Member State report / Art10 / 2018 / D1-R / Malta / Mediterranean: Ionian Sea & Central Mediterranean Sea

Report type Member State report to Commission
MSFD Article Art. 10 Environmental targets (and Art. 17 updates)
Report due 2018-10-15
GES Descriptor D1 Reptiles
Member State Malta
Region/subregion Mediterranean: Ionian Sea & Central Mediterranean Sea
Reported by Environment and Resources Authority
Report date 2020-04-16
Report access ART10_Targets.xml

Target code
MT_Target_2019_D1C1_C2
Target description
Number of incidentally caught specimens, as verified through official data collection processes and analysis of stranded specimens, shows a declining trend.
Feature(s)
  • Pelagic-feeding birds
  • Small toothed cetaceans
  • Turtles
GES components
  • D1C1 Mortality rate from incidental by-catch
  • D1C2 Population abundance (1.2, 1.2.1)
Timescale
202512
Update date
201912
Update type
Modified from 2012 definition
Marine reporting unit
  • MIC-MT-MS-01
Element
Caretta caretta; Tursiops truncatus; Delphinus del
Element 2
Parameter
Mortality rate / Mortality rate from fishing (F)
Parameter - other
Target value
Value achieved - upper
Value achieved - lower
Value unit
Value unit - other
Target status
Assessment period
2020-2025
Target assessment description
Related indicator
  • Number of by-catch per species
Related measures
  • M073