Member State report / Art18 / 2018 / D11 / Belgium / NE Atlantic: Greater North Sea
| Report type | Member State report to Commission |
| MSFD Article | Art. 18 Interim report on programme of measures |
| Report due | 2018-10-15 |
| GES Descriptor | D11 Energy, incl. underwater noise |
| Member State | Belgium |
| Region/subregion | NE Atlantic: Greater North Sea |
| Reported by | FPS Health, Food Chain safety and Environment - Service Marine environment |
| Report date | 2018-12-11 |
| Report access | msfd-ART18_Belgium.xml |
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| Features | |||||
| Measure code | 1 |
30 |
31 |
3E |
3F |
| Measure name | Report on Environmental Impacts (REI) and Adapted Evaluation (AE) |
Implementation of non-technical measures to limit the disturbance of marine mammals due to military activities |
Dialogue and raising awareness about the measures taken in the shipping sector in order to limit the underwater effects of noise on cetaceans |
Authorisation conditions in the wind farms area to limit the level of underwater noise during construction |
Follow-up during the construction and operation (hard substrates introduction, sub-marine noise, benthos, etc.) |
| Measure category (type) | 1a |
2a |
2a |
1a |
1a |
| Progress in implementation | Implementation not started |
Implementation started |
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| Measure withdrawn | No |
No |
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| Reason for withdrawal | |||||
| Year of implementation (Temporal coverage - timeline for implementation) | 2019 |
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| Delay | 1 |
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| Reasons for delay | Financing |
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| Other obstacles (Obstacles to implementation) | No |
No |
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| Type of obstacle | |||||
| Further information on obstacle (Description) | |||||
| Brief description of progress (measurement of effectiveness of measure) | Op 19 september organiseerden de FOD Volksgezondheid, Veiligheid van de Voedselketen en Leefmilieu en het International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) een evenement over walvissen en walvisachtigen: « All on Board : exchanges on noise, ship strikes and pollution for the improvement of cetaceans’ survival ».
Het evenement bracht wetenschappers, vertegenwoordigers van ngo’s en leden van sectoren die afhangen van de zee samen.
De film « Sonic Sea », gemaakt door het IFAW en de NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council), toonde hoe geluid de stille onderwaterwereld is binnengeslopen en een nieuwe bedreiging voor de walvissen en walvisachtigen vormt. Vervolgens was er een interactief debat met internationale experten over maatregelen om botsingen met schepen te beperken, de geluidshinder op zee te verminderen en de mariene vervuiling beter aan te pakken. |