Fact sheet for HELCOM MPA 132 - Store Middelgrund

General information of MPA Store Middelgrund, Denmark

Scientific nameAscending	English name	Species group	Species status	Does the species justify the site's designation as an MPA?	Performed monitoring	Authorities responsible for monitoring	HELCOM Red List category	Link to Species Information Sheet (SIS)	Link to WORMS
Anas penelope	Eurasian wigeon	Birds	not reported	No	not reported	not reported	-	SIS	WORMS
Phocoena phocoena (Western Baltic subpop)	Harbour porpoise	Mammals	breeding	Yes	regular monitoring	MPA management organization	VU	SIS	WORMS

Code (HD Annex 1)	Biotope complex name	Does the biotope complex justify the site's designation as an MPA?	Performed monitoring	Authorities responsible monitoring	HELCOM Red List category	Link to Biotope Complex Information Sheet (BIS)
1110	Sandbanks which are slightly covered by sea water all the time	Yes	no monitoring program	not reported	VU	BIS
1170	Reefs	Yes	regular monitoring	MPA management organization	VU	BIS
1180	Submarine structures made by leaking gases	Yes	regular monitoring	MPA management organization	EN	BIS

Pressure (list according to MSFD Annex III revision document, May 2015)	Inside or outside the MPA	Intensity (low, medium, high)	Past, current or potential future pressure
Disturbance or damage to seabed	inside	not reported	-
Disturbance of species	inside	not reported	-