Member State report / Art9 / 2018 / D11 / 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 2018-10-15
GES Descriptor D11 Energy, incl. underwater noise
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_ART9_201904091515.xml

GES component
D11
D11C1
D11C2
Marine reporting units
  • L1.2
  • ANS-NL-MS-1
Features
  • Impulsive sound in water
  • Input of anthropogenic sound (impulsive, continuous)
GES description
Spatial distribution, duration and noise levels of loud impulsive sources are such that direct and indirect effects of loud impulsive noise cannot jeopardize the favorable conservation status of species.
Justification: No GES determination available, this is provided to make the coupling to the MRU
Determination date
201807
201807
Update type
New determination
New determination
Justification for non-use of criterion
Justification for delay in setting EU/regional requirements
No assessment has been done, due to lack of information. In the North Sea region a joint monitoring programme for continuous sound is being setup in the Jomopans project, lead by The Netherlands.