![\"Creative](\"https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/cc/by.png\")
HELCOM/OSPAR Join Ballast Water Decision support tool: Based on the overall IMO framework the 21 Baltic and North-East Atlantic coastal states and EU have developed and agreed in 2013 on a detailed joint harmonised procedure (JHP) to defining “low risk” routes, as well as other necessary steps in granting exemptions under regulation A-4 of the IMO Ballast Water Management Convention. This has been done as a joint venture between the two regional seas commissions HELCOM and OSPAR. The port sampling data on phytoplankton, zooplankton, mobile epifauna, fouling, benthos and pathogens reported to the HELCOM/OSPAR Join Ballast Water Decision support tool (RA Tool) are included in the HELCOM Species database. The observations are thus distributed partly in OSPAR area and outside HELCOM marine area. HELCOM Species database will also be further developed to serve the update of the risk assessment tool carried out in COMPLETE project WP3 (2017-2020).
","EngDescr":null,"OrigAbstract":null,"OrigDescr":null,"Comments":null,"ReleaseDate":"Jan 26 2022 12:00AM","ReleaseDate0":"2022-01-26","OrigDescrLang":"English","EmbargoDate":null,"OrigDescrLangNL":"Engels","OrigLangCode":"en","OrigLangCodeExtended":"eng","OrigLangID":15,"DescrCompFlag":0,"DescrTransFlag":0,"Citation":"HELCOM/OSPAR Joint Ballast Water Exemptions Decision Support Tool: https://maps.helcom.fi/website/RA_tool/ HELCOM and OSPAR, 2020","AccessConstraints":null,"UDate":"2026-05-13","CDate":"2021-11-30","CurrencyDate":null,"RevisionDate":null,"DateLastModified":{"date":"2026-05-14 01:44:00.153333","timezone_type":1,"timezone":"+02:00"},"CheckedFlag":1,"PublicFlag":1,"VlizCoreFlag":1,"MarineFlag":1,"FreshFlag":0,"BrackishFlag":1,"TerrestrialFlag":0,"StatusID":1,"DasType":"Data","DasTypeID":1,"DasOrigin":"Monitoring","Progress":"In Progress","AccessConstraint":"Attribution (CC BY)","AccConstrEN":"Attribution (CC BY)","AccConstrDisplay":" This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.","License":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","AccConstrDescription":"This license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation. This is the most accommodating of licenses offered. Recommended for maximum dissemination and use of licensed materials.","Lineage":"Prior to publication data undergo quality control checked which are described in https://github.com/EMODnet/EMODnetBiocheck?tab=readme-ov-file#understanding-the-output","AccConID":21},"dois":null,"spcols":[{"SpColID":619,"SpName":"available through EurOBIS"},{"SpColID":552,"SpName":"EMODNET"}],"keywords":[{"ThesaurusTerm":"Ballast water","ThesTypID":3,"ThesType":"Transportation Research Thesaurus","Code":"Qpiyb","Description":null,"OrigThesTerm":"Ballast water","DutchTerm":"Ballastwater","URI":null,"DasKeywordDescr":null},{"ThesaurusTerm":"Bio-geographical regions","ThesTypID":7,"ThesType":"INSPIRE themes","Code":"br","Description":"Areas of relatively homogeneous ecological conditions with common characteristics.","OrigThesTerm":"Bio-geographical regions","DutchTerm":"Biogeografische gebieden","URI":"https://inspire.ec.europa.eu/theme/br","DasKeywordDescr":null},{"ThesaurusTerm":"Biota","ThesTypID":16,"ThesType":"INSPIRE Topics","Code":"biota","Description":"Flora and/or fauna in natural environment.","OrigThesTerm":"Biota","DutchTerm":"Biota","URI":"https://inspire.ec.europa.eu/metadata-codelist/TopicCategory/biota","DasKeywordDescr":null},{"ThesaurusTerm":"Environment","ThesTypID":16,"ThesType":"INSPIRE