Member State report / Art10 / 2018 / D4 / North East Atlantic

Report type Member State report to Commission
MSFD Article Art. 10 Environmental targets (and Art. 17 updates)
Report due 2018-10-15
GES Descriptor D4 Food webs/D1 Ecosystems
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
Reporting area(s) MRUs used
  • ANS-SE-SR-Nordsjon
  • DK-TOTAL-part-ANS
  • ANSDE_MS
  • ANS-NL-MS-1
  • ABI-FR-MS-GDG
  • ABI-FR-MS-GDG-NORD
  • ABI-FR-MS-GDG-SUD
  • ACS-FR-MS-MC
  • ANS-FR-MS-MMN
  • ACS-IE-AA-001
  • ABI-ES-SD-NOR
  • ABI-ES-SD-SUD
  • AMA-ES-SD-CAN
  • AMA-PT-SD-AZO
  • AMA-PT-SD-MAD
Features Structure, functions and processes of marine ecosystems: Species
  • All birds (3)
  • All fish (3)
  • All mammals (2)
  • Coastal fish (2)
  • Commercially exploited fish and shellfish (2)
  • Demersal shelf fish (2)
  • Pelagic shelf fish (2)
  • Seals (1)
  • All birds (3)
  • All fish (3)
  • All mammals (3)
  • All fish (1)
  • Commercially exploited fish and shellfish (4)
  • Marine species (2)
  • All fish (2)
  • Coastal fish (2)
  • Commercially exploited fish and shellfish (4)
  • Deep-sea fish (2)
  • Demersal shelf fish (2)
  • Pelagic shelf fish (2)
  • All birds (16)
  • All cephalopods (2)
  • All fish (5)
  • All mammals (19)
  • Commercially exploited fish and shellfish (6)
  • Demersal shelf fish (11)
  • Marine species (13)
  • Turtles (4)
Structure, functions and processes of marine ecosystems: Habitats
  • Benthic broad habitats (1)
  • Benthic habitats (4)
  • Pelagic broad habitats (1)
  • Pelagic habitats (3)
  • Pelagic habitats (3)
  • All habitats (4)
  • Pelagic habitats (2)
  • All habitats (5)
  • Benthic habitats (3)
  • Circalittoral rock and biogenic reef (1)
  • Infralittoral rock and biogenic reef (1)
Structure, functions and processes of marine ecosystems: Ecosystems, including food webs
  • All trophic guilds (2)
  • Dissolved oxygen (1)
  • Ecosystems, including food webs (2)
  • Nutrients (N, P) (1)
  • Transparency (1)
  • All physical and hydrological characteristics (9)
  • Ecosystems, including food webs (1)
  • Apex predators (4)
  • Nutrients (N, P) (2)
  • Organic carbon (2)
  • Planktivores (3)
  • Secondary producers (3)
  • Sub-apex pelagic predators (4)
  • All trophic guilds (4)
  • All trophic guilds (7)
  • Seabed substrate and morphology (3)
  • All physical and hydrological characteristics (2)
  • All trophic guilds (2)
  • Coastal ecosystem (5)
  • Oceanic/deep-sea ecosystem (5)
  • Shelf ecosystem (5)
Structure, functions and processes of marine ecosystems: No theme
  • All marine ecosystem elements (2)
  • All marine ecosystem elements (55)
Anthropogenic pressures on the marine environment: Biological
  • Extraction of, or mortality/injury to, wild species (by commercial and recreational fishing and other activities) (1)
  • Extraction of, or mortality/injury to, wild species (by commercial and recreational fishing and other activities) (10)
  • Input of microbial pathogens (3)
  • Input or spread of non-indigenous species (7)
  • Extraction of, or mortality/injury to, wild species (by commercial and recreational fishing and other activities) (7)
  • Extraction of, or mortality/injury to, wild species (by commercial and recreational fishing and other activities) (19)
  • Input or spread of non-indigenous species (20)
Anthropogenic pressures on the marine environment: Physical
  • Physical disturbance to seabed (1)
  • Physical loss of the seabed (1)
  • Changes to hydrological conditions (11)
  • Physical disturbance to seabed (19)
  • Physical loss of the seabed (16)
  • All physical pressures (1)
  • Changes to hydrological conditions (4)
  • Physical disturbance to seabed (10)
  • Physical loss of the seabed (8)
Anthropogenic pressures on the marine environment: Substances, litter and energy
  • Input of anthropogenic sound (impulsive, continuous) (5)
  • Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter) (7)
  • Input of nutrients - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition (8)
  • Input of organic matter - diffuse sources and point sources (4)
