Member State report / Art10 / 2012 / D4 / Belgium / NE Atlantic: Greater North Sea
| Report type | Member State report to Commission |
| MSFD Article | Art. 10 Environmental targets (and Art. 17 updates) |
| Report due | 2012-10-15 |
| GES Descriptor | D4 Food webs/D1 Ecosystems |
| Member State | Belgium |
| Region/subregion | NE Atlantic: Greater North Sea |
| Reported by | FPS Health, Food Chain safety and Environment - Service Marine environment |
| Report date | 2012-08-16 |
| Report access | ANSBE_MSFD10TI_20130314.xml |
ANS-BE-MS-1
Feature [Target or Indicator code] |
D4 |
1.7 |
4.3 |
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GES descriptor, criterion or indicator [GEScomponent] |
D4
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D4C1
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D4C2
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MarineUnitID |
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Method used |
Conform the Directive, GES and the environmental targets for the Belgian marine waters are defined on the basis of the eleven qualitative descriptors listed in Annex I of the Directive. The definition of GES is expressed in a qualitative description of what GES would look like when achieved for each of the descriptors. This is then underpinned by a set of more detailed quantitative environmental targets based on established environmental thresholds/limits for state, pressure or impact (Art. 10). Where quantitative environmental thresholds could not be set, trend-based or qualitative thresholds were used. The complete package of GES and environmental targets needs to give a complete and balanced overview. |
Conform the Directive, GES and the environmental targets for the Belgian marine waters are defined on the basis of the eleven qualitative descriptors listed in Annex I of the Directive. The definition of GES is expressed in a qualitative description of what GES would look like when achieved for each of the descriptors. This is then underpinned by a set of more detailed quantitative environmental targets based on established environmental thresholds/limits for state, pressure or impact (Art. 10). Where quantitative environmental thresholds could not be set, trend-based or qualitative thresholds were used. The complete package of GES and environmental targets needs to give a complete and balanced overview. |
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Description [Targets] |
Diversity within the different ecosystem components (i.e. plankton, benthos, fish, seabirds and marine mammals) is maintained. |
Viable species populations are maintained for the key long-lived, slowly reproducing species, as well as for the top predator species in all habitat types. |
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Threshold value [TargetValue] |
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Reference point type |
TargetReferencePoint |
LimitReferencePoint |
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Baseline |
WFD
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OSPAR EcoQO
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Proportion |
100 |
100 |
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Assessment method |
benthos sampling |
beached marine mammal death allocation/population size at North Sea scale |
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Development status |
fully operational (in 2012) |
further development needed (by 2018) |
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Type of target/indicator |
State |
Pressure |
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Timescale |
2020-12 |
2020-12 |
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Interim or GES target |
GES |
GES |
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Compatibility with existing targets/indicators |
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Physical/chemical features |
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Predominant habitats |
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Functional group |
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Pressures |