Member State report / Art8 / 2018 / D1-R / Mediterranean
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 | Mediterranean |
Reported by | Member state |
Member state | United Kingdom |
Spain |
France |
Italy |
Malta |
Slovenia |
Croatia |
Greece |
Cyprus |
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Marine reporting units | MRUs used |
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Features | Species |
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Element | Caretta caretta |
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Element | Chelonia mydas |
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Element sources | No. of elements per level |
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Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) | D1 Reptiles | |||||||||
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) | 83% (5) |
0% (0) |
0% (0) |
0% (0) |
10% (1) |
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Threshold value sources | D1 Reptiles | |||||||||
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) | 33% (2) |
33% (2) |
0% (0) |
33% (1) |
0% (0) |
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Value achieved lower | % of parameters with values (no. of parameters) | 0% (0) |
33% (2) |
0% (0) |
0% (0) |
0% (0) |
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Value unit/Value unit other (count of use per criterion) | D1 Reptiles | |||||||||
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) | |||||||||
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 | |||||||||
Proportion threshold values | Range of % values (no. of parameters) | Range: 100-100% (6 of 6 parameters) |
Range: 100-100% (3 of 3 parameters) |
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Proportion values achieved | Range of % values (no. of parameters) | Range: 100-100% (3 of 3 parameters) |
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Proportion threshold value units | % 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 | Not relevant (10 or 100.0%) |
Not relevant (6 or 100.0%) |
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Integration rule type for criteria | HIE_NWEI (10 or 100.0%) |
Not relevant (6 or 100.0%) |
Not relevant (10 or 100.0%) |
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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. |
The Habitats Directive (Council Directive 92/43/EEC) integration method was applied. Since three of the four criteria were assessed and all three were determined to be good/stable, turtles as represented by C. caretta in Maltese waters as part of the marine sub-region can be considered to be in good status. Integration at species level was not required since C. caretta is the only species representing marine reptiles in Maltese waters. |
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GES achieved | Turtles |
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Assessment period | 2012-2018 (10 or 100.0%) |
2012-2017 (6 or 100.0%) |
2012-2018 (6 or 100.0%) |
2012-2017 (4 or 100.0%) |
2013-2018 (5 or 100.0%) |
2012-2018 (10 or 100.0%) |
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Related pressures |
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Related targets | 39 |
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