  • Input of other forms of energy (including electromagnetic fields, light and heat) (4)
  • Input of other substances (e.g. synthetic substances, non-synthetic substances, radionuclides) - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition, acute events (13)
  • Input of nutrients - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition (2)
  • All pressures related to inputs of substances, litter and energy (2)
  • Input of other substances (e.g. synthetic substances, non-synthetic substances, radionuclides) - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition, acute events (9)
Anthropogenic pressures on the marine environment: No theme
  • All pressures (11)
Pressure levels and impacts in marine environment: Biological
  • Established non-indigenous species (1)
  • Newly-introduced non-indigenous species (1)
  • Newly-introduced non-indigenous species (2)
  • Established non-indigenous species (4)
  • Newly-introduced non-indigenous species (4)
Pressure levels and impacts in marine environment: Physical and hydrological
  • Continuous low frequency sound (1)
  • Hydrographical changes (5)
  • Impulsive sound in water (1)
Pressure levels and impacts in marine environment: Chemical
  • Contaminants - UPBT substances (2)
  • Contaminants - in seafood (1)
  • Contaminants - non UPBT substances (2)
  • Acute pollution events (1)
  • Contaminants - UPBT substances (2)
  • Contaminants - in seafood (2)
  • Contaminants - non UPBT substances (2)
  • Eutrophication (3)
  • Eutrophication (2)
Uses and human activities in or affecting the marine environment: Physical restructuring of rivers, coastline or seabed (water management)
  • All activities related to physical restructuring of rivers, coastline or seabed (3)
Uses and human activities in or affecting the marine environment: Cultivation of living resources
  • Aquaculture - marine, including infrastructure (3)
Uses and human activities in or affecting the marine environment: No theme
  • All activities (3)
GES components
  • D1 Biodiversity (4)
  • D1 Birds (3)
  • D1 Fish (5)
  • D1 Mammals (3)
  • D1 Pelagic habitats (1)
  • D1C2 Population abundance (1.2, 1.2.1) (2)
  • D1C3 Population demographic characteristics (1.3, 1.3.1) (2)
  • D1C4 Population distributional range and pattern (1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3) (2)
  • D1C6 Pelagic habitat condition (1.5.2, 1.6, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 1.6.3) (5)
  • D2 Non-indigenous species (1)
  • D3 Commercial fish and shellfish (2)
  • D3C1 Fishing mortality rate (F) (3.1, 3.1.1, 3.1.2) (2)
  • D3C2 Spawning stock biomass (SSB) (3.2, 3.2.1, 3.2.2) (2)
  • D4 Food webs/D1 Ecosystems (5)
  • D4C1 Trophic guild species diversity (1.7, 1.7.1) (4)
  • D4C2 Abundance across trophic guilds (1.7, 1.7.1, 4.3, 4.3.1) (4)
  • D4C3 Trophic guild size distribution (4.2, 4.2.1) (3)
  • D4C4 Trophic guild productivity (4.1, 4.1.1) (3)
  • D5C1 Nutrient concentrations (5.1, 5.1.1) (1)
  • D5C2 Chlorophyll-a concentration (5.2.1) (1)
  • D5C3 Harmful algal blooms (5.2.4) (1)
  • D5C4 Photic limit (5.2.2) (1)
  • D5C5 Dissolved oxygen concentration (5.3.2) (1)
  • D5C7 Macrophyte communities of benthic habitats (5.3.1) (1)
  • D5C8 Macrofaunal communities of benthic habitats (1)
  • D6 Sea-floor integrity/D1 Benthic habitats (1)
  • D6C1 Physical loss of the seabed (6.1) (1)
  • D6C2 Physical disturbance to the seabed (6.1) (1)
  • D6C3 Adverse effects from physical disturbance (6.1.2) (1)
  • D6C5 Benthic habitat condition (1.6, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 1.6.3, 6.2, 6.2.1, 6.2.2, 6.2.3, 6.2.4) (7)
  • D8C1 Contaminants in environment (8.1, 8.1.1) (2)
  • D8C2 Adverse effects of contaminants (8.2, 8.2.1) (2)
  • D8C3 Significant acute pollution events (8.2.2) (2)
  • D9C1 Contaminants in seafood (9.1, 9.1.1) (1)
  • D1 Biodiversity (2)
  • D1C3 Population demographic characteristics (1.3, 1.3.1) (1)
  • D4 Food webs/D1 Ecosystems (2)
  • D4C1 Trophic guild species diversity (1.7, 1.7.1) (3)
  • D4C2 Abundance across trophic guilds (1.7, 1.7.1, 4.3, 4.3.1) (3)
  • D4C3 Trophic guild size distribution (4.2, 4.2.1) (2)
