Member State report / Art9 / 2018 / D6 / Spain / Mediterranean: Western Mediterranean Sea

Report type Member State report to Commission
MSFD Article Art. 9 Determination of GES (and Art. 17 updates)
Report due 2018-10-15
GES Descriptor D6 Sea-floor integrity/D1 Benthic habitats
Member State Spain
Region/subregion Mediterranean: Western Mediterranean Sea
Reported by Subdirección General para la protección del mar. D.G. Sostenibilidad de la Costa y del Mar. Minister
Report date 2020-02-03
Report access msfd2018-ART9_GES.xml

GES component
D6
D6C1
D6C2
D6C3
D6C4
D6C5
Marine reporting units
  • MWE-ES-SD-ESAL
  • MWE-ES-SD-LEV
  • MWE-ES-SD-ESAL
  • MWE-ES-SD-LEV
  • MWE-ES-SD-ESAL
  • MWE-ES-SD-LEV
  • MWE-ES-SD-ESAL
  • MWE-ES-SD-LEV
  • MWE-ES-SD-ESAL
  • MWE-ES-SD-LEV
Features
  • Benthic habitats
  • Benthic habitats
  • Benthic habitats
  • Benthic habitats
  • All marine ecosystem elements
  • Benthic habitats
GES description
The physical loss of sea bottoms produced by human activities does not reach a spatial extent that would jeopardise the maintenance of the benthic habitats.
Seabed potentially affected by physical disturbance does not reach a spatial extent that would jeopardise the maintenance of benthic habitats.
The extent of each benthic habitat type adversely affected by physical disturbances keeps negative or stable trends in a way that ensures their conservation.
The proportion of the loss surface of each benthic habitat type due to anthropogenic pressures does not threaten the maintenance of the habitat type.
The extent of each habitat type in which benthic communities are kept within values to ensure their durability and performance is maintained or presented with increasing trends.
Determination date
201906
201906
201906
201906
201906
Update type
New determination
New determination
New determination
New determination
New determination
Justification for non-use of criterion
Justification for delay in setting EU/regional requirements
It is necessary to establish the GES to meet the new criteria for D6. However, the definitions should be quite general as threshold and/or reference values have not yet been established.
It is necessary to establish the GES to meet the new criteria for D6. However, the definitions should be quite general as threshold and/or reference values have not yet been established.
It is necessary to establish the GES to meet the new criteria for D6. However, the definitions should be quite general as threshold and/or reference values have not yet been established.
It is necessary to establish the GES to meet the new criteria for D6. However, the definitions should be quite general as threshold and/or reference values have not yet been established.
It is necessary to establish the GES to meet the new criteria for D6. However, the definitions should be quite general as threshold and/or reference values have not yet been established.