Member State report / Art9 / 2018 / D3 / 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 | D3 Commercial fish and shellfish |
| 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 |
D3
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D3C1
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D3C2
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D3C3
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GES description |
GES is established based on the biological reference points of fishing mortality (D3C1) and spawning biomass (D3C2) corresponding to maximum sustainable yield.
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D3C1 ? The fishing mortality rate of populations of harvested species for commercial purposes is equal to or lower than the maximum sustainable yield levels.
Group (a): ): D3C1 measurement unit is the annual fishing mortality rate
(F). Two reference points have been considered to set the limits o...
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Group (a): At national level, the following criteria were used: ?In the case of
Spawning biomass (SSB) the reference point used was biomass level
Breeding which produces the maximum sustainable catch (MSY) and
designated by BMSY. In cases where BMSY was not defined, Bpa was adopted as proxy to BM...
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Group (b): In this case, the methodology has been defined according to the distribution area of the species/stock under assessment: Subdivision of Madeira, of the Exclusive Economic Zone of Portugal. While commercial fisheries also provide information on the larger individuals, be susceptible to ...
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Determination date |
202003 |
202003 |
202003 |
202003 |
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Update type |
Modified from reported determination |
Modified from reported determination |
Modified from reported determination |
Modified from reported 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 information for some species (in particular with regard to D3C3) made it impossible to use them in the assessment of GES.
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Group (a): According to the national approach, we follow the ICES recommendation not to assess this criterion until biological reference points related to the characteristic ?healthy population? (ICES, 2016b) are developed for the species/stocks for which there are still no reference points defin...
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Justification for delay in setting EU/regional requirements |
List of commercially-exploited fish and shellfish at sub-regional level, not defined: Coordination with Spain and France in progress. Thresholds for commercially-exploited species at national or sub-regional level and not subject to evaluation, not defined: Coordination with Spain and France in p...
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