Member State report / Art8 / 2018 / D1-M / North East Atlantic
| Report type | Member State report to Commission |
| MSFD Article | Art. 8 Initial assessment (and Art. 17 updates) |
| Report due | 2018-10-15 |
| GES Descriptor | D1 Mammals |
| Region/subregion | North East Atlantic |
| Reported by | Member state |
| Member state | Sweden |
Denmark |
Germany |
Netherlands |
Belgium |
France |
United Kingdom |
Ireland |
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Portugal |
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| Marine reporting units | MRUs used |
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| Features | Species |
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| Element | Balaenoptera acurostrata |
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| Element | Balaenoptera acutorostrata |
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| Element | Balaenoptera borealis |
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| Element | Balaenoptera edeni |
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| Element | Balaenoptera musculus |
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| Element | Balaenoptera physalus |
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| Element | Delphinus delphis |
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| Element | Globicephala macrorhynchus |
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| Element | Globicephala melas |
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| Element | Grampus griseus |
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| Element | Halichoerus grypus |
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| Element | Halichoerus grypus (Grey Seal) |
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| Element | Hyperoodon ampullatus |
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| Element | Kogia breviceps |
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| Element | Lagerorhynchus albirostris |
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| Element | Megaptera novaeangliae |
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| Element | Mesoplodon bidens |
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| Element | Mesoplodon europaeus |
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| Element | Mesoplodon mirus |
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| Element | Monachus monachus |
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| Element | Orcinus orca |
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| Element | Phoca vitulina |
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| Element | Phocoena phocoena |
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| Element | Phocoena phocoena (Harbour Porpoise) |
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| Element | Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus 1758) [Harbour porpoise] |
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| Element | Physeter macrocephalus |
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| Element | Pseudorca crassidens |
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| Element | Stenella coeruleoalba |
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| Element | Stenella frontalis |
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| Element | Steno bredanensis |
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| Element | Tursiops truncatus |
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| Element | Ziphius cavirostris |
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| Element | globicephala macrorhynchus |
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| Element sources | No. of elements per level |
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| Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) | D1 Mammals | ||||||||||
| Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) | D1C1 Mortality rate from incidental by-catch |
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| Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) | D1C2 Population abundance (1.2, 1.2.1) |
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| Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) | D1C3 Population demographic characteristics (1.3, 1.3.1) |
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| Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) | D1C4 Population distributional range and pattern (1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3) |
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| Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) | D1C5 Habitat for the species |
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| Threshold values | % of parameters with values (no. of parameters) | 52% (9) |
25% (3) |
40% (6) |
25% (2) |
100% (1) |
58% (24) |
0% (0) |
6% (7) |
18% (11) |
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| Threshold value sources | D1 Mammals | ||||||||||
| Threshold value sources | D1C1 Mortality rate from incidental by-catch |
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| Threshold value sources | D1C2 Population abundance (1.2, 1.2.1) |
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| Threshold value sources | D1C3 Population demographic characteristics (1.3, 1.3.1) |
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| Threshold value sources | D1C4 Population distributional range and pattern (1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3) |
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| Threshold value sources | D1C5 Habitat for the species |
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| Value achieved upper | % of parameters with values (no. of parameters) | 52% (9) |
58% (7) |
40% (6) |
50% (4) |
0% (0) |
36% (15) |
0% (0) |
35% (39) |
31% (19) |
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| Value achieved lower | % of parameters with values (no. of parameters) | 0% (0) |
58% (7) |
0% (0) |
0% (0) |
0% (0) |
12% (5) |
0% (0) |
4% (5) |
0% (0) |
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| Value unit/Value unit other (count of use per criterion) | D1 Mammals | ||||||||||
| Value unit/Value unit other (count of use per criterion) | D1C1 Mortality rate from incidental by-catch |
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| Value unit/Value unit other (count of use per criterion) | D1C2 Population abundance (1.2, 1.2.1) |
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| Value unit/Value unit other (count of use per criterion) | D1C3 Population demographic characteristics (1.3, 1.3.1) |
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| Value unit/Value unit other (count of use per criterion) | D1C4 Population distributional range and pattern (1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3) |
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| Value unit/Value unit other (count of use per criterion) | D1C5 Habitat for the species |
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| Proportion threshold values | Range of % values (no. of parameters) | Range: 100-100% (8 of 8 parameters) |
Range: 100-100% (24 of 41 parameters) |
Range: 100-100% (12 of 16 parameters) |
Range: 100-100% (9 of 61 parameters) |
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| Proportion values achieved | Range of % values (no. of parameters) | Range: 100-100% (5 of 8 parameters) |
Range: 100-100% (12 of 16 parameters) |
Range: 100-100% (8 of 61 parameters) |
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| Proportion threshold value units | % area of MRU achieving threshold value % area of habitat achieving threshold value |
% of population achieving threshold value |
% of population achieving threshold value |
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| Trends | No. of trends per category |
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| Parameters achieved | No. of parameters per category |
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| Criteria status | No. of criteria per category |
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| Element status | No. of elements per category |
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| Integration rule type for parameters | OOAO (25 or 100.0%) |
Not relevant (12 or 100.0%) |
OTH (15 or 100.0%) |
OTH (8 or 100.0%) |
Not relevant (1 or 100.0%) |
Not relevant (40 or 40.4%) OTH (59 or 59.6%) |
Not relevant (94 or 100.0%) |
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| Integration rule description for parameters |
It has not been possible to do cross-species integration.