  • D4C4 Trophic guild productivity (4.1, 4.1.1) (3)
  • D6 Sea-floor integrity/D1 Benthic habitats (2)
  • D1 Biodiversity (15)
  • D1 Birds (24)
  • D1 Cephalopods (22)
  • D1 Fish (28)
  • D1 Mammals (24)
  • D1 Pelagic habitats (29)
  • D10 Litter (4)
  • D11 Energy, incl. underwater noise (9)
  • D2 Non-indigenous species (6)
  • D3 Commercial fish and shellfish (4)
  • D4 Food webs/D1 Ecosystems (44)
  • D5 Eutrophication (6)
  • D6 Sea-floor integrity/D1 Benthic habitats (36)
  • D7 Hydrographical changes (14)
  • D8 Contaminants (10)
  • D9 Contaminants in seafood (10)
  • D4C3 Trophic guild size distribution (4.2, 4.2.1) (1)
  • D1 Biodiversity (2)
  • D3 Commercial fish and shellfish (2)
  • D4 Food webs/D1 Ecosystems (9)
  • D5 Eutrophication (2)
  • D6 Sea-floor integrity/D1 Benthic habitats (2)
  • D7 Hydrographical changes (2)
  • D8 Contaminants (2)
  • D4C1 Trophic guild species diversity (1.7, 1.7.1) (2)
  • D4C2 Abundance across trophic guilds (1.7, 1.7.1, 4.3, 4.3.1) (2)
  • D1 Biodiversity (147)
  • D10 Litter (42)
  • D11 Energy, incl. underwater noise (42)
  • D2 Non-indigenous species (63)
  • D3 Commercial fish and shellfish (93)
  • D4 Food webs/D1 Ecosystems (148)
  • D5 Eutrophication (45)
  • D6 Sea-floor integrity/D1 Benthic habitats (75)
  • D7 Hydrographical changes (63)
  • D8 Contaminants (44)
  • D9 Contaminants in seafood (41)
  • D4 Food webs/D1 Ecosystems (8)
Target Number defined
7
5
37
1
3
2
100
8
Target code/description
ANSSE-B.1_Tillförsel_farliga_ämnen_halt: B.1. The supply of hazardous substances from human activities shall be reduced until it does not cause levels of dangerous substances which prevent good environmental status from being achieved. B.1 Input of hazardous substances from human activitie...
DK-T6.6: The northern Sound is designated as a marine protected area pursuant to the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, and new licences to extract mineral resources are stopped. This will not result in any changes in relation to the existing fisheries regulation
DK-T4.3: The Ministry of Environment and Food is tracking the development in the food web through monitoring the individual sub-elements of the web. (Operational target)
DK-T6.10: The need for additional marine protected areas or other initiatives in the Baltic Sea and the North Sea is assessed, and a similar assessment is subsequently carried out for the Danish Straits. (Operational target)
DK-T4.1: The Ministry of Environment and Food contributes to regional work regarding establishment of threshold values and determination of good environmental status, and works to ensure that the anthropogenic impacts on the food web are in accordance hereto.
DK-T4.2: The Ministry of Environment and Food contributes to regional knowledge and methodology development on marine food webs. (Operational target)
UZN5.3: Other adverse environmental effects (such as entanglement and strangulation by waste parts) are reduced to a minimum. The environmental objectives established by Germany in 2012 are the basis for the 2016-2021 programme of measures notified to the European Commission in 2016. Since...
ANSNL-D4T1: Develop and test regional assessment methods that could be used in the future to assess the status of food webs.
OE_GMC_gen_D5.1: Preserve areas with little or no impact from eutrophication
D04-OE02: Adapt fishing mortality on forage species* so as to favour the maintenance of trophic resources necessary for large predators** *The forage fish concerned are: Channel Sea - North Sea, North A...
D4T1: The diversity (species composition and their relative abundance) of the trophic guild is not adversely affected due to anthropogenic pressures.
D4T2: The balance of total abundance between the trophic guilds is not adversely affected due to anthropogenic pressures.
C.1.4: Ensure proper coordination of public administrations, institutions and sectors in the Canary Islands, which carry out work relating to the marine environment, in such a way as to avoid duplication and to exploit synergies. In the second cycle, this objective has been amended to: C...
