Member State report / Art10 / 2018 / D4 / Denmark / NE Atlantic: Greater North Sea
Report type | Member State report to Commission |
MSFD Article | Art. 10 Environmental targets (and Art. 17 updates) |
Report due | 2018-10-15 |
GES Descriptor | D4 Food webs/D1 Ecosystems |
Member State | Denmark |
Region/subregion | NE Atlantic: Greater North Sea |
Reported by | Danish Environmental Protection Agency |
Report date | 2019-08-30 |
Report access | DK_ART10_Targets_Merge_20190829.xml |
Target code |
DK-T4.1 |
DK-T4.2 |
DK-T4.3 |
DK-T6.10 |
DK-T6.6 |
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Target description |
The Ministry of Environment and Food contributes to regional work regarding establishment of threshold values and determination of good environmental status, and works to ensure that the anthropogenic impacts on the food web are in accordance hereto. |
The Ministry of Environment and Food contributes to regional knowledge and methodology development on marine food webs. (Operational target) |
The Ministry of Environment and Food is tracking the development in the food web through monitoring the individual sub-elements of the web. (Operational target) |
The need for additional marine protected areas or other initiatives in the Baltic Sea and the North Sea is assessed, and a similar assessment is subsequently carried out for the Danish Straits.
(Operational target) |
The northern Sound is designated as a marine protected area pursuant to the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, and new licences to extract mineral resources are stopped. This will not result in any changes in relation to the existing fisheries regulation |
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Timescale |
202410 |
202410 |
202410 |
202410 |
202410 |
Update date |
201904 |
201904 |
201904 |
201904 |
201904 |
Update type |
New target |
New target |
New target |
New target |
New target |
Marine reporting unit |
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Parameter |
Other
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Other
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Other
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Other
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Other
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Parameter - other |
Denmark have contributed to the establishment of thresholds |
Denmark have contributed to development of regional knowledge and methodology |
Denmark have monitored developments of foodweb subcomponents |
Denmark have assessed the need for additional marine protected areas |
MPA designated
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Value achieved - lower |
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Value unit - other |
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Target status |
Target not yet achieved |
Target not yet achieved |
Target not yet achieved |
Target not yet achieved |
Target achieved |
Assessment period |
2018-2024 |
2018-2024 |
2018-2024 |
2018-2024 |
2018-2024 |
Target assessment description |
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Related measures |
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