Topics","Code":"environment","Description":"Environmental resources, protection and conservation.","OrigThesTerm":"Environment","DutchTerm":"Milieu","URI":"https://inspire.ec.europa.eu/metadata-codelist/TopicCategory/environment","DasKeywordDescr":null},{"ThesaurusTerm":"EurOBIS calculated BBOX","ThesTypID":35,"ThesType":"Geoterms no link Marine Regions","Code":null,"Description":null,"OrigThesTerm":"EurOBIS calculated BBOX","DutchTerm":null,"URI":null,"DasKeywordDescr":null},{"ThesaurusTerm":"Geoscientific Information","ThesTypID":16,"ThesType":"INSPIRE Topics","Code":"geoscientificInformation","Description":"Information pertaining to earth sciences.","OrigThesTerm":"Geoscientific Information","DutchTerm":"Geowetenschappelijke informatie","URI":"https://inspire.ec.europa.eu/metadata-codelist/TopicCategory/geoscientificInformation","DasKeywordDescr":null},{"ThesaurusTerm":"Habitats and biotopes","ThesTypID":7,"ThesType":"INSPIRE themes","Code":"hb","Description":"Geographical areas characterised by specific ecological conditions, processes, structure, and (life support) functions that physically support the organisms that live there. Includes terrestrial and aquatic areas distinguished by geographical, abiotic and biotic features, whether entirely natural or semi-natural.","OrigThesTerm":"Habitats and biotopes","DutchTerm":"Habitats en biotopen","URI":"https://inspire.ec.europa.eu/theme/hb","DasKeywordDescr":null},{"ThesaurusTerm":"Invasive species","ThesTypID":4,"ThesType":"CAB Thesaurus","Code":"61421","Description":null,"OrigThesTerm":"Invasive species","DutchTerm":null,"URI":"https://id.cabi.org/cabt/61421","DasKeywordDescr":null},{"ThesaurusTerm":"Metadata non conformant","ThesTypID":17,"ThesType":"INSPIRE Conformity","Code":null,"Description":null,"OrigThesTerm":"Metadata non conformant","DutchTerm":"Metadata niet conform","URI":null,"DasKeywordDescr":null},{"ThesaurusTerm":"Metadata not evaluated","ThesTypID":17,"ThesType":"INSPIRE Conformity","Code":null,"Description":null,"OrigThesTerm":"Metadata not evaluated","DutchTerm":"Metadata niet gecontroleerd","URI":null,"DasKeywordDescr":null},{"ThesaurusTerm":"No limitations to public access","ThesTypID":20,"ThesType":"INSPIRE Limitations on public access","Code":"http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/metadata-codelist/LimitationsOnPublicAccess/noLimitations","Description":"There are no limitations on public access to spatial data sets and services.","OrigThesTerm":"No limitations to public access","DutchTerm":"Geen beperkingen op publieke toegang","URI":null,"DasKeywordDescr":null},{"ThesaurusTerm":"Oceans","ThesTypID":16,"ThesType":"INSPIRE Topics","Code":"oceans","Description":"Features and characteristics of salt water bodies (excluding inland waters).","OrigThesTerm":"Oceans","DutchTerm":"Oceanen","URI":"https://inspire.ec.europa.eu/metadata-codelist/TopicCategory/oceans","DasKeywordDescr":null},{"ThesaurusTerm":"OSPAR Joint Assessment and Monitoring Programme","ThesTypID":0,"ThesType":null,"Code":null,"Description":null,"OrigThesTerm":"OSPAR Joint Assessment and Monitoring Programme","DutchTerm":null,"URI":null,"DasKeywordDescr":null},{"ThesaurusTerm":"Sea regions","ThesTypID":7,"ThesType":"INSPIRE themes","Code":"sr","Description":"Physical conditions of seas and saline water bodies divided into regions and sub-regions with common characteristics.","OrigThesTerm":"Sea