Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), the biodiversity working group of the Arctic Council, has recently produced an Arctic Biodiversity report17 of interest for the Nordic Assessment. The inclusion of marine areas, both within and outside national jurisdiction, in the Nordic Assessment is important in order to be able to assess status of, trends in and threats to marine and coastal biodiversity, ecosystems, ecosystem services, and costs and benefits of utilising ecosystem goods and services in marine areas. Coastal seas are defined as areas within national jurisdiction up to the outer limit of the exclusive economic zone (EEZ),18 and open ocean or high seas are defined as beyond national jurisdiction. In the Baltic Sea, no country has a distance of more than 200 nm from its baseline without overlap. Part V - Exclusive Economic Zone, Article 56.