Description: The dataset is constructed from EEA data on the status of bathing water. The data was downloaded from EEA homepage (http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/bathing-water-directive-status-of-bathing-water-7). Contains information on the location and water quality of bathing sites 2011-2014. No data from Russia.
Description: The data is based on Open street map data on bridges. Constructed from Baltic countries’ “roads” shapefiles downloaded through Geofabrik. The dataset was compiled during 2016 for HELCOM Assessments. Estonian bridge between Saaremaa and Muhu island was received from Ministry of the Environment of Estonia.
Description: Nutrient inputs from fish farms in Denmark are calculated on the basis of production data. Some numbers that were missing on nutrient input in Sweden have been calculated by SCB, Statistics Sweden (red numbers) based on average input/ amount produced fish.No exact area (km2) of the finfish mariculture was available, hence an estimate is given if been possible to calculate.Temporal coverage of the data varies by country: Denmark data covers only 2014, Sweden 2011 – 2014 and Finland in part 2011 – 2015: data on finfish production was unavailable, data on nutrient loading is lacking from some of the fish farming facilities and from Åland only data from 2014 was available. Dataset for annual production (year 2014), annual loads and coordinates from Denmark are quality assured.The Swedish data has been extracted from the Swedish Portal for Environmental Reporting and merged as a national dataset. The Finnish dataset has been extracted from the VAHTI database (Finnish Environment Institute).
Description: The dataset contains the location of fossil fuel energy production facilities downloaded from the European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (E-PRTR, http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/member-states-reporting-art-7-under-the-european-pollutant-release-and-transfer-register-e-prtr-regulation-12). The data was selected from E-PRTR Energy sector (Sector 1) based on attributes of “Main activity: Combustion installations > 50 MW' and 'Thermal power stations and other combustion installations'”The dataset was created to be used in the HELCOM Baltic Sea Impact Index (BSII) for the HELCOM Second Holistic Assessment of the Ecosystem health of the Baltic Sea.
Description: The data is based on the reports of fishermen who harvest Furcellaria. The dredging areas shown in the data are based on fishing areas on Estonian shore. These areas do not represent the actual dredging area (km2) but the area within dredging occurs.
Description: The dataset contains locations of commercial ports as points derived from data produced in HELCOM Maritime Assessment 2016.The point data is based on polygons of commercial Ports in the Baltic Sea. The polygon was generated as center point of existing port area polygons. The polygons wereproduced for the purpose of estimation of Ports visits using Automatic Identification System (AIS) data. The delimitation of the Port area was based on satellite imagery (visual criteria), Baltic Port List 2012, and maps available in Port's official websites. The attribute table contains: Country, Port (name), Links (website) and theUnited Nations Code for Trade and Transport Locations (UNLOCode). Estonian harbours were received from the Ministry of the Environment of Estonia
Description: The data is based on annual reporting of mortality of seals by HELCOM Seal expert group. Regional hunting numbers for seals in such region delineations as reported by countries. Seaward border in polygons is always TW border but polygon size varies from county to country scale. Polygons are constructed on top of each other in same datasets.
Description: The data is based on annual reporting of mortality of seals by HELCOM Seal expert group. Regional hunting numbers for seals in such region delineations as reported by countries. Seaward border in polygons is always TW border but polygon size varies from county to country scale. Polygons are constructed on top of each other in same datasets.The data is based on annual reporting of mortality of seals by HELCOM Seal expert group. Regional hunting numbers for seals in such region delineations as reported by countries. Seaward border in polygons is always TW border but polygon size varies from county to country scale. Polygons are constructed on top of each other in same datasets.
Description: The data is based on annual reporting of mortality of seals by HELCOM Seal expert group. Regional hunting numbers for seals in such region delineations as reported by countries. Seaward border in polygons is always TW border but polygon size varies from county to country scale. Polygons are constructed on top of each other in same datasets.
Description: This dataset is based on data collected from accounting on mussel sales in Denmark. Mussel areas, within the dredging occurs, are an administrative areas similar to ICES rectangles. Data is given for the period 2005-2015 for blue mussels and scallops in kilograms. Additionally an average for the HOLAS 2 period (2011-2015) is given.