Only one species has been studied within this GES component. It has not been possible to make integration across other species. |
No integration
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The assessment obtained by calculating the parameter directly informs the corresponding criterion, for a given marine mammal species, without an integration rule.
The assessment obtained by the calculation of the parameter directly informs the corresponding criterion for a given marine mammal species without any integration rule. Except for the assessment of the status of seal criterion D1C2: the integration between the two parameters "Relative abundance (short-term calculation)" and "Relative abundance (long-term calculation)" follows the OOAO rule. The assessment obtained by the calculation of the parameter directly informs the corresponding criterion for a given marine mammal species without any integration rule. With the exception of the assessment of the status of the D1C2 criterion for seals: the integration between the two parameters "Relative abundance (short-term calculation)" and "Relative abundance (long-term calculation)" follows the OOAO rule. |
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| Integration rule type for criteria | OOAO (25 or 100.0%) |
OOAO (12 or 100.0%) |
OTH (15 or 100.0%) |
OTH (8 or 100.0%) |
Not relevant (1 or 100.0%) |
OOAO (59 or 59.6%) OTH (40 or 40.4%) |
OTH (16 or 100.0%) |
Not relevant (38 or 28.8%) OOAO (94 or 71.2%) |
OTH (40 or 100.0%) |
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| Integration rule description for criteria | GES defined as: When the threshold values for all indicators of each species under all relevant criteria are achieved in the assessment area. GES defined as: When the threshold values for all indicators of each species under relevant criteria are achieved in the assessment area. |
It has only been possible to integrate across D2, D4 and D5 for one species. It has not been possible to make an integration for D1 and D3.
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The assessment of the criteria was derived from the partial evaluations of the species evaluation under the Habitats Directive.
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No integration
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The integration between the criteria and species (element) levels is carried out on the basis of the "One Out All Out" (OOAO) method. Therefore, if one of the criteria for a given species is not in good status in the marine sub-region, then the species (item) is not in good status.
The integration between the criteria and species (element) levels is carried out on the basis of the "One Out All Out" (OOAO) method. Therefore, if one of the criteria for a given species is not in good status in the marine sub-region, then the species (item) is not in good status. An exception exists for fin whales, where only one criterion could be entered in this assessment. Therefore, the assessment of the status of Criterion D1C4 directly informs the status of the species, i.e. fin whale, without an integration rule. |
Collective expert judgement was used to determine criteria integration. |
Los resultados de la evaluación de los mamíferos marinos en el proyecto MISTIC SEAS 2 no se han integrado porque se consideró inadecuado o, al menos, prematuro, con el nivel actual de información y conocimiento. The OOAO method has been applied directly in the case of primary criteria. In the case of secondary criteria, the expert criterion has also been taken into account for integration. |
For assessment and integration of environmental status it is essential to collect a wider/diverse set of data, filling gaps for a precision assessment. the suggested integration rule OOAO (WG BEA, 2017) could offer a reliable and robust integration method if the status of each element, criterion, indicator could be assessed with a very high degree of confidence, this is rarely the case.
The integration of the assessments of the different criteria for determining the status of the element followed the methodology proposed by the Habitats Directive, ensuring consistency between the results of the two Directives. The overall assessment of the conservation status of the species under that Directive when ?favourable? requires that none of the criteria is in ?unfavourable? status and only one criterion is ?unknown? The integration of the assessments of the different criteria for determining the status of the element followed the methodology proposed by the Habitats Directive, ensuring consistency between the results of the two Directives. The overall assessment of the conservation status of the species under that Directive when ?favourable? requires that none of the criteria is in ?unfavourable? status and only one criterion is ?unknown?. |
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| GES achieved | Baleen whales |
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| GES achieved | Deep-diving toothed cetaceans |
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| GES achieved | Small toothed cetaceans |
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| GES achieved | Seals |
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| Assessment period | 2011-2016 (29 or 100.0%) |
2006-2016 (4 or 33.3%) 2006-2017 (8 or 66.7%) |
2012-2018 (15 or 100.0%) |
2012-2016 (8 or 100.0%) |
2011-2016 (1 or 100.0%) |
2011-2016 (99 or 100.0%) |
2009-2018 (16 or 100.0%) |
2011-2017 (94 or 71.2%) 2012-2018 (38 or 28.8%) |
2012-2017 (40 or 22.9%) 2012-2018 (120 or 68.6%) 2014-2018 (15 or 8.6%) |
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| Related targets | 10 |
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