Fact sheet for HELCOM MPA 303 - Ainazi-Salacgriva

General information of MPA Ainazi-Salacgriva, Latvia

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
Clangula hyemalis	Long-tailed duck	Birds	wintering	No	occasional monitoring program	MPA management organization	EN	SIS	WORMS
Cobitis taenia	Spined loach	Fish and lamprey species	resident	Yes	occasional monitoring program	MPA management organization	LC	SIS	WORMS
Haliaeetus albicilla	White-tailed sea-eagle	Birds	resident	No	occasional monitoring program	MPA management organization	-	SIS	WORMS
Lampetra fluviatilis	River lamprey	Fish and lamprey species	migratory	Yes	occasional monitoring program	professional organization in partnership with the management structure	NT	SIS	WORMS
Melanitta fusca	Velvet scoter	Birds	wintering	No	occasional monitoring program	MPA management organization	VU	SIS	WORMS
Melanitta nigra	Common scoter	Birds	wintering	No	occasional monitoring program	MPA management organization	EN	SIS	WORMS
Mergus merganser	Common merganser	Birds	wintering	No	occasional monitoring program	MPA management organization	-	SIS	WORMS
Mergus serrator	Red-breasted merganser	Birds	wintering	No	occasional monitoring program	MPA management organization	VU	SIS	WORMS
Sterna sandvicensis	Sandwich tern	Birds	migratory	No	occasional monitoring program	MPA management organization	LC	SIS	WORMS
Tadorna tadorna	Common shelduck	Birds	occasional	No	occasional monitoring program	MPA management organization	LC	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)
1170	Reefs	No	no monitoring program	not reported	VU	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	outside	medium	past,current,potential future
Input of nutrients and organic matter	inside	medium	past,current,potential future