Member State report / Art9 / 2018 / D4 / 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 | D4 Food webs/D1 Ecosystems |
| 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 |
D4
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D4C1
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D4C2
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D4C3
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D4C4
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Marine reporting units |
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Features |
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GES description |
Justification: No GES determination available, this is provided to make the coupling to the MRU |
Justification: No GES determination available, this is provided to make the coupling to the MRU |
The size structure (length) of fish populations remains above the historic value.
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Determination date |
201807 |
201807 |
201807 |
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Update type |
New determination |
New determination |
New determination |
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Justification for non-use of criterion |
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Justification for delay in setting EU/regional requirements |
The relationship between all the components of the marine food web is one of the most difficult analyses in the marine strategy. Due to the adaptation in the structure of the European Commission Decision on criteria and methodological standards on Good Environmental Status, there are currently no indicators, both at regional level and within the Netherlands, that meet the requirements of the MSFD. It is therefore not possible at this stage to assess whether the diversity (species composition and their relative abundance) of the trophic guild is prejudiced by anthropogenic pressures (D4C1).
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The relationship between all the components of the marine food web is one of the most difficult analyses in the marine strategy. Due to the adaptation in the structure of the European Commission Decision on criteria and methodological standards on Good Environmental Status, there are currently no indicators, both at regional level and within the Netherlands, that meet the requirements of the MSFD. Thus, it is not possible at this stage to assess whether the balance of the total density between the trophic guilds is affected by anthropogenic pressures (D4C2).
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