Description: Dataset contains the largest oil terminals in the Baltic Sea and the volume of oil transported through. The statistics cover years 1997, 2000 - 2008 (where available), and 2011-2013.Holma L, Arat L and Helminen R (2012) Baltic Port List 2012 Annual cargo statistics of ports in the Baltic Sea Region, Centre for Maritime Studies, University of TurkuWahlström I, Mikkilä E and Heikkilä A (2013) Baltic Port List 2013 Market review of cargo development in the Baltic Sea ports, Centre for Maritime Studies, University of Turku Wahlström I, Holmroos H and Kajander S (2014) Baltic Port List 2014 Market review of cargo development in the Baltic Sea ports, Centre for Maritime Studies, University of Turku
Description: From Germany, only the location of shellfish mariculture is provided. Since there is only one minor business, information on annual production and nutrient loads are confidential for reasons of competition and not accessible for submission. For Sweden, The data has been delivered by Swedish Board of Agriculture. Only the location and permitted production in 2015 of shellfish mariculture is provided.
Description: The data Includes CLC 2006 “artificial surfaces” classes 1-11 converted to polygons. Osm land use classes asphalt, brownfield, commercial, construction, garage, garages, harbour, industrial, industrial; retail, landfill, pitch, plaza, quarry, railway, residential and retail are interpreted as urban areas. These polygon are connected to final fishnet polygon so that if some part of the osm urban land use polygon intersects with fishnet this polygon is classified as urban area. OSM data is not quality assured and is based on a dataset that can be freely modified by all users.
Description: CLC2018 is one of the Corine Land Cover (CLC) datasets produced within the frame the Copernicus Land Monitoring Service referring to land cover / land use status of year 2018. CLC service has a long-time heritage (formerly known as "CORINE Land Cover Programme"), coordinated by the European Environment Agency (EEA). It provides consistent and thematically detailed information on land cover and land cover changes across Europe. CLC datasets are based on the classification of satellite images produced by the national teams of the participating countries - the EEA members and cooperating countries (EEA39). National CLC inventories are then further integrated into a seamless land cover map of Europe. The resulting European database relies on standard methodology and nomenclature with following base parameters: 44 classes in the hierarchical 3-level CLC nomenclature; minimum mapping unit (MMU) for status layers is 25 hectares; minimum width of linear elements is 100 metres. Change layers have higher resolution, i.e. minimum mapping unit (MMU) is 5 hectares for Land Cover Changes (LCC), and the minimum width of linear elements is 100 metres. The CLC service delivers important data sets supporting the implementation of key priority areas of the Environment Action Programmes of the European Union as e.g. protecting ecosystems, halting the loss of biological diversity, tracking the impacts of climate change, monitoring urban land take, assessing developments in agriculture or dealing with water resources directives. CLC belongs to the Pan-European component of the Copernicus Land Monitoring Service (https://land.copernicus.eu/), part of the European Copernicus Programme coordinated by the European Environment Agency, providing environmental information from a combination of air- and space-based observation systems and in-situ monitoring. Additional information about CLC product description including mapping guides can be found at https://land.copernicus.eu/user-corner/technical-library/clc2018technicalguidelines_final.pdf. CLC class descriptions can be found at https://land.copernicus.eu/user-corner/technical-library/corine-land-cover-nomenclature-guidelines/html/.
Name: Reported encounters with chemical warfare materials 1961 to 2012
Display Field: ID
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPoint
Description: This dataset includes incidents of encounters with chemical warfare agents dumped in the Baltic Sea. The position of encounters is given in decimal degrees (WGS84), where the information is available (encounters lacking this geographic information are also included in the dataset, although they lack coordinates). The weight of the warfare agent payload (net weight) was estimated by visual inspection. Disposal on land or the relocation to emergency disposal sites due to potential explosive hazards is indicated, where the information is available. Data sources include incidents reported by HELCOM countries since the establishment of the HELCOM reporting system in 1994, fishing and shoring incidents with chemical warfare materials in Poland(since 1952-1983) and Denmark (1968-1984); the 1991 SACSA report and HELCOM 1994.Further, information about encounters of chemical warfare material by the Nord Stream pipeline project have been included in the dataast.For more details, see the HELCOM report on Dumped chemical munitions in the Baltic Sea (HELCOM 2013).http://www.helcom.fi/Documents/Ministerial2013/Associated%20documents/Background/Dumped%20chemical%20munitions%20in%20the%20Baltic%20Sea.pdfReferences:HELCOM (1994): Report on chemical munitions dumped in the Baltic Sea –report to the 16th Meeting of Helsinki Commission, 8- 11 March 1994, from the Ad Hoc Working Group on Dumped Chemical Munition (HELCOM CHEMU). Danish Environmental Protection Agency (1994).SACSA (1991): Dumping of war gas ammunition –documentation of the Helsinki Commission. Document SACSA 18/8/1-E, presented at the 18thmeeting of the Standing Advisory Committee for Scientific Advicetranscribed from SACSA 1991.
