Member State report / Art8 / 2012 / D6 / Italy / Mediterranean: Adriatic Sea

Report type Member State report to Commission
MSFD Article Art. 8 Initial assessment (and Art. 17 updates)
Report due 2012-10-15
GES Descriptor D6 Sea-floor integrity/D1 Benthic habitats
Member State Italy
Region/subregion Mediterranean: Adriatic Sea
Reported by ISPRA - Italian National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research
Report date 2013-04-30
Report access MSFD8aFeatures_20130506_101729.xml

Southern Adriatic Sea

Topic
FuncGroupAbundance
FuncGroupCondition
Reporting Feature
FishCoastal
FishCoastal
Indicator
1.6.2
1.6.1
Threshold Value
2.39
Threshold Unit
Dimensionless
Threshold Proportion
Baseline
The mean value of the Shannon-Wiener diversity index observed in the C Zone (partial reserve) of the Torre Guaceto MPA in the period 2008-2012 is considered a reference condition.
Status
NotAssessed
NotAssessed
Status Description
Status Trend
Unknown_NotAssessed
Unknown_NotAssessed
Status Confidence

GSA 17

Topic
FuncGroupAbundance
FuncGroupCondition
Reporting Feature
FishDemersal
FishDemersal
Indicator
1.6.2
1.6.1
Threshold Value
Threshold Unit
Threshold Proportion
Baseline
The temporal trend obtained by reggressing the annual average values ​​of abundance and biomass of piscivorous demersal fish against time in the period 1994-2011 is considered a baseline condition.
The temporal trend obtained by reggressing the annual average values ​​of the Shannon-Wiener diversity index against time in the period 1994-2011 is considered a baseline condition.
Status
Good
Good
Status Description
Status Trend
Stable
Stable
Status Confidence

GSA 18

Topic
FuncGroupAbundance
FuncGroupCondition
FuncGroupAbundance
FuncGroupCondition
Reporting Feature
FishDemersal
FishDemersal
FishDeep_sea
FishDeep_sea
Indicator
1.6.2
1.6.1
1.6.2
1.6.1
Threshold Value
Threshold Unit
Threshold Proportion
Baseline
The temporal trend obtained by reggressing the annual average values ​​of abundance and biomass of piscivorous demersal fish against time in the period 1994-2011 is considered a baseline condition.
The temporal trend obtained by reggressing the annual average values ​​of the Shannon-Wiener diversity index against time in the period 1994-2011 is considered a baseline condition.
The temporal trend obtained by reggressing the annual average values ​​of abundance and biomass of piscivorous deep-sea fish against time in the period 1994-2011 is considered a baseline condition.
The temporal trend obtained by reggressing the annual average values ​​of the Shannon-Wiener diversity index against time in the period 1994-2011 is considered a baseline condition.
Status
Good
Good
Good
Good
Status Description
Status Trend
Stable
Improving
Stable
Improving
Status Confidence

Adriatic Sea

Topic
FuncGroupAbundance
FuncGroupCondition
FuncGroupAbundance
FuncGroupCondition
Reporting Feature
FishDemersalElasmobranchs
FishDemersalElasmobranchs
FishDeep_seaElasmobranchs
FishDeep_seaElasmobranchs
Indicator
1.6.2
1.6.1
1.6.2
1.6.1
Threshold Value
Threshold Unit
Threshold Proportion
Baseline
The temporal trend obtained by reggressing the annual average values ​​of abundance and biomass of piscivorous demersal elasmobranchs against time in the period 1994-2011 is considered a baseline condition.
The temporal trend obtained by reggressing the annual average values ​​of the Shannon-Wiener diversity index against time in the period 1994-2011 is considered a baseline condition.
The temporal trend obtained by reggressing the annual average values ​​of abundance and biomass of piscivorous deep-sea elasmobranchs against time in the period 1994-2011 is considered a baseline condition.
The temporal trend obtained by reggressing the annual average values ​​of the Shannon-Wiener diversity index against time in the period 1994-2011 is considered a baseline condition.
Status
Good
Good
Good
Good
Status Description
Status Trend
Stable
Improving
Stable
Stable
Status Confidence

