Achieve or maintain the values and characteristics defined as GES for all descriptors of the good environmental status in the Canary Islands

Ensuring regulatory compliance. * Surveying of surveillance in hours * Infringements identified vs sanctions imposed * Human resources available for surveillance and available materials. OBJECTIVE 2012: A.1.12

Increase awareness of food webs, with a view to developing new indicators to assess and define Good Environmental Status. • Existence of appropriate indicators to assess food webs. OBJECTIVE 2012: C.3.8

Ensuring proper surveillance of the marine environment through remote or on-site systems In the second cycle, this objective has been amended to: A.C.13. Ensuring regulatory compliance This modified objective will be produced as a new objective, as the code and indicators have changed.

Eradicate or decrease, preferably in the initial stages of the invasive processes, the abundance of invasive species to ease pressure on the habitat, in cases where the economic or biodiversity loss is significant, and provided that it is technically feasible and there is no collateral damage

Develop regulation to prevent commercial exploitation and by-catches of elasmobranchs included in the annexes of national legislation, European Directives or applicable international conventions.

Achieve a complete, ecologically representative, coherent and well-managed network of marine protected areas in the Canary Islands area. * Approval of the Master Plan for RAMPE. * Percentage of MPAs included in the Spanish network of Marine Protected Areas OBJECTIVE 2012: A.2.1

Maintain or restore the natural balance of populations of key species for the ecosystem * Trends in populations of the species used as evaluation elements, corresponding to various trophic levels. * Indicators used for the assessment of food webs. OBJECTIVE 2012: A.3.4

To maintain positive or stable trends in the range of habitats protected or of natural interest and specific habitats. * Trends in habitat distribution area. Objective 2012: A3.5

Promoting the consideration of marine species in the regional, national and international asset lists of threatened species, as well as their study * No. of marine species which are listed/delisted on lists and catalogues of threatened species, or change category. * No. of target species. OBJECTIVE 2012: C.1.1

Improve international coordination of species monitoring programmes, especially for geographically wide species (e.g. fish, cetaceans and reptiles). • Number of international initiatives and working groups involved. • Establishment of an international group in Macaronesia for coordinating monitoring programmes for marine birds, marine mammals and sea turtles. OBJECTIVE 2012: C1.2

Improve national coordination and standardisation of habitat and species monitoring programmes • Development of methodologies/common protocols/guidelines. • No of meetings for updating the monitoring programmes. • Development of common access database for the different operators of monitoring programmes. OBJECTIVE 2012: A.1.7

Increase the quality of information obtained from professional fishing and shellfish trade (volume of fishing, fishing effort or shellfish fishing, harvested species, fishing or shellfishing areas, etc.) so that the state and evolution of those working groups of commercial interest can be properly assessed.

Reduce the main anthropogenic causes of mortality of elasmobranchs, in particular from commercial exploitation and by-catch. • No. of catch • Number of measures taken to prevent impacts OBJECTIVE 2012: A.1.4

Ensuring social participation in the marine strategy of the Strait and Alboran area through initiatives for dissemination, awareness-raising, voluntary environmental education and involvement of stakeholders in the marine environment. * Number of initiatives for social participation and evaluation of their results OBJECTIVE 2012: C.1.3

Ensuring proper coordination of public administrations, institutions and sectors in the Strait and Alboran area who carry out work related to the marine environment, in such a way as to avoid duplication and to exploit synergies. * Number of initiatives, projects and coordination meetings * Thematic areas in which coordination initiatives are taken OBJECTIVE 2012: C.1.4

To guarantee, through the Maritime Spatial Plan of the Canary Islands area and/or other development tools, that human activities take place in a sustainable manner and do not jeopardise the achievement of the Good Environmental Status. * Number of human activities covered by the management plan OBJECTIVE 2012: C1.5

Measures on stretches of coastline where permanent physical alterations caused by human activities have caused a significant impact so as to be compatible with the good environmental status of the seabed and hydrographical conditions. • No of measures taken in respect of each activity causing significant impact OBJECTIVE 2012: C.2.3

Encourage scientific studies and projects to address knowledge gaps identified in the initial assessment of the impact of human activities on marine and coastal ecosystems. * No. of studies and scientific projects promoted by public administrations dealing with these subjects. * Knowledge-based studies and scientific projects. OBJECTIVE 2012: C.3.5

Reducing the disturbance to fauna caused by tourist and recreational activities * Number of individuals of the species potentially affected (for turtles and birds) * Number of established protection measures/initiatives to reduce pressure on these populations

. To prevent impacts on trophic webs of the cultivation of marine species, with a focus on the cultivation of non-native and rare species. • Existence of preventive measures within the control programmes. OBJECTIVES 2012: A.1.5