Member State report / Art10 / 2018 / D6 / Portugal / NE Atlantic: Bay of Biscay & Iberian Coast

Report type Member State report to Commission
MSFD Article Art. 10 Environmental targets (and Art. 17 updates)
Report due 2018-10-15
GES Descriptor D6 Sea-floor integrity/D1 Benthic habitats
Member State Portugal
Region/subregion NE Atlantic: Bay of Biscay & Iberian Coast
Reported by DGRM
Report date 2021-03-03
Report access ART10_Targets_PT_setembro2020.xml

Target code
ABIPT-T1-D6Cont
ABIPT-T2-D6Cont
Target description
Reduce pressure on bottom gears on vulnerable marine ecosystems by 2024.
By 2021, establish and implement a network of coastal and ocean protected areas (MPA). The aim is to ensure the sustainability of Portuguese sea resources and to meet commitments made at OSPAR by preparing and implementing the management plans for the sustainability of human activities in the ocean and coastal MPA for fisheries and geological resources.
Feature(s)
  • Benthic habitats
  • Fish and shellfish harvesting (professional, recreational)
  • Physical disturbance to seabed
  • Physical loss of the seabed
  • All activities related to extraction of non-living resources
  • Extraction of, or mortality/injury to, wild species (by commercial and recreational fishing and other activities)
  • Fish and shellfish harvesting (professional, recreational)
  • Physical disturbance to seabed
  • Physical loss of the seabed
GES components
  • D6
  • D6
Timescale
202410
202112
Update date
202003
202003
Update type
New target
New target
Marine reporting unit
  • ABI-PT-SD-CONT
  • ABI-PT-SD-CONT
Element
Element 2
Parameter
Other
Other
Parameter - other
Fishing effort
Management plans for MPAs.
Target value
Value achieved - upper
Value achieved - lower
Value unit
percentage
Other
Value unit - other
item
Target status
Target not yet achieved
Target not yet achieved
Assessment period
2018-2024
2018-2024
Target assessment description
Pressure target. Target outturn indicator: % reduction in fishing effort for bottom fishing gears on vulnerable marine ecosystems.
Operational target. The aim is to ensure the sustainability of Portuguese sea resources and to meet commitments made at OSPAR by preparing and implementing the management plans for the sustainability of human activities in the ocean and coastal MPA for fisheries and geological resources. Implementation indicator: No of management plans drawn up for APM.
Related indicator
  • PT_PlanosGestão
Related measures
  • ME07-DV
  • ME07-DV