Member State report / Art8 / 2018 / D1-M / Belgium / NE Atlantic: Greater North Sea
| Report type | Member State report to Commission |
| MSFD Article | Art. 8 Initial assessment (and Art. 17 updates) |
| Report due | 2018-10-15 |
| GES Descriptor | D1 Mammals |
| Member State | Belgium |
| Region/subregion | NE Atlantic: Greater North Sea |
| Reported by | RBINS - Scientific Service MUMM |
| Report date | 2020-01-14 |
| Report access | ART8_GES_BE_20200110.xml |
Belgian Part of the North Sea (ANS-BE-MS-1)
GES component |
D1-M
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Feature |
Small toothed cetaceans
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Element |
Phocoena phocoena |
Element code |
137117 |
Element code source |
Species (D1) http://www.marinespecies.org/
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Element 2 |
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Element 2 code |
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Element 2 code source |
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Element source |
National |
Criterion |
D1C1
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Parameter |
Mortality rate / Mortality rate from fishing (F)
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Parameter other |
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Threshold value upper |
1.7 |
Threshold value lower |
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Threshold qualitative |
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Threshold value source |
OSPAR Convention
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Threshold value source other |
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Value achieved upper |
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Value achieved lower |
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Value unit |
percentage
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Value unit other |
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Proportion threshold value |
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Proportion value achieved |
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Proportion threshold value unit |
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Trend |
Unknown |
Parameter achieved |
Unknown |
Description parameter |
Between 7 and 30 animals of the stranded animals in Belgium probably died due to bycatch in the period 2011-2016. Mortality rate of harbour porpoises due to bycatch estimated by OSPAR (2017) between 0.36 and 0.58% of population (based on part of the fleet). |
Related indicator |
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Criteria status |
Unknown |
Description criteria |
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Element status |
Unknown |
Description element |
Bycatch Harbour porpoises
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Integration rule type parameter |
Not relevant
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Integration rule description parameter |
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Integration rule type criteria |
Not relevant
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Integration rule description criteria |
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GES extent threshold |
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GES extent achieved |
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GES extent unit |
Proportion of species in good status within species group |
GES achieved |
Unknown |
Description overall status |
It is not possible to check from the available data whether the current environmental goal is being achieved (less than 1.7% anthropogenic mortality per year within the population). Between 2007 and 2016, 38% (143 animals) of the stranded porpoises for which a cause of death could be determined, were certain or suspected to have been caught.
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Assessments period |
2011-2016 |
Related pressures |
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Related targets |
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