Member State report / Art10 / 2018 / D3 / 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 D3 Commercial fish and shellfish
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_D1C3_D3C1_C3
Target description
The Landings per Unit Effort for commercially exploited species in Maltese waters show increasing trends towards/above the long-term historical average.
Feature(s)
  • Commercially exploited fish and shellfish
GES components
  • D1C3 Population demographic characteristics (1.3, 1.3.1)
  • D3C1 Fishing mortality rate (F) (3.1, 3.1.1, 3.1.2)
  • D3C3 Population age/size distribution (3.3, 3.3.1, 3.3.3, 3.3.4)
Timescale
202512
Update date
201912
Update type
Modified from 2012 definition
Marine reporting unit
  • MIC-MT-MS-01
Element
Commercially-exploited fish and cephalopods
Element 2
Parameter
Other
Parameter - other
Landings per Unit Effort
Target value
Value achieved - upper
Value achieved - lower
Value unit
Value unit - other
Target status
Assessment period
2020-2025
Target assessment description
Related indicator
  • Trends in Landings per Unit Effort
Related measures
  • M078