals

Abundance of coastal fish key functional groups

Abundance of key coastal fish species

Abundance of salmon spawners and smolt

Abundance of sea trout spawners and parr

Number of drowned mammals and waterbirds in fishing gear

Zooplankton mean size and total stock (MSTS)

State of the soft bottom macrofauna community

Diatom/Dinoflagellate index

Seasonal succession of dominating phytoplankton groups

Eutrophication

Dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN)

Dissolved inorganic phosphorus (DIP)

Total nitrogen (TN)

Total phosphorous (TP)

Cyanobacterial Bloom Index

Inputs of nutrients to the subbasins

Hazardous substances

Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD)

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE)

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dioxin and furan

Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and their metabolites

Perfluorooctane sulphonate (PFOS)

Metals (Cd, Pb, Hg)

Radioactive substances

Tributyltin TBT and imposex

White tailed sea eagle productivity

Reproductive disorders malformed embryos of amphipods

Maritime

Operational oil spills from ships

Trends in arrival of new non indigenous species

Maps and metadata