Member State report / Art8 / 2012 / D10 / Cyprus / Mediterranean: Aegean-Levantine Sea
| Report type | Member State report to Commission |
| MSFD Article | Art. 8 Initial assessment (and Art. 17 updates) |
| Report due | 2012-10-15 |
| GES Descriptor | D10 Litter |
| Member State | Cyprus |
| Region/subregion | Mediterranean: Aegean-Levantine Sea |
| Reported by | Department of Fisheries and Marine Research, Ministry of Agriculture Natural Resources and Environment |
| Report date | 2013-04-24 |
| Report access | MSFD8bPressures_20130510_101650.xml |
Marine waters of the Republic of Cyprus, as part of the marine subregion "Agean-Levantine sea"
GES component |
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Feature |
LevelPressureShore |
LevelPressureWater |
LevelPressureSeabed |
ImpactPressureWaterColumn |
ImpactPressureSeabedHabitats |
ImpactPressureFunctionalGroup |
Assessment Topic |
LitterShores10_1
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LitterWaterColumnSurface10_1
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LitterSeabed10_1
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LitterWaterColumnHabitats10_2
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LitterSeabedHabitats10_2
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LitterFunctionalGroups10_2
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Element |
NotRelevant |
HabitatsOther |
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Element 2 |
Unknown |
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ThresholdValue |
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Threshold value/Value unit |
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Proportion threshold value |
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Status of criteria/indicator |
NotAssessed |
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Status trend |
Unknown_NotAssessed |
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Status confidence |
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Description (status of criteria/indicator) |
Insufficient data
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No data
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Limitations |
Insufficient data
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No data
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Assessment period |
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Description |
Only scant information about marine litter pollution in the Cyprus marine environment is available through a study that was conducted in the years 1988-1989 in 13 Mediterranean beaches including 2 beaches of Cyprus. Beach litter in Cyprus consisted mainly of plastic and construction materials. According to the study, the distance of a beach from a city is one of the main factors, which control the quantity of marine litter on the beach. However, the isolated beach of Cyprus was found to be twice more littered than the one located in a tourist area. This was explained by the exposure of the isolated shore to the predominantly westerly winds, which cause marine-based litter to accumulate on this particular beach. The study concluded that the causes of marine litter pollution on the marine environment of Cyprus are the coastal population and international merchant shipping. |
No data available
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Input load |
10
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Unknown_NotAssessed
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Load unit |
pieces/m
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Unknown_NotAssessed
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NotReported
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Unknown_NotAssessed
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Confidence |
Low
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Non related GES component
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NotReported |
Non related GES component
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Trends (recent) |
Unknown_NotAssessed |
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Trends (future) |
Unknown_NotAssessed |
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Description (activities) |
A study of 1988-89 concluded that the causes of marine litter pollution on the marine environment of Cyprus are the coastal population and international merchant shipping. |
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Activity type |
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Information gaps |
Opportunities will be exploited to collect raw data on the type and source of marine litter across the assessment area. |
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