Member State report / Art8 / 2018 / D1-R / 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 Reptiles
Region/subregion North East Atlantic
Reported by Member state
Member state
Sweden
Denmark
Germany
Netherlands
Belgium
France
United Kingdom
Ireland
Spain
Portugal
Member state report
Marine reporting units MRUs used
  • ACS-IE-AA-001
  • ABI-ES-SD-NOR
  • ABI-ES-SD-SUD
  • AMA-ES-SD-CAN
  • ABI-PT-SD-CONT
  • AMA-PT-SD-AZO
  • AMA-PT-SD-MAD
Features Species
  • Turtles (4)
  • Turtles (34)
  • Turtles (26)
Element Caretta caretta
  • D1C1 (3)
  • D1C2 (3)
  • D1C3 (3)
  • D1C4 (3)
  • D1C5 (5)
  • D1C1 (3)
  • D1C2 (3)
  • D1C3 (2)
  • D1C4 (2)
  • D1C5 (2)
Chelonia mydas
  • D1C1 (1)
  • D1C2 (1)
  • D1C3 (1)
  • D1C4 (1)
  • D1C5 (1)
  • D1C1 (1)
  • D1C2 (1)
  • D1C3 (1)
  • D1C4 (1)
  • D1C5 (1)
Dermochelys coriacea
  • D1C1 (1)
  • D1C2 (1)
  • D1C4 (1)
  • D1C5 (1)
  • D1C1 (2)
  • D1C2 (2)
  • D1C3 (2)
  • D1C4 (2)
  • D1C5 (4)
  • D1C1 (2)
  • D1C2 (2)
  • D1C3 (1)
  • D1C4 (2)
  • D1C5 (2)
Element2
Element sources No. of elements per level
  • EU (0)
  • MS in (sub)region (0)
  • National (4)
  • EU (0)
  • MS in (sub)region (10)
  • National (24)
  • EU (4)
  • MS in (sub)region (3)
  • National (19)
Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) D1 Reptiles
D1C1 Mortality rate from incidental by-catch
  • Mortality rate / Mortality rate from fishing (F) (1)
  • Mortality rate / Mortality rate from fishing (F) (6)
  • Mortality rate / Mortality rate from fishing (F) (3)
D1C2 Population abundance (1.2, 1.2.1)
  • Abundance (1)
  • Abundance (6)
  • Abundance (2)
D1C3 Population demographic characteristics (1.3, 1.3.1)
  • Other - BCI- Body Condition Index (2)
  • Other - Body Condition Index - BCI (1)
  • Other - Body condition index (1)
D1C4 Population distributional range and pattern (1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3)
  • Distribution (range) (1)
  • Distribution (range) (4)
D1C5 Habitat for the species
  • Habitat condition (1)
  • Extent (4)
  • Habitat condition (4)
Threshold values % of parameters with values (no. of parameters)
0% (0)
46% (12)
14% (1)
Threshold value sources D1 Reptiles
D1C1 Mortality rate from incidental by-catch
  • Other (2)
D1C2 Population abundance (1.2, 1.2.1)
  • Other (2)
D1C3 Population demographic characteristics (1.3, 1.3.1)
  • Other (2)
D1C4 Population distributional range and pattern (1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3)
  • Other (4)
D1C5 Habitat for the species
  • Other (3)
Value achieved upper % of parameters with values (no. of parameters)
0% (0)
11% (3)
14% (1)
Value achieved lower % of parameters with values (no. of parameters)
0% (0)
0% (0)
0% (0)
Value unit/Value unit other (count of use per criterion) D1 Reptiles
D1C1 Mortality rate from incidental by-catch
  • Annualised mortality rate (3)
  • PROBAILITY (1)
D1C2 Population abundance (1.2, 1.2.1)
  • (number of) individuals (2)
  • TURTELS/KM2 (4)
  • (number of) individuals (1)
D1C3 Population demographic characteristics (1.3, 1.3.1)
  • ratio (2)
D1C4 Population distributional range and pattern (1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3)
  • percentage (4)
D1C5 Habitat for the species
  • PERCENTAGE (3)
Proportion threshold values Range of % values (no. of parameters)
Proportion values achieved Range of % values (no. of parameters)
Proportion threshold value units
Trends No. of trends per category
  • Stable (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (4 or 100.0%)
  • Stable (4 or 15.4%)
  • Unknown (22 or 84.6%)
  • Stable (1 or 14.3%)
  • Unknown (6 or 85.7%)
Parameters achieved No. of parameters per category
  • No (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (4 or 100.0%)
  • Yes (0 or 0.0%)
  • Yes, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%)
  • No (2 or 7.7%)
  • Not assessed (16 or 61.5%)
  • Unknown (3 or 11.5%)
  • Yes (5 or 19.2%)
  • Yes, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%)
  • No (2 or 28.6%)
  • Not assessed (3 or 42.9%)
