Member State report / Art8 / 2018 / D11 / Portugal / NE Atlantic: Macaronesia
Report type | Member State report to Commission |
MSFD Article | Art. 8 Initial assessment (and Art. 17 updates) |
Report due | 2018-10-15 |
GES Descriptor | D11 Energy, incl. underwater noise |
Member State | Portugal |
Region/subregion | NE Atlantic: Macaronesia |
Reported by | DGRM |
Report date | 2021-03-03 |
Report access | ART8_GES_PT_setembro2020.xml |
Azores Subdivision (AMA-PT-SD-AZO)
GES component |
D11
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Feature |
Impulsive sound in water
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Continuous low frequency sound
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Element |
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Element code |
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Element code source |
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Element 2 |
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Element source |
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Criterion |
D11C1
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D11C2
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Parameter |
Underwater sound level
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Parameter other |
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Threshold value upper |
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Threshold value lower |
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Threshold qualitative |
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Threshold value source |
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Threshold value source other |
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Value achieved upper |
103.1 |
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Value achieved lower |
90.3 |
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Value unit |
Other
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Value unit other |
DB re 1 ?Pa per unit area
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Proportion threshold value |
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Proportion value achieved |
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Proportion threshold value unit |
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Trend |
Unknown |
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Parameter achieved |
Unknown |
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Description parameter |
The results obtained by Romacosa et al. (2017) contribute to the enrichment of the little existing information for this criterion of D11 in the Azores. The above study showed that the monthly average levels of noise, in the 3 seamounts assessed, varied between 90.3 dB re 1 ?Pa (Azores) and 1...
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Related indicator |
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Criteria status |
Not assessed |
Unknown |
Description criteria |
As stated in the report of the first cycle of the MSFD, delivered by the Azores sub-region, ?there is no information on noise levels in the Azores and its impact on animals?, which makes it possible to assess this criterion. An assessment of the frequency or intensity of human activities generati...
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Despite the progress made in collecting information for the assessment of Good Environmental Status (GES) for this criterion, it is not yet possible to do so. Additional measures (such as the implementation of monitoring programmes to measure noise over time and in various areas representing diff...
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Element status |
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Description element |
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Integration rule type parameter |
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Integration rule description parameter |
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Integration rule type criteria |
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Integration rule description criteria |
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GES extent threshold |
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GES extent achieved |
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GES extent unit |
Proportion of area in good status |
Proportion of area in good status |
GES achieved |
Not assessed |
Unknown |
Description overall status |
In the first evaluation of this descriptor for the subdivision of the Azores, it was described that the existing information on marine noise was very limited, whether at the level of environmental noise monitoring, or at the level of the recording of anthropogenic activities producing impulse noi...
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In the first evaluation of this descriptor for the subdivision of the Azores, it was described that the existing information on marine noise was very limited, whether at the level of environmental noise monitoring, or at the level of the recording of anthropogenic activities producing impulse noi...
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Assessments period |
2012-2018 |
2012-2018 |
Related pressures |
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Related targets |
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Extendend Continental Shelf Subdivision (AMA-PT-SD-PCE)
GES component |
D11
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Feature |
Impulsive sound in water
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Continuous low frequency sound
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Element |
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Element code |
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Element code source |
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Element 2 |
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Element 2 code |
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Element 2 code source |
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Element source |
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Criterion |
D11C1
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D11C2
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Parameter |
Other
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Other
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Parameter other |
risk
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risk
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Threshold value upper |
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Threshold value lower |
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Threshold qualitative |
and the level of risk is low, given the absence of anthropogenic activities, GES is achieved.
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and the level of risk is low, given the absence of anthropogenic activities, GES is achieved.
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Threshold value source |
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Threshold value source other |
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Value achieved upper |
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Value achieved lower |
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Value unit |
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Value unit other |
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Proportion threshold value |
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Proportion value achieved |
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Proportion threshold value unit |
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Trend |
Stable |
Stable |
Parameter achieved |
Yes, based on low risk |
Yes, based on low risk |
Description parameter |
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Related indicator |
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Criteria status |
Good, based on low risk |
Good, based on low risk |
Description criteria |
The information collected from the authorities responsible for approving the economic activities and/or bodies responsible for approving the economic activities and/or the entities responsible for carrying out these activities in the performance of the tasks relating to the spatial and temporal d...
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Between 2012 and 2017, the available acoustic data were collected on an ad hoc basis in the context of environmental impact assessments or local environmental impact assessments (e.g. the BIOMOORE project in the submarine catchment, Atlantis and Gorringe), but do not allow for a quantitative eval...
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Element status |
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Description element |
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Integration rule type parameter |
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Integration rule description parameter |
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Integration rule type criteria |
Not relevant
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Integration rule description criteria |
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GES extent threshold |
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GES extent achieved |
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GES extent unit |
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GES achieved |
GES achieved |
GES achieved |
Description overall status |
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Assessments period |
2012-2018 |
2012-2018 |
Related pressures |
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Related targets |