Southern Adriatic Sea

Northern Adriatic Sea

GSA 17

GSA 18

Coasts of Tremiti islands

Venetian coasts

Adriatic Sea

marine Adriatic

Northern Adriatic Sea

Central Adriatic Sea

Southern Adriatic Sea

Northern Adriatic Sea

Topic
HabitatExtent
HabitatExtent
HabitatCondition
Reporting Feature
[Maerl] beds - A5.51
[Posidonia] beds - A5.535
Coralligenous - A3
Indicator
1.5.1
1.5.1
1.6.1
Threshold Value
Threshold Unit
Threshold Proportion
Baseline
Status
NotReported
Descriptive
Descriptive
Status Description
Strongly reduced during the last century
Northern Adriatic rocky outcrops show striking differences from typical Mediterranean coralligenous assemblages, because of the peculiar biogeographical and phisical characteristics of the basin. Offshore outcrops subject to low turbidity and eutrophication levels had several characteristic Mediterranean coralligenous taxa.
Status Trend
Unknown_NotAssessed
Unknown_NotAssessed
Stable
Status Confidence

Puglia

Topic
HabitatExtent
HabitatExtent
HabitatCondition
Reporting Feature
[Maerl] beds - A5.51
[Posidonia] beds - A5.535
Coralligenous - A3
Indicator
1.5.1
1.5.1
1.6.1
Threshold Value
Threshold Unit
Threshold Proportion
Baseline
Status
NotAssessed
Descriptive
Descriptive
Status Description
The extent of the habitat is stable. However, along the coastal waters characterized by urban, industrial and agricultural pressures and impacts there are moderate signs of regression. The status of the extension of the habitat is in line with natural physiographic, geographic and climatic conditions, as well as the pressures that today insist in the evaluation, producing nevertheless some changes in spatial / temporal extent of the meadows.
Harbours, coastal development, seawage discharges and invasive species impacts indirectly the habitat and are cause of its homogenization. Fishing activities (trawling, trammels and long lines) and, in few cases, anchoring and diving activities impact directly the habitat causing a mosaic of patches with different assemblage structure.
Status Trend
Unknown_NotAssessed
Unknown_NotAssessed
Stable
Status Confidence

Northern Adriatic Sea

Topic
HabitatCondition
HabitatCondition
HabitatCondition
HabitatDistribution
HabitatDistribution
HabitatExtent
HabitatExtent
Reporting Feature
WC3
WC3
WC3
WC3
WC3
WC3
WC3
Indicator
1.6.1
1.6.2
1.6.3
1.4.1
1.4.2
1.5.1
1.5.2
Threshold Value
Threshold Unit
Threshold Proportion
Baseline
Status
Good
Good
Good
NotAssessed
NotAssessed
NotAssessed
NotAssessed
Status Description
Status Trend
Stable
Stable
Stable
Unknown_NotAssessed
Unknown_NotAssessed
Unknown_NotAssessed
Unknown_NotAssessed
Status Confidence

Southern Adriatic Sea

Coasts of Tremiti islands

North Adriatic coasts

Adriatic Sea coasts

MediterraneanSeaAdriatic

MediterraneanSeaAdriatic

Adriatic Sea

From Chioggia to Pescara

From Vieste to San Cataldo

North Adriatic Sea

South Adriatic Sea

Adriatic Sea

North-Central Adriatic Sea

South Adriatic Sea

A1

Central Adriatic Sea

Southern Adriatic Sea

Adriatic Sea

Northern Adriatic Sea

Central Adriatic Sea

Southern Adriatic Sea

Adriatic Sea

Adriatic

GSA 17

GSA 18

Northern Adriatic Sea

Central Adriatic Sea

Southern Adriatic Sea

Mediterranean Sea: Adriatic Sea

Adriatic Sea