Member State report / Art8 / 2018 / D6 / 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 | D6 Sea-floor integrity/D1 Benthic habitats |
| Region/subregion | North East Atlantic |
| Reported by | Member state |
| Member state | Sweden |
Denmark |
Germany |
Netherlands |
Belgium |
France |
United Kingdom |
Ireland |
Spain |
Portugal |
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| Marine reporting units | MRUs used |
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| Features | Habitats |
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| Element | Benthic habitats |
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| Abyssal |
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| Benthic Broad Habitats |
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| Circalittoral coarse sediment |
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| Circalittoral mixed sediment |
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| Circalittoral mud |
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| Circalittoral rock and biogenic reef |
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| Circalittoral sand |
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| Coastal Zone Sand (NL) |
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| Costal/Muddy/Sandy habitats (WFD) |
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| Dogger Bank Sand (NL) |
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| Estuaries |
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| Frysian Front Sand (NL) |
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| Infralittoral coarse sediment |
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| Infralittoral mixed sediment |
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| Infralittoral mud |
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| Infralittoral rock and biogenic reef |
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| Infralittoral sand |
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| Large shallow inlets and bays |
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| Littoral rock and biogenic reef |
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| Littoral sediment |
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| Lower bathyal rock and biogenic reef |
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| Lower bathyal sediment |
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| Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide |
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| Offshore Sand (NL) |
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| Offshore circalittoral coarse sediment |
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| Offshore circalittoral mixed sediment |
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| Offshore circalittoral mud |
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| Offshore circalittoral rock and biogenic |
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| Offshore circalittoral rock and biogenic reef |
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| Offshore circalittoral sand |
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| Oyster Banks Mud (NL) |
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| Reefs |
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| Sandbanks which are slightly covered by seawater all the time |
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| Sublittoral coarse sediment |
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| Sublittoral mud |
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| Submarine structures made by leaking gases |
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| Upper bathyal rock and biogenic reef |
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| Upper bathyal sediment |
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| Element sources | No. of elements per level |
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| Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) | D6 Sea-floor integrity/D1 Benthic habitats | ||||||||||
| D6C1 Physical loss of the seabed (6.1) |
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| D6C2 Physical disturbance to the seabed (6.1) |
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| D6C3 Adverse effects from physical disturbance (6.1.2) |
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| D6C4 Benthic habitat extent (1.4, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.5, 1.5.1, 6.1.1) |
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| 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) |
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| Threshold values | % of parameters with values (no. of parameters) | 0% (0) |
0% (0) |
39% (17) |
81% (13) |
7% (3) |
0% (0) |
0% (0) |
0% (0) |
0% (0) |
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| Threshold value sources | D6 Sea-floor integrity/D1 Benthic habitats | ||||||||||
| D6C1 Physical loss of the seabed (6.1) |
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| D6C2 Physical disturbance to the seabed (6.1) |
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| D6C3 Adverse effects from physical disturbance (6.1.2) |
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| D6C4 Benthic habitat extent (1.4, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.5, 1.5.1, 6.1.1) |
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| 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) |
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| Value achieved upper | % of parameters with values (no. of parameters) | 0% (0) |
72% (29) |
46% (20) |
6% (1) |
39% (15) |
0% (0) |
100% (4) |
50% (3) |
0% (0) |
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| Value achieved lower | % of parameters with values (no. of parameters) | 0% (0) |
0% (0) |
0% (0) |
0% (0) |
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0% (0) |
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| Value unit/Value unit other (count of use per criterion) | D6 Sea-floor integrity/D1 Benthic habitats | ||||||||||
| D6C1 Physical loss of the seabed (6.1) |
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| D6C2 Physical disturbance to the seabed (6.1) |
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| D6C3 Adverse effects from physical disturbance (6.1.2) |
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| D6C4 Benthic habitat extent (1.4, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.5, 1.5.1, 6.1.1) |
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| 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) |
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| Proportion threshold values | Range of % values (no. of parameters) | Range: 100-100% (13 of 16 parameters) |
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| Proportion values achieved | Range of % values (no. of parameters) | Range: 1-95% (9 of 18 parameters) |
Range: 0-98% (24 of 40 parameters) |
Range: 0-70% (14 of 43 parameters) |
Range: 99-99% (1 of 16 parameters) |
Range: 1-56006% (77 of 80 parameters) |
Range: 1-283% (3 of 6 parameters) |
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| Proportion threshold value units | % area of habitat achieving threshold value extent in km2 of pressure |
% area of MRU achieving threshold value % area of habitat achieving threshold value |
extent in km2 of habitat adversely affected extent in km2 of pressure |
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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 | Not relevant (19 or 100.0%) |
Not relevant (40 or 100.0%) |
OOAO (31 or 100.0%) |
OTH (16 or 100.0%) |
Not relevant (2 or 5.3%) OTH (36 or 94.7%) |
Not relevant (72 or 100.0%) |
Not relevant (4 or 100.0%) |
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| Integration rule description for parameters |
It was not possible to integrate state between habitat types or between criteria.
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No integration
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Expert judgement. For occurance of important longliving and structuring benthic species, a specific proportion of the variables have to achieve good status (threshold methods), but trend cannot yet be evaluated. |
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| Integration rule type for criteria | Not relevant (19 or 100.0%) |
Not relevant (40 or 100.0%) |
OOAO (31 or 100.0%) |
OTH (16 or 100.0%) |
Not relevant (38 or 100.0%) |
Not relevant (80 or 100.0%) |
SPATIAL (4 or 100.0%) |
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| Integration rule description for criteria |
It was not possible to integrate state between habitat types or between criteria.
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Overall, a habitat is in good condition if the appropriate threshold for good status has been reached in all the criteria considered.
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No integration
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| GES achieved | Benthic broad habitats |
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| Other benthic habitats |
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| Physical disturbance to seabed |
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| Physical loss of the seabed |
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| Assessment period | 2011-2016 (19 or 100.0%) |
1980-2016 (31 or 77.5%) 1983-2016 (2 or 5.0%) 2008-2017 (7 or 17.5%) |
2007-2012 (8 or 18.6%) 2007-2015 (31 or 72.1%) 2010-2015 (2 or 4.7%) 2016 (2 or 4.7%) |
2015-2015 (16 or 100.0%) |
2010-2016 (36 or 94.7%) 2011-2016 (2 or 5.3%) |
2012-2017 (80 or 100.0%) |
2010-2015 (4 or 100.0%) |
2011-2016 (6 or 40.0%) 2012-2018 (9 or 60.0%) |
2012-2017 (581 or 96.0%) 2014-2018 (24 or 4.0%) |
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| Related targets | 10 |
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6 |
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