Member State report / Art9 / 2018 / D1-R / Portugal / NE Atlantic: Macaronesia

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 Reptiles
Member State Portugal
Region/subregion NE Atlantic: Macaronesia
Reported by DGRM
Report date 2021-03-03
Report access ART9_GES_PT_setembro2020.xml

GES component
D1
D1-R
D1C1
D1C2
D1C3
D1C4
D1C5
Marine reporting units
  • AMA-PT-SD-MAD
  • AMA-PT-SD-AZO
  • AMA-PT-SD-AZO
  • AMA-PT-SD-AZO
  • AMA-PT-SD-AZO
  • AMA-PT-SD-AZO
Features
  • Turtles
  • Turtles
  • Turtles
  • Turtles
  • Baleen whales
  • Deep-diving toothed cetaceans
  • Small toothed cetaceans
  • Turtles
  • Baleen whales
  • Deep-diving toothed cetaceans
  • Pelagic-feeding birds
  • Small toothed cetaceans
  • Surface-feeding birds
  • Turtles
GES description
D1C1 ? The death rate for incidental catches does not achieve levels that jeopardise the viability of the population. D1C2 ? The abundance of sea turtles remains at a level that secures their sustainability within the sub-region. D1C3 ? The body condition index for sea turtles is consistent with a population of GES.
The death rate for incidental catches does not achieve levels that jeopardise the viability of the population.
The abundance of marine turtles remains at a level that ensures their sustainability within the sub-region.
The Body Condition Index for sea turtles is consistent with a population of GES.
Inadequate criterion for assessing GES in the subdivision of the Azores
Inadequate criterion for assessing GES in the subdivision of the Azores
Determination date
202003
202003
202003
202003
202003
202003
Update type
New determination
New determination
New determination
New determination
New determination
New determination
Justification for non-use of criterion
Continent: Insufficient information to assess primary criteria (except D1C1).
Dados insuficientes. Não é possível estabelecer limiares para a subregião para FishCoastal; FishPelagicShelf; FishDemersalShelf; FishDeepSea Coastal/shelf cephalopods; Deep-sea cephalopods.
Establishment of GES established at the level of the Macaronesian biogeographic region through the PROJECTS SEAS II for marine mammals, birds and sea turtles. For commercially-exploited fish and cephalopods, see D3C3.
The species of megafauna of the waters of Macaronesia are highly migratory and present extensive distribution limits, which often extend to the coastal waters of several islands and ocean waters, to a scale greater than the biogeographical region. For these highly mobile, the area and the pattern...
The extent and quality of the Azores Sea habitat do not seem to limit the large fauna to GES but there are several species whose life cycle does not entirely follow in the subdivision of the Azores. An assessment of the habitat condition requires an appropriate mapping, either in distance to the ...
Justification for delay in setting EU/regional requirements
Continental: lists of representative species and at risk of by-catch that are not defined at sub-regional level: Coordination with the Spanish and French authorities in progress. Thresholds for each species for the sub-region not established: Insufficient pressure and population data