MS/Art9/2018/D1-F/Italy/Mediterranean: Adriatic Sea

Member State report / Art9 / 2018 / D1-F / Italy / Mediterranean: Adriatic 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	D1 Fish
Member State	Italy
Region/subregion	Mediterranean: Adriatic Sea
Reported by	ISPRA - Italian National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research
Report date	2020-10-01
Report access	MSFD_2018_ART9_GES_IT_2020-07-31.xml

Simplified table

GES component	D1	D1-F	D1C1	D1C2	D1C3	D1C4	D1C5
Marine reporting units	IT-AS-0001	IT-AS-0001	IT-AS-0001	IT-AS-0001
Features	Coastal/shelf cephalopods Commercially exploited fish and shellfish Deep-sea fish Demersal shelf fish Pelagic shelf fish	Coastal fish	All fish Baleen whales Benthic-feeding birds Deep-diving toothed cetaceans Pelagic-feeding birds Small toothed cetaceans Surface-feeding birds Turtles	All fish Baleen whales Benthic-feeding birds Deep-diving toothed cetaceans Pelagic-feeding birds Small toothed cetaceans Surface-feeding birds Turtles
GES description	G 1.3 Fish and cephalopod populations, also of commercial interest, are in line with prevailing physiographic, geographic and climatic conditions.	G 1.4 Coastal fish communities have satisfactory demographic characteristics	G 1.1 Marine species listed in the Habitats Directive, the Birds Directive and the SPA/BD Protocol to the Barcelona Convention maintain or attain favourable conservation status	G 1.1 Marine species listed in the Habitats Directive, the Birds Directive and the SPA/BD Protocol to the Barcelona Convention maintain or attain favourable conservation status
Determination date	201812	201812	201812	201812
Update type	New determination	New determination	Same as last reported determination	Same as last reported determination
Justification for non-use of criterion			[CoastalFish]: Criterion D1C1 not used, since not relevant for this species group, composed by selected species belonging to fish coastal communities of hard substrates, not subject to catches from industrial fisheries. No MS was informed about.			[Mammals and Reptiles]: Criterion D1C4 is considered irrelevant for the definition of GES of wideranging species such as cetaceans and marine turtles since their migratory nature leads to wide species home ranges whose eventual contraction cannot be detected in time periods relevant to identify trends	[Mammals and Reptiles]: Criterion D1C5 is difficult to assess given the species' migratory nature and wide home ranges. No MS was informed about.
Justification for delay in setting EU/regional requirements