Member State report / Art9 / 2018 / D1-C / 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 Cephalopods
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

GES component
D1
D1-C
D1C1
D1C2
D1C3
D1C4
D1C5
Marine reporting units
  • IT-AS-0001
Features
  • Coastal/shelf cephalopods
  • Commercially exploited fish and shellfish
  • Deep-sea fish
  • Demersal shelf fish
  • Pelagic shelf fish
GES description
G 1.3 Fish and cephalopod populations, also of commercial interest, are in line with prevailing physiographic, geographic and climatic conditions.
Determination date
201812
Update type
New determination
Justification for non-use of criterion
[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