regions","DutchTerm":"Zeegebieden","URI":"https://inspire.ec.europa.eu/theme/sr","DasKeywordDescr":null},{"ThesaurusTerm":"WGS84 (EPSG:4326)","ThesTypID":18,"ThesType":"Coordinate Reference System","Code":null,"Description":null,"OrigThesTerm":"WGS84 (EPSG:4326)","DutchTerm":null,"URI":null,"DasKeywordDescr":null},{"ThesaurusTerm":"XYZ ASCII","ThesTypID":19,"ThesType":"Spatial data formats","Code":null,"Description":null,"OrigThesTerm":"XYZ ASCII","DutchTerm":null,"URI":null,"DasKeywordDescr":null}],"parents":null,"children":null,"othrel":null,"othrelrev":[{"DasID":1510,"Acronym":"EurOBIS","StandardTitle":"European Ocean Biodiversity Information System","Relation":"Published dataset","RelationY":"Published in","RelID":13,"doi":null,"vlizDoi":null}],"ownerships":[{"OrderNr":1,"Surname":null,"Firstname":null,"Initials":null,"PerPublicFlag":null,"AdrID":null,"Email":null,"InsPublicFlag":1,"Acronym":"HELCOM","OrigNameLangCode":null,"OrigNameLangID":null,"FullOrigName":null,"InsOwnerCNT":2,"PersID":null,"InsID":5077,"FullInstitute":"Helsinki Commission","RoleID":24,"Role":"Contact","OrigName":null,"StandardName":"Helsinki Commission","FullAcronym":"HELCOM","ORC":null,"ROR":null},{"OrderNr":2,"Surname":null,"Firstname":null,"Initials":null,"PerPublicFlag":null,"AdrID":null,"Email":null,"InsPublicFlag":1,"Acronym":null,"OrigNameLangCode":null,"OrigNameLangID":null,"FullOrigName":null,"InsOwnerCNT":2,"PersID":null,"InsID":1920,"FullInstitute":"OSPAR Commission for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic","RoleID":24,"Role":"Contact","OrigName":null,"StandardName":"OSPAR Commission for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic","FullAcronym":null,"ORC":null,"ROR":null},{"OrderNr":3,"Surname":null,"Firstname":null,"Initials":null,"PerPublicFlag":null,"AdrID":null,"Email":null,"InsPublicFlag":1,"Acronym":"HELCOM","OrigNameLangCode":null,"OrigNameLangID":null,"FullOrigName":null,"InsOwnerCNT":2,"PersID":null,"InsID":5077,"FullInstitute":"Helsinki Commission","RoleID":68,"Role":"Data provider","OrigName":null,"StandardName":"Helsinki Commission","FullAcronym":"HELCOM","ORC":null,"ROR":null},{"OrderNr":4,"Surname":null,"Firstname":null,"Initials":null,"PerPublicFlag":null,"AdrID":null,"Email":null,"InsPublicFlag":1,"Acronym":null,"OrigNameLangCode":null,"OrigNameLangID":null,"FullOrigName":null,"InsOwnerCNT":2,"PersID":null,"InsID":1920,"FullInstitute":"OSPAR Commission for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic","RoleID":68,"Role":"Data provider","OrigName":null,"StandardName":"OSPAR Commission for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic","FullAcronym":null,"ORC":null,"ROR":null}],"taxterms":[{"DasTaxtTypID":1,"DasTaxtType":"Taxonomic coverage","TaxtID":15155,"TaxTerm":"Annelida","AphiaID":882,"DutchTerm":"Gelede wormen"},{"DasTaxtTypID":1,"DasTaxtType":"Taxonomic coverage","TaxtID":15632,"TaxTerm":"Arthropoda","AphiaID":1065,"DutchTerm":"Geleedpotigen"},{"DasTaxtTypID":1,"DasTaxtType":"Taxonomic coverage","TaxtID":23588,"TaxTerm":"Bacillariophyta","AphiaID":148899,"DutchTerm":"Kiezelwieren; Diatomeeën"},{"DasTaxtTypID":1,"DasTaxtType":"Taxonomic coverage","TaxtID":57146,"TaxTerm":"Bigyra","AphiaID":449151,"DutchTerm":null},{"DasTaxtTypID":1,"DasTaxtType":"Taxonomic coverage","TaxtID":19527,"TaxTerm":"Bryozoa","AphiaID":146142,"DutchTerm":"Mosdiertjes"},{"DasTaxtTypID":1,"DasTaxtType":"Taxonomic coverage","TaxtID":42881,"TaxTerm":"Cercozoa","AphiaID":562852,"DutchTerm":null},{"DasTaxtTypID":1,"DasTaxtType":"Taxonomic