Member State report / Art9 / 2018 / D1-C / North East Atlantic

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 Cephalopods
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
  • ANSDE_MS
  • ABI-PT-SD-CONT
  • AMA-PT-SD-AZO
Structure, functions and processes of marine ecosystems: Species All cephalopods
  • D1C1 (1)
Coastal/shelf cephalopods
  • D1.5 (1)
  • D1.5 (1)
  • D1C1 (1)
Deep-sea cephalopods
  • D1.5 (1)
  • D1C1 (1)
GES description D1 Cephalopods
The GES for D1 is defined, inter alia, by:
... the coastal waters in accordance with the Water Framework Directive are in good environmental status and in good chemical status.
... are in a favourable conservation status for the habitat types of Annex I (habitat type 11) to the Habitats Dir...
GES not determined at sub-regional level as laid down in Article 3 (5) (b) of the MSFD. In the assessment under Article 8, it was based on D1C2, it was considered that if for 75 % of the species current biomass levels are not below those observed at the beginning of the series or the annual ...
D1C1 Mortality rate from incidental by-catch
GES not determined at sub-regional level as laid down in Article 3 (5) (b) of the MSFD. The description of Decision (EU) 2017/848 continued. The mortality rate per species due to by-catches of commercially-exploited cephalopod species is below the levels that put the species at risk and its long-term viability is ensured.


N/A
D1C2 Population abundance (1.2, 1.2.1)
D1C3 Population demographic characteristics (1.3, 1.3.1)
D1C4 Population distributional range and pattern (1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3)
D1C5 Habitat for the species
Determination date
  • 2018-10 (D1.5)
  • 2020-03 (D1C1, D1.5)
Update type
  • Same as last reported determination (D1.5)
  • New determination (D1C1, D1.5)
Justification for non-use of criterion
D1C3: The assessment does not include the primary criterion D1C3 [i.e. The population demographic characteristics of the species (e.g. body size or age class structure, sex ratio, fecundity, and survival rates) are indicative of a healthy population which is not adversely affected due to anthropogenic pressures]. This selection decision was based on International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) advice for a related criterion under Descriptor 3 – Populations of commercially- exploited fish and shellfish (D3C3). In this ICES concluded that until proof-of-concept has been validated, D3C3 could not be considered operational for MSFD assessment purposes; consequently, D1C3 is not considered operational for MSFD assessment purposes.
This ICES advice is available at:
https://www.ices.dk/[…]/eu.2017.07.pdf
D1.5: Dados para avaliar o critério D1C1 inexistentes


D1C1: Dados insuficientes. Não é possível estabelecer limiares para a subregião para FishCoastal; FishPelagicShelf; FishDemersalShelf; FishDeepSea Coastal/shelf cephalopods; Deep-sea cephalopods.
Justification for delay in setting EU/regional requirements
D1C5: All Swedish determinations of GES are implemented in a regulation (HVMFS 2012:18) issued from the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management. From the update made in 2018 only criteria supported with at least one indicator are included in the regulation. Furthermore, only indicators underpinned with a regular monitoring programme are included.

The assessment of D1C5 is dependent on the relevant assessment under habitats directive but thresholds must be modified in order to fit the scope of MSFD, this could not be done so far due to lack of knowledge about the condition of relevant habitats.
D1.5: The relevance of the cephalopods for the determination of good environmental status of German North Sea waters is currently unclear: For example, the burden of encumbrance is unclear. There is no directed fishery in Germany, but bycatch occurs. These are extremely low at between 2 and 20 to...
D1.5: No cephalopod species could be assessed due to lack of data and / or operational indicators. Work on the methodology of D1C2 indicators and thresholds is underway for cephalopods in coastal soft environments from data collected during scientific campaigns. Indicators likely to inform the cr...
D1.5: List of species...