D4-AZO-M2: Develop and implement appropriate methodology to obtain information to enable the GES to be assessed by 2024.
D4-AZO-M1: Production of two documents: 1- defining the state of the art in the implementation of this descriptor in Macaronesia
AMAPT-T006-D4MAD: Pr...
Target value No. of parameters/elements with quantitative values
  • Not reported (7 - 100.0%)
  • Reported (0 - 0.0%)
  • Not reported (5 - 100.0%)
  • Reported (0 - 0.0%)
  • Not reported (43 - 97.7%)
  • Reported (1 - 2.3%)
  • Not reported (1 - 100.0%)
  • Reported (0 - 0.0%)
  • Not reported (9 - 100.0%)
  • Reported (0 - 0.0%)
  • Not reported (4 - 100.0%)
  • Reported (0 - 0.0%)
  • Not reported (75 - 100.0%)
  • Reported (0 - 0.0%)
  • Not reported (4 - 100.0%)
  • Reported (0 - 0.0%)
Target status No. of assessments per category
  • Status not reported (2 - 28.6%)
  • Target not yet achieved (5 - 71.4%)
  • Target achieved (1 - 20.0%)
  • Target not yet achieved (4 - 80.0%)
  • Status not reported (23 - 52.3%)
  • Target achieved (7 - 15.9%)
  • Target not yet achieved (14 - 31.8%)
  • Target not yet achieved (1 - 100.0%)
  • Status not reported (2 - 22.2%)
  • Target not yet achieved (7 - 77.8%)
  • Status not reported (4 - 100.0%)
  • Status not reported (54 - 72.0%)
  • Target achieved (15 - 20.0%)
  • Target not yet achieved (6 - 8.0%)
  • Target not yet achieved (4 - 100.0%)
Assessment period No. of targets per period
2011-2016 (7 - 100.0%)
2018-2024 (5 - 100.0%)
2002-2010 (1 - 2.3%)
2011-2015 (2 - 4.5%)
2011-2016 (35 - 79.5%)
2012-2018 (4 - 9.1%)
2015 (2 - 4.5%)
1983-2016 (1 - 100.0%)
2012-2018 (2 - 22.2%)
2015-2021 (7 - 77.8%)
1958-2014 (4 - 100.0%)
2012-2010 (1 - 1.3%)
2012-2018 (68 - 90.7%)
2012-2108 (4 - 5.3%)
2102-2018 (2 - 2.7%)
2015-2018 (4 - 100.0%)
Timescale to achieve targets No. of targets per date
2020-12 (7 - 100.0%)
2024-10 (5 - 100.0%)
2020-12 (44 - 100.0%)
2024-07 (1 - 100.0%)
2020-12 (2 - 22.2%)
2026-12 (7 - 77.8%)
2050-12 (4 - 100.0%)
2020-12 (75 - 50.7%)
2024-12 (73 - 49.3%)
2019-12 (2 - 25.0%)
2020-12 (2 - 25.0%)
2024-01 (2 - 25.0%)
2024-12 (2 - 25.0%)
Update date No. of targets per date
2018-12 (7 - 100.0%)
2019-04 (5 - 100.0%)
2018-10 (44 - 100.0%)
2018-07 (1 - 100.0%)
2019-09 (9 - 100.0%)
2020-06 (4 - 100.0%)
2012-11 (75 - 50.7%)
2019-07 (73 - 49.3%)
2014-06 (1 - 12.5%)
2015-06 (3 - 37.5%)
2018-06 (1 - 12.5%)
2020-06 (1 - 12.5%)
2023-01 (1 - 12.5%)
2024-01 (1 - 12.5%)
Update type No. of targets per category
  • Modified from 2012 definition (7 - 100.0%)
  • New target (5 - 100.0%)
  • Same as 2012 definition (44 - 100.0%)
  • Same as 2012 definition (1 - 100.0%)
  • New target (7 - 77.8%)
  • Target no longer needed (2 - 22.2%)
  • New target (4 - 100.0%)
  • Modified from 2012 definition (60 - 40.5%)
  • New target (73 - 49.3%)
  • Target no longer needed (15 - 10.1%)
  • Modified from 2012 definition (1 - 12.5%)
  • New target (3 - 37.5%)
  • Same as 2012 definition (4 - 50.0%)
Related indicators No. of different indicators reported
7
1
7
1
2
2
15
Related measures No. of different measures reported
7
1
31
1
2
48
5