coverage","TaxtID":35330,"TaxTerm":"Charophyta","AphiaID":368664,"DutchTerm":"kranswieren"},{"DasTaxtTypID":1,"DasTaxtType":"Taxonomic coverage","TaxtID":15129,"TaxTerm":"Chlorophyta","AphiaID":801,"DutchTerm":"Groenwieren"},{"DasTaxtTypID":1,"DasTaxtType":"Taxonomic coverage","TaxtID":42887,"TaxTerm":"Choanozoa","AphiaID":562870,"DutchTerm":null},{"DasTaxtTypID":1,"DasTaxtType":"Taxonomic coverage","TaxtID":13628,"TaxTerm":"Chordata","AphiaID":1821,"DutchTerm":"Chordadieren"},{"DasTaxtTypID":1,"DasTaxtType":"Taxonomic coverage","TaxtID":11319,"TaxTerm":"Ciliophora","AphiaID":11,"DutchTerm":"trilhaardiertjes"},{"DasTaxtTypID":1,"DasTaxtType":"Taxonomic coverage","TaxtID":14845,"TaxTerm":"Cnidaria","AphiaID":1267,"DutchTerm":"Neteldieren"},{"DasTaxtTypID":1,"DasTaxtType":"Taxonomic coverage","TaxtID":25427,"TaxTerm":"Cryptophyta","AphiaID":17638,"DutchTerm":null},{"DasTaxtTypID":1,"DasTaxtType":"Taxonomic coverage","TaxtID":14417,"TaxTerm":"Ctenophora","AphiaID":1248,"DutchTerm":"Ribkwallen"},{"DasTaxtTypID":1,"DasTaxtType":"Taxonomic coverage","TaxtID":33730,"TaxTerm":"Cyanobacteria","AphiaID":146537,"DutchTerm":null},{"DasTaxtTypID":1,"DasTaxtType":"Taxonomic coverage","TaxtID":15377,"TaxTerm":"Echinodermata","AphiaID":1806,"DutchTerm":"Stekelhuidigen"},{"DasTaxtTypID":1,"DasTaxtType":"Taxonomic coverage","TaxtID":14847,"TaxTerm":"Entoprocta","AphiaID":1271,"DutchTerm":"kelkwormen"},{"DasTaxtTypID":1,"DasTaxtType":"Taxonomic coverage","TaxtID":38477,"TaxTerm":"Euglenozoa","AphiaID":582161,"DutchTerm":null},{"DasTaxtTypID":1,"DasTaxtType":"Taxonomic coverage","TaxtID":29718,"TaxTerm":"Haptophyta","AphiaID":369190,"DutchTerm":null},{"DasTaxtTypID":1,"DasTaxtType":"Taxonomic coverage","TaxtID":28658,"TaxTerm":"Heterokontophyta","AphiaID":370437,"DutchTerm":null},{"DasTaxtTypID":1,"DasTaxtType":"Taxonomic coverage","TaxtID":22889,"TaxTerm":"Mollusca","AphiaID":51,"DutchTerm":"Weekdieren"},{"DasTaxtTypID":1,"DasTaxtType":"Taxonomic coverage","TaxtID":38742,"TaxTerm":"Myzozoa","AphiaID":450030,"DutchTerm":null},{"DasTaxtTypID":1,"DasTaxtType":"Taxonomic coverage","TaxtID":37379,"TaxTerm":"Nemertea","AphiaID":152391,"DutchTerm":null},{"DasTaxtTypID":1,"DasTaxtType":"Taxonomic coverage","TaxtID":37209,"TaxTerm":"Ochrophyta","AphiaID":345465,"DutchTerm":null},{"DasTaxtTypID":1,"DasTaxtType":"Taxonomic coverage","TaxtID":19523,"TaxTerm":"Phoronida","AphiaID":1789,"DutchTerm":"Snorwormen"},{"DasTaxtTypID":1,"DasTaxtType":"Taxonomic coverage","TaxtID":15126,"TaxTerm":"Platyhelminthes","AphiaID":793,"DutchTerm":"Platwormen"},{"DasTaxtTypID":1,"DasTaxtType":"Taxonomic coverage","TaxtID":18378,"TaxTerm":"Porifera","AphiaID":558,"DutchTerm":"Sponzen"},{"DasTaxtTypID":1,"DasTaxtType":"Taxonomic coverage","TaxtID":40256,"TaxTerm":"Proteobacteria","AphiaID":178054,"DutchTerm":null},{"DasTaxtTypID":1,"DasTaxtType":"Taxonomic coverage","TaxtID":14824,"TaxTerm":"Rhodophyta","AphiaID":852,"DutchTerm":"Roodwieren"},{"DasTaxtTypID":1,"DasTaxtType":"Taxonomic coverage","TaxtID":16699,"TaxTerm":"Rotifera","AphiaID":14260,"DutchTerm":"Raderdiertjes"},{"DasTaxtTypID":1,"DasTaxtType":"Taxonomic coverage","TaxtID":36055,"TaxTerm":"Tracheophyta","AphiaID":596326,"DutchTerm":"vaatplanten"}],"frameworks":null,"otherterms":[{"OtherTerm":"OSPAR Joint Assessment and Monitoring Programme"}],"temporal":[{"DasDateID":5618,"StartYear":2012,"EndYear":2024,"StartDay":20,"EndDay":26,"StartDate":"2012-06-20","EndDate":"2024-09-26","DasDate":null,"Resolution":null,"ResolutionNL":null,"Notes":null,"StartMonth0":6,"StartMonth":"June","StartMonthNL":"Juni","EndMonth0":9,"EndMonth":"September","EndMonthNL":"September","Progress":"In