  • Unknown (1 or 14.3%)
  • Yes (0 or 0.0%)
  • Yes, based on low risk (1 or 14.3%)
Related indicators
  • D1el4
  • ST_ABU_DS
  • ST_ABU_PI
  • ST_DEM_BCI
  • AMA-PT-AZO-ST-ABU-TR
  • AMA-ST-ABU-DS
  • AMA-ST-BYC-MR
  • AMA-ST-DEM-BC
  • AMA-ST-DEM-BCI
Criteria status No. of criteria per category
  • Good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (4 or 100.0%)
  • Good (5 or 14.7%)
  • Good, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (19 or 55.9%)
  • Not good (2 or 5.9%)
  • Unknown (8 or 23.5%)
  • Good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good, based on low risk (1 or 3.8%)
  • Not assessed (9 or 34.6%)
  • Not good (2 or 7.7%)
  • Unknown (14 or 53.8%)
Element status No. of elements per category
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (4 or 100.0%)
  • Not assessed (12 or 35.3%)
  • Unknown (22 or 64.7%)
  • Not assessed (11 or 42.3%)
  • Unknown (15 or 57.7%)
Integration rule type for parameters
Not relevant (34 or 100.0%)
Integration rule description for parameters
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.
Integration rule type for criteria
HIE_NWEI (24 or 70.6%)
Not relevant (10 or 29.4%)
Integration rule description for criteria
HIE_NWEi: If a primary criterion cannot be assessed for a species due to a lack of data then the resultant assessment of that criterion for the species cannot be assigned a status (i.e. it is ‘not assessed’). Where the species is only assessed with the primary abundance criterion, if data are missing for this criterion, the species cannot be assigned a status. It also means that the Member State should take action on monitoring and assessment tools to ensure that at the next update under Article 8 MSFD an assessment can be undertaken.
At least D1C1 and D1C4 (50%) have to be fulfilled for both species to achieve GES. If one species is missing in the area (D1C4), GES cannot be Good. GES cannot be assessed only on the basis of D1C5.
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.
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.
GES extent threshold
GES extent achieved
GES extent unit
GES achieved Turtles
  • Unknown (4)
  • Unknown (34)
  • Not assessed (11)
  • Unknown (15)
Assessment period
2009-2018 (4 or 100.0%)
2012-2018 (34 or 100.0%)
2012-2018 (15 or 57.7%)
2012-2107 (8 or 30.8%)
2014-2018 (3 or 11.5%)
Related pressures
  • Disturbance of species (e.g. where they breed, rest and feed) due to human presence (4 or 11.1%)
  • Extraction of, or mortality/injury to, wild species (by commercial and recreational fishing and other activities) (4 or 11.1%)
  • Input of anthropogenic sound (impulsive, continuous) (4 or 11.1%)
  • Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter) (4 or 11.1%)
  • Input of nutrients - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition (4 or 11.1%)
  • Input of organic matter - diffuse sources and point sources (4 or 11.1%)
  • Input of other substances (e.g. synthetic substances, non-synthetic substances, radionuclides) - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition, acute events (4 or 11.1%)
  • Loss of, or change to, natural biological communities due to cultivation of animal or plant species (4 or 11.1%)
  • Physical disturbance to seabed (4 or 11.1%)
  • Disturbance of species (e.g. where they breed, rest and feed) due to human presence (10 or 15.6%)
  • Extraction of, or mortality/injury to, wild species (by commercial and recreational fishing and other activities) (34 or 53.1%)
  • Litter in the environment (10 or 15.6%)
  • Physical loss of the seabed (10 or 15.6%)
  • Disturbance of species (e.g. where they breed, rest and feed) due to human presence (3 or 6.0%)
  • Extraction of, or mortality/injury to, wild species (by commercial and recreational fishing and other activities) (26 or 52.0%)
  • Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter) (15 or 30.0%)
  • Litter in the environment (3 or 6.0%)
  • Physical loss of the seabed (3 or 6.0%)
Related targets
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