Name: Emergency relocation areas for netted sea dumped chemical warfare material
Display Field: Id
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPoint
Description: Two relocation areas have been assigned by the Bornholm-located Danish Navy Maritime Surveillance Centre South in the vicinity of the Bornholm dumpsite for the emergency disposal of netted warfare materials too unsafe to be brought and handled ashore. The two areas with a diameter of 0.5 nautical miles and an area of about 270 ha each are located at 55°4.7’N, 15°14.2’E and 55°2.4’N, 14°37.9’E (WGS84). For more information, see: HELCOM 2013. Chemical Munitions Dumped in the Baltic Sea. Report of the ad hoc Expert Group to Update and Review the Existing Information on Dumped Chemical Munitions in the Baltic Sea (HELCOM MUNI)http://www.helcom.fi/Documents/Ministerial2013/Associated%20documents/Background/Dumped%20chemical%20munitions%20in%20the%20Baltic%20Sea.pdf
Name: Chemical weapons dumpsites in the Baltic Sea
Display Field: Name
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: The dataset was made based on information compiled by the HELCOM ad hoc Expert Group to Update and Review the Existing Information on Dumped Chemical Munitions in the Baltic Sea (HELCOM MUNI). The areas displayed indicate areas formerly chosen and designated for dumping munitions at sea, e.g, by instructing the ships' captains to dump in sight of a landmark or moored buoy. In addition the dataset contains information about a suspected dumpsite in the Gdansk deep. It should also be noted that dumping of munitions was also occasionally conducted outside of the known and designated dumping areas.The use of these terms is not necessarily reflected in the descriptions contained in sea charts. While the area south of Little Belt was used as a dumping area, for example, in contemporary sea charts it is only described as ‘foul (explosives)’ and not as ‘explosives dumping ground'.For more information, see the HELCOM MUNI report Chemical Munitions dumped in the Baltic Sea (HELCOM 2013).http://www.helcom.fi/Documents/Ministerial2013/Associated%20documents/Background/Dumped%20chemical%20munitions%20in%20the%20Baltic%20Sea.pdf
Name: Chemical munition transport routes to dumpsites
Display Field: Type
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolyline
Description: This dataset illustrates the designated and suspected alternative routes along which chemical munitions were transported to the designated dumping areas in the Baltic Sea after World War II. For more information, see the HELCOM MUNI report (2013): Chemical Munitions dumped in the Baltic Sea.http://www.helcom.fi/Documents/Ministerial2013/Associated%20documents/Background/Dumped%20chemical%20munitions%20in%20the%20Baltic%20Sea.pdf
Description: The southern entrance to the Little Belt is an area that was used by German troops and refugees for munitions disposal during the last days of WWII. This dataset illustrates that areas where, according to historical accounts, en-route dumping of chemical munitions is likely to have taken place on the way to the official designated dumping area. For more information, see the HELCOM MUNI report (2013): Chemical Munitions dumped in the Baltic Sea. http://www.helcom.fi/Documents/Ministerial2013/Associated%20documents/Background/Dumped%20chemical%20munitions%20in%20the%20Baltic%20Sea.pdf
Name: Areas where sea dumped chemical warfare materials have been encountered
Display Field: Id
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: This dataset gives an overview of the main areas in the Baltic Sea where sea dumped chemical warfare materials have been found. The areas are drawn based on reported encounters where fishermenhave netted chemical warfare materials. For more information, see the HELCOM 2013 MUNI report on dumped chemical munitions in the Baltic Sea: http://www.helcom.fi/Documents/Ministerial2013/Associated%20documents/Background/Dumped%20chemical%20munitions%20in%20the%20Baltic%20Sea.pdf