Progress","ProgressNL":"Gestart"}],"geographical":[{"GeoTerm":null,"DasGeoID":15435,"DasGeoTerm":"Baltic and North-East Atlantic coastal waters","DasID":7927,"GeotID":null,"X":-15.420999999999999,"Y":28.129000000000001,"MaxX":27.167000000000002,"MaxY":65.548000000000002,"StationName":null,"Precision":null,"CoordSystID":null,"GeoDatumID":null,"OrigCoordMinX":null,"OrigCoordMinY":null,"OrigCoordMaxX":null,"OrigCoordMaxY":null,"OrderNr":null,"Projection":null,"GeoDatum":null,"GeoObjectID":null,"OrigGeoTerm":null,"DutchTerm":null}],"meastypes":[{"MethID":null,"DasMeasTypID":18793,"DasMeasType":null,"Matrix":null,"MatrixNL":null,"Parameter":"Practical salinity of the water body by computation using UNESCO 1983 algorithm","ParameterNL":null,"Description":"http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/PSALZZXX/","Unit":null,"Methodology":null,"Protocol":null,"QualityControl":null,"Precision":null,"Detectionlimit":null,"Instrument":null,"InstrumentUrl":null,"MethFull":"","ParaCategoryTitle":"Salinity of the water column","ParaCatCode":"SDN:P02::PSAL"}],"dasthemes":[{"DasThemeID":30,"DasTheme":"Biology > Ecology - biodiversity","DasTheme0":"Ecology - biodiversity","DutchTerm":"Ecologie - biodiversiteit"}],"projects":null,"refs":null,"urls":[{"URL":"https://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/6d617269-6e65-696e-666f-000000007927","externalID":null,"URLTypeCode":null,"URLType":"Dataset information","URLTypID":17,"downloadURL":null,"FileName":null},{"URL":"https://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/geoviewer/?layers=6d617269-6e65-696e-666f-000000001510:1:1&basemap=ebwbl&active=12639&bounds=-12530604,-7655416,12530604,7655416&filters=12639:datasetid__datasetid=7927--&projection=EPSG:3857","externalID":null,"URLTypeCode":null,"URLType":"Online dataset","URLTypID":19,"downloadURL":null,"FileName":null},{"URL":"https://www.emodnet-ingestion.eu/submissions/submissions_details.php?menu=39&tpd=806&step=001HELCOm/OSPAR","externalID":null,"URLTypeCode":null,"URLType":"Archived raw data","URLTypID":44,"downloadURL":null,"FileName":null},{"URL":"https://eurobis.org/id/dataprovider/7927","externalID":null,"URLTypeCode":null,"URLType":"LOD Dataset","URLTypID":52,"downloadURL":null,"FileName":null},{"URL":"https://geo.vliz.be/geoserver/Dataportal/wfs?service=wfs&version=1.1.0&typeName=eurobis-obisenv_full&request=GetFeature&outputFormat=text%2Fcsv&viewParams=datasetid%3A7927","externalID":null,"URLTypeCode":null,"URLType":"INSPIRE Download Service (WFS)","URLTypID":50,"downloadURL":null,"FileName":null},{"URL":"https://geo.vliz.be/geoserver/wms?service=WMS&request=getCapabilities&layer=Dataportal:eurobis_rasters-obisenv","externalID":null,"URLTypeCode":null,"URLType":"INSPIRE WMS","URLTypID":49,"downloadURL":null,"FileName":null},{"URL":"https://ipt.vliz.be/eurobis/resource?r=helcom_port_sampling","externalID":"helcom_port_sampling","URLTypeCode":null,"URLType":"IPT","URLTypID":33,"downloadURL":null,"FileName":null},{"URL":"https://maps.helcom.fi/website/RA_tool/","externalID":null,"URLTypeCode":null,"URLType":"Online dataset","URLTypID":19,"downloadURL":null,"FileName":null}],"pictures":null,"urlmaps":null,"spatreps":[{"SpatRep":"Tabular data","SpatRes":null,"Unit":null,"MapScale":null,"GeoObject":null,"CountOfFeats":null}],"fileformats":null,"resmessage":"","complete":1}