MS/Art9/2012/D1-B/Netherlands/NE Atlantic: Greater North Sea

Member State report / Art9 / 2012 / D1-B / Netherlands / NE Atlantic: Greater North Sea

Report type	Member State report to Commission
MSFD Article	Art. 9 Determination of GES (and Art. 17 updates)
Report due	2012-10-15
GES Descriptor	D1 Birds
Member State	Netherlands
Region/subregion	NE Atlantic: Greater North Sea
Reported by	Rijkswaterstaat Centre for Water management, Ministry of infrastructure and the environment
Report date	2012-08-20
Report access	ANSNL_MSFD9GES_20121011.xml HTML Factsheet

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GES component	D1	1.1 Species distribution	1.1 Species distribution	1.1 Species distribution	1.1 Species distribution	1.1 Species distribution	1.1 Species distribution	1.1.1 Species distributional range	1.1.1 Species distributional range	1.1.1 Species distributional range	1.1.1 Species distributional range	1.1.1 Species distributional range	1.1.1 Species distributional range	1.1.2 Species distributional pattern	1.1.2 Species distributional pattern	1.1.2 Species distributional pattern	1.1.2 Species distributional pattern	1.1.2 Species distributional pattern	1.1.2 Species distributional pattern	1.1.3 Area covered by species	1.2 Population size	1.2 Population size	1.2 Population size	1.2 Population size	1.2 Population size	1.2 Population size	1.2.1 Population abundance	1.2.1 Population abundance	1.2.1 Population abundance	1.2.1 Population abundance	1.2.1 Population abundance	1.2.1 Population abundance	1.3 Population condition	1.3 Population condition	1.3 Population condition	1.3 Population condition	1.3 Population condition	1.3 Population condition	1.3.1 Population demographic characteristics	1.3.1 Population demographic characteristics	1.3.1 Population demographic characteristics	1.3.1 Population demographic characteristics	1.3.1 Population demographic characteristics	1.3.1 Population demographic characteristics
Method used	ANS-NL-MS-1: The approach used by the Netherlands to determine GES is described in Annex 3 of the Common Understanding document (Approach 3). GES is described in a qualitative way. GES is considered a high level aspirational aim. Starting point is the wording of the descriptors in Annex 1 of the directive. Taking into account the characteristics of the marine environment in the Dutch part of the North Sea, the use of the sea, the main pressures and impacts it was decided for each descriptor whether it is necessary to change the description of GES. In the case of the descriptors 1, 3, 4, 5 , 6, 8 and 9 no adaptation was needed. In the case of descriptor 2 it is considered impossible to remove invasive species that are already present. The GES description is adapted accordingly. For descriptor 7 a slight adaptation of the wording was made to include the possibility of compensation in accordance with the BHD. For the descriptors 10 and 11 a description of GES that was agreed in OSPAR is used. At the level of the environmental targets the achievement of GES is geared to the situation of the Dutch part of the North Sea, based on the criteria of the commission decision 2010/477.
Marine reporting units	Dutch part of the North Sea	Dutch part of the North Sea	Dutch part of the North Sea	Dutch part of the North Sea	Dutch part of the North Sea	Dutch part of the North Sea	Dutch part of the North Sea	Dutch part of the North Sea	Dutch part of the North Sea	Dutch part of the North Sea	Dutch part of the North Sea	Dutch part of the North Sea	Dutch part of the North Sea	Dutch part of the North Sea	Dutch part of the North Sea	Dutch part of the North Sea	Dutch part of the North Sea	Dutch part of the North Sea	Dutch part of the North Sea	Dutch part of the North Sea	Dutch part of the North Sea	Dutch part of the North Sea	Dutch part of the North Sea	Dutch part of the North Sea	Dutch part of the North Sea	Dutch part of the North Sea	Dutch part of the North Sea	Dutch part of the North Sea	Dutch part of the North Sea	Dutch part of the North Sea	Dutch part of the North Sea	Dutch part of the North Sea	Dutch part of the North Sea	Dutch part of the North Sea	Dutch part of the North Sea	Dutch part of the North Sea	Dutch part of the North Sea	Dutch part of the North Sea	Dutch part of the North Sea	Dutch part of the North Sea	Dutch part of the North Sea	Dutch part of the North Sea	Dutch part of the North Sea	Dutch part of the North Sea
Feature	AcutePollutionEvents All birds All fish ChangeHydrology ChangeThermal ExtractSpeciesFishShellfish IntroMicroPath IntroNIS IntroNonSynthSubst IntroSynthComp Litter [macro] MammalsAll Marine acidification Noise NutrientOrgEnrich PhysDam PhysLoss SeabedHabitatsAll WaterColumnHabitatsAll
Criterion/indicator	D1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1.1	1.1.1	1.1.1	1.1.1	1.1.1	1.1.1	1.1.2	1.1.2	1.1.2	1.1.2	1.1.2	1.1.2	1.1.3	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2.1	1.2.1	1.2.1	1.2.1	1.2.1	1.2.1	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3.1	1.3.1	1.3.1	1.3.1	1.3.1	1.3.1
GES description	Biological diversity is maintained. The quality and occurrence of habitats and the distribution and abundance of species are in line with prevailing physiographic, geographic and climate conditions
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