Member State report / Art9 / 2018 / D1-B / Portugal / NE Atlantic: Bay of Biscay & Iberian Coast
| 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 | D1 Birds |
| Member State | Portugal |
| Region/subregion | NE Atlantic: Bay of Biscay & Iberian Coast |
| Reported by | DGRM |
| Report date | 2021-03-03 |
| Report access | ART9_GES_PT_setembro2020.xml |
GES component |
D1
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D1-B
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D1C1
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D1C2
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D1C3
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D1C4
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D1C5
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Features |
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GES description |
GES not determined at sub-regional level as laid down in Article 3 (5) (b) of the MSFD. Assessment under Article 8, which is based exclusively on D1C2 criterion in accordance with the method proposed in the OSPAR Convention, on the understanding that relative abundance is higher than 0,8 for species with one egg posture and of 0,7 for species with positions of two or more eggs and for all relative abundance is less than 1,3, the GES of the element is reached (the assessment at the level of the species group is not considered appropriate as the same species group together species with different ecological characteristics).
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Determination date |
202003 |
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Update type |
New determination |
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Justification for non-use of criterion |
Continent: All the primary criteria have been considered in the assessment of Article 8. However, the lack of thresholds or methodologies defined at sub-regional level, and the lack of information for some species, made it impossible to use them in the assessment of GES.
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Justification for delay in setting EU/regional requirements |
Under discussion at MSFD expert network on Biological Diversity where PT participates.
Wood: I have obtained short time series of data, which are not sufficient to determine thresholds, trends, and robust benchmarks.
Some parameters established with reference values had to be reformulated for the purpose of obtaining standard methodologies between the Member States and between the management units of each species. As a result, the reference values of some management units/species have been abandoned as they were incompatible for future comparisons with standard methodologies used in MSII.
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