Assessment of contamination status using CHASE+ excluding mercury (Hg) and PBDEs, Mar. 2019

This dataset presents the resulting assessment grid (based on the EEA reference grid) with the classification of chemical status of the transitional, coastal and marine waters in the context of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) and the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). This classification has been performed using the CHASE+ tool, with classifications of the matrices ‘water’, ‘sediment’ and ‘biota’ and indicators of ‘biological effects’, as well as an integrated classification of chemical status, combining results of all matrices. The chemical status is evaluated in five classes, where NPAhigh and NPAgood are recognised as ‘non-problem areas’ and PAmoderate, PApoor and PAbad are recognised as ‘problem areas’. This is the assessment made excluding concentrations of mercury (Hg) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs)

The overall area of interest used is based on the marine regions and subregions under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive. Additionally, Norwegian (Barent Sea and Norwegian Sea) and Icelandic waters (’Iceland Sea’) have been added (see Surrounding seas of Europe). Note that within the North East Atlantic region only the subregions within EEZ boundaries (~200 nm) have been included.

This dataset underpins the findings and cartographic representations published in the report "Contaminants in Europe's Seas" (EEA, 2019): https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/contaminants-in-europes-seas.

Date (Creation): 2019-03-06

Date (Publication): 2019-03-21

Edition: 01.00

Citation identifier: eea_v_3035_20_km_chase-exclhgpbdes_p_2009-2016_v01_r00

Citation identifier: DAT-211-en

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
European Environment Agency		sdi@eea.europa.eu	Point of contact
European Environment Agency		sdi@eea.europa.eu	Custodian

Point of contact

No information provided.

Maintenance and update frequency: As needed

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Oceanographic geographical features

Keywords

GEMET

contamination
marine biota
environmental quality
good chemical status
sea
environmentally dangerous substance
sea water
indicator-based assessment
marine sediment

Continents, countries, sea regions of the world.

Iceland Sea
Barents Sea
Baltic Sea
English Channel
Adriatic Sea
Celtic Sea
Black Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Kattegat
Bay of Biscay
Norwegian Sea
Aegean Sea
Ionian Sea
North Sea

Spatial scope

European

EEA Management Plan

2018 1.6.2

EEA topics

Chemicals
Seas and coasts
Water
Biodiversity
Pollution

Sous-regions marines

/Métropole
/Métropole/Manche mer du Nord
/Métropole/Mers Celtiques
/Métropole/Golfe de Gascogne
/Métropole/Méditerranée occidentale

Thématiques - SIMM

/Etat du Milieu/Habitats

Thématiques - SIMM

/Etat du Milieu/Pollutions

Type de jeux de donnée - ODATIS

/Données dérivées/Indicateurs

Type de jeux de donnée - ODATIS

/Données dérivées/Produits composites

Cadre Réglementaire - SIMM

Directive Cadre Stratégie pour le Milieu Marin (DCSMM)

Cadre Réglementaire - SIMM

Directive Cadre sur l'Eau (DCE)

Use limitation: EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged ( http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA).

Access constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: no limitations to public access

Aggregate Datasetindentifier: 3feffd63-ab0b-4f03-84e8-b2c324c93bbe

Association Type: Cross reference

Aggregate Datasetindentifier: 7c66cfd5-4246-4b9d-86af-624950aa49d4

Association Type: Cross reference

Spatial representation type: Vector

Distance: 20 km

Distance: 100 km

Language: English

Topic category

Environment

Begin date: 2009-01-01

End date: 2016-12-31

Unique resource identifier: EPSG:3035

Distribution format

Name	Version
SHP

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
EEA:FILEPATH	https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/webdav/datastore/public/eea_v_3035_20_km_chase-exclhgpbdes_p_2009-2016_v01_r00/CHASE_results_20190306_excl_HG_PBDEs.shp
WWW:URL	https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/data/fc018b57-05ba-4692-b96b-809983a3a983	Direct download
ESRI:REST	https://water.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/rest/services/Marine/CHASE_contaminants_excluding_HG_PBDEs/MapServer
OGC:WMS	https://water.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/services/Marine/CHASE_contaminants_excluding_HG_PBDEs/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS
WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download	https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/catalogue/srv/api/records/49eb412e-3002-492c-8323-ab5cac07fc40/attachments/Contaminants-in-Europes-seas-online-material-INPUT.xlsx	Contaminants in Europes seas INPUT material
WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download	https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/catalogue/srv/api/records/49eb412e-3002-492c-8323-ab5cac07fc40/attachments/Contaminants-in-Europes-seas-online-material-RESULTS-final.xlsx	Contaminants in Europes seas RESULTS-material

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Conformance result

Title: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

Explanation: See the referenced specification

Statement: This assessment is based on data on contaminants, monitored in transitional, coastal and marine waters in the context of the WFD and the MSFD. The part of reported data from water, sediment and biota, as well as the information about biological effects, are derived from the DOME data portal of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES). Other key data sources are data reported under the European Environment Information and Observation Network (Eionet), EMODnet Chemistry (the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea) and the EMBLAS project (Black Sea). In addition, France and Portugal have made new data sets available. For this analysis, Europe's seas were divided into grid cells of 20 × 20 km2 in coastal waters and 100 × 100 km2 in offshore areas. The CHASE+ methodology is a simple five-step procedure applied in every assessment unit. The five steps are: Step (1): substances/indicators are grouped into four categories (C1: water; C2: sediment; C3: biota, C4: biological effects). Step (2): for each individual substance/indicator, a contaminant ratio (CR = Cstatus/Cthreshold) is calculated. Step (3): for categories C1-3, a contamination score (CS) is calculated. Step (4): each category is subdivided into five status classes with class boundaries: 0.0-0.5 (NPAhigh), 0.5-1.0 (NPAgood), 1.0-5.0 (PAmoderate), 5.0-10.0 (PApoor) and > 10.0 (PAbad). Step (5): category-specific classifications are subsequently combined for each assessment unit into an integrated classification of 'non-problem area' (NPA) or 'problem area' (PA) by using the worst classification — the 'one-out, all-out' principle.

Based on the EEA reference grid, two grids have been developed covering the Marine Regions and Sub-regions of Europe. The first grid 100x100 km cell is used in offshore areas (> 20 km from the coastline); the second grid 20x20 km covers the coastal areas (<= 20 km from the coastline). The grid sizes were chosen after an evaluation of data availability versus the need for sufficient detail in the resulting assessment. Each cell in the grids has a unique identification defined from the lower left UTM coordinates. The CHASE+ results are associated to the unique cells in the grids.

More information can be found in the report "Contaminants in Europe's seas" and online material on https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/contaminants-in-europes-seas/.

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