Member State report / Art10 / 2012 / D1-P / 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 2012-10-15
GES Descriptor D1 Pelagic habitats
Member State Malta
Region/subregion Mediterranean: Ionian Sea & Central Mediterranean Sea
Reported by Malta Environment and Planning Authority
Report date -
Report access MSFD10TI_20140502_095401.xml

Assessment areas designated for seabirds, Assessment areas designated for turtles, Assessment areas for marine mammals, Descritptor 3 Assessment area, Hydrological processes assessment area, Marine litter assessment area, MIC-MT-MS, NIS assessment area, Northeastern & Soutwestern assessment area, Northeastern assessment area, Pending adequate knowledge on water column, Significant pollution events area, Southwestern assessment area, To be determined, Underwater noise assessment area, WFD coastal water bodies

Feature [Target or Indicator code]
D1.6
1.6
1.6.1
1.6.2
GES descriptor, criterion or indicator [GEScomponent]
D1-P
D1C6
D1C6
D1C6
MarineUnitID
  • Assessment areas designated for seabirds
  • Assessment areas designated for turtles
  • Assessment areas for marine mammals
  • Descritptor 3 Assessment area
  • Hydrological processes assessment area
  • MIC-MT-MS
  • Marine litter assessment area
  • NIS assessment area
  • Northeastern & Soutwestern assessment area
  • Northeastern assessment area
  • Pending adequate knowledge on water column
  • Significant pollution events area
  • Southwestern assessment area
  • To be determined
  • Underwater noise assessment area
  • WFD coastal water bodies
  • Assessment areas designated for seabirds
  • Assessment areas designated for turtles
  • Assessment areas for marine mammals
  • Descritptor 3 Assessment area
  • Hydrological processes assessment area
  • MIC-MT-MS
  • Marine litter assessment area
  • NIS assessment area
  • Northeastern & Soutwestern assessment area
  • Northeastern assessment area
  • Pending adequate knowledge on water column
  • Significant pollution events area
  • Southwestern assessment area
  • To be determined
  • Underwater noise assessment area
  • WFD coastal water bodies
  • Assessment areas designated for seabirds
  • Assessment areas designated for turtles
  • Assessment areas for marine mammals
  • Descritptor 3 Assessment area
  • Hydrological processes assessment area
  • MIC-MT-MS
  • Marine litter assessment area
  • NIS assessment area
  • Northeastern & Soutwestern assessment area
  • Northeastern assessment area
  • Pending adequate knowledge on water column
  • Significant pollution events area
  • Southwestern assessment area
  • To be determined
  • Underwater noise assessment area
  • WFD coastal water bodies
  • Assessment areas designated for seabirds
  • Assessment areas designated for turtles
  • Assessment areas for marine mammals
  • Descritptor 3 Assessment area
  • Hydrological processes assessment area
  • MIC-MT-MS
  • Marine litter assessment area
  • NIS assessment area
  • Northeastern & Soutwestern assessment area
  • Northeastern assessment area
  • Pending adequate knowledge on water column
  • Significant pollution events area
  • Southwestern assessment area
  • To be determined
  • Underwater noise assessment area
  • WFD coastal water bodies
Method used
Description [Targets]
Efforts are undertaken, through conservation measures or existing permitting and licensing procedures, to ensure that the distributional range of breeding sites of Puffinus yelkouan, Calonectris diomedea and Hydrobates pelagicus is stable, with no loss of breeding sites due to anthropogenic disturbance.
Threshold value [TargetValue]
Reference point type
Baseline
Location of breeding sites in the 1980s
Current level of knowledge on selected habitat types
Current level of knowledge on selected habitat types
Current level of knowledge on selected habitat types
Proportion
NotReported
NotReported
NotReported
NotReported
Assessment method
Not relevant
Not relevant
Not relevant
Not relevant
Development status
Not relevant
Not relevant
Not relevant
Not relevant
Type of target/indicator
Operational
State
State
State
Timescale
12-2020
12-2020
12-2020
12-2020
Interim or GES target
GES
GES
GES
GES
Compatibility with existing targets/indicators
In line with the requirements of the EU Birds Directive
This target is in line with the requirements for achievement of good status for those habitat types under consideration as Biological Quality Elements by the Water Framework Directive
This target is in line with the requirements for achievement of good status for those habitat types under consideration as Biological Quality Elements by the Water Framework Directive
This target is in line with the requirements for achievement of good status for those habitat types under consideration as Biological Quality Elements by the Water Framework Directive
Physical/chemical features
Predominant habitats
Functional group
Pressures