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Member State report / Art8 / 2012 / D1-M / Malta / Mediterranean: Ionian Sea & Central Mediterranean 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	D1 Mammals
Member State	Malta
Region/subregion	Mediterranean: Ionian Sea & Central Mediterranean Sea
Reported by	Malta Environment and Planning Authority
Report date	2013-08-02
Report access	MSFD8aFeatures_20131105_121510.xml

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Topic	SpeciesCondition	Species distribution	SpeciesOverall	SpeciesPopulation	SpeciesCondition	SpeciesOverall	SpeciesPopulation	SpeciesCondition	Species distribution	SpeciesPopulation	SpeciesCondition	Species distribution	SpeciesOverall	SpeciesPopulation
Reporting Feature	Caretta_caretta				Hydrobates_pelagicus			Calonectris_diomedea			Puffinus_yelkouan
Indicator		1.1.1			1.3.1	1.1.1	1.2.1	1.3.1	1.1.1	1.2.1	1.3.1	1.1.1		1.2.1
Threshold Value		Good status takes into consideration the fact that sightingsa of turtles in 2012 occupy the whole extent of the assessment area			No thresholds can be set since the status is being extrapolated from the habitat condition.	Two out of three of the criteria assessed are indicative of moderate status; None of the criteria are indicative of poor status.	Good status:Population size is within the 90-100% range of the baseline population size; Moderate status: population size is between 75-90% of the baseline population size, and population size can be recovered through a reduction in current pressures	Good Status: Annual Survival Rates >90%; Moderate Status: Annual Survival Rates <90%, but has potential to recover should pressures be addressed.	No significant change in distributional range.	Good status: Population size is within 90-100% range of baseline population size; Moderate status: population size is between 75-90% range of baseline population size and population size can be recovered through a reduction in current pressures	Good Status: Annual Survival Rates >90%; Moderate Status: Annual Survival Rates >90%, but has potential to recover should pressures be addressed.	No significant change in distributional range for past twenty years	Two out of three of the criteria assessed are indicative of moderate status; None of the criteria are indicative of poor status.	Good status: Population size is within the 90-100% range of the baseline; Moderate status: population size is between 75-90% of the baseline population size, and population size can be recovered through a reduction in current pressures.
Threshold Unit						Ratio	Percentage			Percentage		Trend	Ratio	Percentage
Threshold Proportion
Baseline		2008 and 2012 data on sightings of turtles in Malta			No baseline used - status extrapolated from habitat condition	Baselines are mainly data originating from surveys carried out in 1980s	Population size estimated in 1980s	Annual survival rates in undisturbed conditions (published information)	Distributional range determined in 1980s	Population estimates in 1980	Annual survival rates in undisturbed conditions (published information)	Distributional range determined in the 1980s	Baselines are mainly data originating from surveys carried out in 1980s	Population estimates in 1980s
Status	NotAssessed	Good	NotAssessed		NotReported				Good	NotReported		Good	NotReported
Status Description	Due to the fact that data on poplation demographic characteristics is not available.		Due to insufficient data in terms of population size and condition	Since the only data available as an indicator of population size relates to trends in by-catch data. Although there seems to be no significant decline in turtle by-catch, the link with population size is not deemed sufficiently robust to determine status in terms of population abundance.	Mainly in relation to a deterioration in habitat condition						Classification as 'moderate' status takes into consideration the potential for recovery of population condition through control of pressures. This has been based on data from the SPA, Rdum tal Madonna. Trends in status of population condition is based on expert judgement.
Status Trend	Unknown_NotAssessed	Stable	Unknown_NotAssessed		Declining				Stable	Declining		Stable	Declining
Status Confidence		Low			NotReported	Moderate			High		Low	High	Moderate	Low