MS/Art8/2018/D2/Belgium/NE Atlantic: Greater North Sea — Marine Information System for Europe

Member State report / Art8 / 2018 / D2 / 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	D2 Non-indigenous species
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)

Simplified table

GES component	D2
Feature	Newly-introduced non-indigenous species
Element	Ammothea hilgendorfi	Balanus glandula	Boccardia proboscidea	Boccardiella hamata	Caulacanthus ustulatus	Dasysiphonia japonica	Gracilaria vermiculophylla	Ruditapes philippinarum
Element code	134607	394848	327249	333121	145606	836896	236157	231750
Element code source	Species (D1) http://www.marinespecies.org/	Species (D1) http://www.marinespecies.org/	Species (D1) http://www.marinespecies.org/	Species (D1) http://www.marinespecies.org/	Species (D1) http://www.marinespecies.org/	Species (D1) http://www.marinespecies.org/	Species (D1) http://www.marinespecies.org/	Species (D1) http://www.marinespecies.org/
Element 2
Element 2 code
Element 2 code source
Element source	National	National	National	National	National	National	National	National
Criterion	D2C1	D2C1	D2C1	D2C1	D2C1	D2C1	D2C1	D2C1
Parameter	Presence	Presence	Presence	Presence	Presence	Presence	Presence	Presence
Parameter other
Threshold value upper
Threshold value lower
Threshold qualitative
Threshold value source	Other (specify)	Other (specify)	Other (specify)	Other (specify)	Other (specify)	Other (specify)	Other (specify)	Other (specify)
Threshold value source other	National	National	National	National	National	National	National	National
Value achieved upper	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Value achieved lower
Value unit	(number of) species	(number of) species	(number of) species	(number of) species	(number of) species	(number of) species	(number of) species	(number of) species
Value unit other
Proportion threshold value
Proportion value achieved
Proportion threshold value unit
Trend	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Parameter achieved	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Description parameter
Related indicator	Newly introduced species	Newly introduced species	Newly introduced species	Newly introduced species	Newly introduced species	Newly introduced species	Newly introduced species	Newly introduced species
Criteria status	Not good	Not good	Not good	Not good	Not good	Not good	Not good	Not good
Description criteria
Element status	Not good	Not good	Not good	Not good	Not good	Not good	Not good	Not good
Description element
Integration rule type parameter	Not relevant
Integration rule description parameter
Integration rule type criteria	Not relevant
Integration rule description criteria
GES extent threshold
GES extent achieved	8.00
GES extent unit	Number of newly-introduced species
GES achieved	GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported
Description overall status	The number of non-indigenous species introduced by human activities is still increasing, so good environmental status is not being achieved. During the assessment period from 2011 to 2016, 8 new introduced species were identified, three of which can result in important (not negligible) changes in the ecosystem as a result of a permanent introduction.
Assessments period	2011-2016
Related pressures	Input or spread of non-indigenous species
Related targets	D2.T1