Member State report / Art13 / 2022 / D4 / Portugal / NE Atlantic: Bay of Biscay & Iberian Coast

Report type Member State report to Commission
MSFD Article Art. 13 Programme of measures (and Art. 17 updates)
Report due 2022-10-15
GES Descriptor D4 Food webs/D1 Ecosystems
Member State Portugal
Region/subregion NE Atlantic: Bay of Biscay & Iberian Coast
Reported by Direção Geral de Recursos Naturais, Segurança e Serviços Marítimos (Sede) - Av. Brasília 1449-030 LISBOA - PORTUGAL
Report date 2023-01-06
Report access 363

Marine reporting units
  • ABI-PT-SD-CONT
  • AMA-PT-SD-AZO
  • AMA-PT-SD-MAD
  • ABI-PT-SD-CONT
  • AMA-PT-SD-AZO
  • AMA-PT-SD-MAD
  • AMA-PT-SD-PCE
  • AMA-PT-SD-PCE
RegionSubregion
NEA Bay of Biscay and the Iberian Coast; NEA Macaronesia
NEA Bay of Biscay and the Iberian Coast;NEA Macaronesia
NEA Bay of Biscay and the Iberian Coast
Measure code
PT-ME-EduMaR
PT-ME-D1-DesignAMP
ME07-DV
Measure old code
ABI-PT-ME09-DV
ABI-PT-ME01-DV ABI-PT-ME03-DV
ME07-DV
Measure name
EduMaR – Educating and raising awareness of the marine environment
DesignAMP – Designate Marine Protected Areas in the Portuguese maritime space
RegPlat - Regulamentar o acesso aos recursos naturais da plataforma continental estendida
Measure description
The measure aims to raise the awareness of children and young people, as well as the rest of the educational community, of the knowledge and preservation of the oceans, contributing to the promotion of more informed, responsible and participatory citizens and more aware of the strategic importanc...
The 2014 programme of measures included a measure to protect the natural heritage and economic activities that depend on the seabed of the Portuguese Sea, by creating new marine protected areas (MPAs) in deep and large oceanic areas, namely two areas delimited according to the most important comp...
Em complemento à Portaria n.º 114/2014, de 28 de maio, que estabelece condições destinadas à proteção dos fundos marinhos dos impactos adversos da atividade da pesca, Portugal irá solicitar à Comissão Europeia, nos termos do n.º 5 do artigo 13.º da DQEM, que sejam adotadas, para a mesma área, med...
Update type
Measure modified since 2015 PoM
Measure modified since 2015 PoM
2015 measure that was not reported electronically
Measure category
Category 1.b (non-WFD)
Category 2.b
Category 1.b (non-WFD)
Policy conventions
Policy national
Resolução do Conselho de Ministros 68/2021
Resolução do Conselho de Ministros 143/2019
Responsible competent authority
Direção-Geral de Recursos Naturais, Segurança e Serviços Marítimos; Direção Regional de Políticas Marítimas; Direção-Geral Regional do Mar
Direção Geral de Recursos Naturais Segurança e Serviços Marítimos; Direção Regional de Políticas Marítimas; Direção Regional do Mar
Direção-Geral de Recursos Naturais, Segurança e Serviços Marítimos
Responsible organisation
Direção-Geral de Política do Mar; Estrutura de Missão para a Extensão da Plataforma Continental; Direção Regional do Mar
Direção Geral de Recursos Naturais Segurança e Serviços Marítimos; Direção Regional de Políticas Marítimas, Direção Regional do Mar
Direção-Geral de Recursos Naturais, Segurança e Serviços Marítimos
Coordination level
  • National
  • National
  • Regional - OSPAR
  • Subregional
  • National
Regional cooperation countries
  • Spain
CEA
Not needed
Yes
Not needed
CEA reference
Category 1.b (non-WFD)
Análise Custo-benefício efetuada no Programa de Medidas do 1.º ciclo da DQEM
Category 1.b (non-WFD)
CBA
Not needed
Not needed
Not needed
CBA reference
Category 1.b (non-WFD)
Análise Custo-benefício efetuada no Programa de Medidas do 1.º ciclo da DQEM
Category 1.b (non-WFD)
Financing
  • Orçamento Regional
  • Orçamento do Estado
  • Outro
  • Orçamento do Estado. (assegurado)
Spatial scope
  • Terrestrial part of MS
  • Continental shelf (beyond EEZ)
  • EEZ (or similar)
  • Territorial waters
  • Continental shelf (beyond EEZ)
Measure purpose
Indirectly prevent further inputs of a pressure (e.g. by governance mechanisms, financial incentives, awareness campaigns)
Improve knowledge base (e.g. by research or one-off surveys);Indirectly prevent further inputs of a pressure (e.g. by governance mechanisms, financial incentives, awareness campaigns)
Directly prevent further inputs of a pressure (e.g. by managing the source activity)
Pressures
  • 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)
  • Physical disturbance to seabed
  • Physical loss of the seabed
  • PresEnvBycatch
  • PrevEnvAdvEffectsSppHab
  • Physical disturbance to seabed
Relevant KTMs
  • Measures to restore and conserve marine ecosystems
  • Measures to address the introduction of microbial pathogens
  • MSFD27
Relevant targets
  • No specific target adressed
  • ABIPT-T2-D6Cont
  • AMAPT-T007-D1MAD
  • AMAPT-T007-D6MAD
  • No specific target adressed
Related indicator
GEScomponent
  • D1-B
  • D1-C
  • D1-F
  • D1-M
  • D1-P
  • D1-R
  • D10
  • D11
  • D2
  • D3
  • D4
  • D5
  • D6
  • D7
  • D8
  • D9
  • D1C1 Mortality rate from incidental by-catch
  • D1C2 Population abundance (1.2, 1.2.1)
  • D3
  • D4C1 Trophic guild species diversity (1.7, 1.7.1)
  • D4C2 Abundance across trophic guilds (1.7, 1.7.1, 4.3, 4.3.1)
  • D4
  • D6
Feature
  • Research, survey and educational activities
  • Baleen whales
  • Benthic broad habitats
  • Benthic-feeding birds
  • Coastal ecosystem
  • Coastal fish
  • Coastal/shelf cephalopods
  • Commercially exploited fish and shellfish
  • Deep-diving toothed cetaceans
  • Deep-sea cephalopods
  • Deep-sea fish
  • Demersal shelf fish
  • Oceanic/deep-sea ecosystem
  • Other benthic habitats
  • Pelagic broad habitats
  • Pelagic shelf fish
  • Pelagic-feeding birds
  • Shelf ecosystem
  • Small toothed cetaceans
  • Surface-feeding birds
  • Turtles
  • Benthic broad habitats
  • Oceanic/deep-sea ecosystem
  • Other benthic habitats
  • Physical disturbance to seabed
Element
Temporal scope
2015-2030
2015-2027
2015-2022
Implementation status
Measure ongoing
Implementation started
Measure implemented
Implementation delay
0
9
6
Implementation reason
No obstacles to implementation
Mechanism for implementation - national
Mechanism for implementation - national
Progress description
Continente:Para implementação desta medida contribuiram os projetos: ""A ponte entre a escola e a ciência azul"" (2013-2016); e ""Kit do Mar"" (2008-2017). As tarefas 1, 3 e 4 da Ficha de Medidas encontram-se terminadas. As tarefas 2 e 5 encontram-se em execução. Madeira: Ações permanentes no âmb...
Reason description
Mecanismos nacionais para a implementação - a aguardar publicação diploma