MS/Art8/2018/D1-M/Netherlands/NE Atlantic: Greater North Sea

Member State report / Art8 / 2018 / D1-M / Netherlands / NE Atlantic: Greater North Sea

Report type	Member State report to Commission
MSFD Article	Art. 8 Initial assessment (and Art. 17 updates)
Report due	2018-10-15
GES Descriptor	D1 Mammals
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	2019-04-15
Report access	XML_ART8GES_201904091515.xml

OSPAR Greater NorthSea (L1.2)

Simplified table

GES component	D1-M
Feature	Small toothed cetaceans			Seals
Element	Phocoena phocoena			Halichoerus grypus			Phoca vitulina
Element code	137117			137080			137084
Element code source	Species (D1) http://www.marinespecies.org/			Species (D1) http://www.marinespecies.org/			Species (D1) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/biodiversity/n2000species/view
Element 2
Element 2 code
Element 2 code source
Element source	OSPAR			OSPAR			OSPAR
Criterion	D1C1	D1C2	D1C5	D1C2	D1C3	D1C5	D1C2	D1C5
Parameter	Mortality rate / Mortality rate from fishing (F)	Abundance	Habitat condition	Abundance	Fecundity rate	Habitat condition	Abundance	Habitat condition
Parameter other
Threshold value upper	1.0				-1.0
Threshold value lower
Threshold qualitative		Trend as GES definition		Trend as GES definition			Trend as GES definition
Threshold value source	Convention on Migratory Species	Other (specify)	Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC)	Other (specify)	OSPAR Convention	Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC)	Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC)	Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC)
Threshold value source other		National		National development
Value achieved upper	0.58			1.0	9.0		1.0
Value achieved lower
Value unit	percentage	Other	square kilometre	Other	percentage	square kilometre	Other	square kilometre
Value unit other		Trend indicator		Trend indicator			trend indicator
Proportion threshold value	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Proportion value achieved	100.0	100.0		100.0	100.0		100.0
Proportion threshold value unit	% area of habitat achieving threshold value	% area of MRU achieving threshold value	% area of MRU achieving threshold value	% area of MRU achieving threshold value	% area of MRU achieving threshold value	% area of MRU achieving threshold value	% area of MRU achieving threshold value	% area of MRU achieving threshold value
Trend	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Parameter achieved	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Description parameter
Related indicator	Harbour Porpoise Bycatch	Abundance and Distribution of Cetaceans	HR beoordeling leefgebied zeezoogdieren	Seal Abundance and Distribution	Grey Seal Pup Production	HR beoordeling leefgebied zeezoogdieren	Seal Abundance and Distribution	HR beoordeling leefgebied zeezoogdieren
Criteria status	Good	Good	Not good	Good	Good	Not good	Good	Not good
Description criteria				Both species are required to comply with GES.
Element status	Not good			Not good			Not good
Description element
Integration rule type parameter	Other			Other
Integration rule description parameter	No integration			No integration
Integration rule type criteria	Other			Other
Integration rule description criteria	No integration			No integration
GES extent threshold	100.00			100.00
GES extent achieved
GES extent unit	Proportion of area in good status			Proportion of area in good status
GES achieved	GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported			GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported
Description overall status	Situation improves, but good environmental status has not been achieved yet.			Situation improves, but good environmental status has not been achieved yet.
Assessments period	2012-2016			2012-2016
Related pressures	Changes to hydrological conditions Disturbance of species (e.g. where they breed, rest and feed) due to human presence Extraction of, or mortality/injury to, wild species (by commercial and recreational fishing and other activities) Input of anthropogenic sound (impulsive, continuous) Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter) Input of other substances (e.g. synthetic substances, non-synthetic substances, radionuclides) - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition, acute events			Changes to hydrological conditions Disturbance of species (e.g. where they breed, rest and feed) due to human presence Extraction of, or mortality/injury to, wild species (by commercial and recreational fishing and other activities) Input of anthropogenic sound (impulsive, continuous)
Related targets	ANSNL-D1T1 ANSNL-D1T2 ANSNL-D1T3 ANSNL-D1T7			ANSNL-D1T2 ANSNL-D1T3