Member State report / Art8 / 2018 / D1-C / 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 Cephalopods
Region/subregion Mediterranean
Reported by Member state
Member state
United Kingdom
Spain
France
Italy
Malta
Slovenia
Croatia
Greece
Cyprus
Member state report
Marine reporting units MRUs used
  • IT-AS-0001
  • IT-ISCMS-0001
  • IT-WMS-0001
  • MIC-MT-MS-01
  • MAD-SI-MRU-1
Features Species
  • Coastal/shelf cephalopods (20)
  • Coastal/shelf cephalopods (10)
  • Deep-sea cephalopods (15)
  • Coastal/shelf cephalopods (8)
Element Alloteuthis spp.
  • D1C1 (1)
  • D1C2 (1)
Element Eledone cirrhosa
  • D1C2 (1)
  • D1C3 (1)
  • D1C1 (1)
  • D1C2 (1)
  • D1C3 (1)
  • D1C4 (1)
  • D1C5 (1)
Element Eledone moschata
  • D1C2 (2)
  • D1C3 (2)
  • D1C1 (1)
  • D1C2 (1)
  • D1C3 (1)
  • D1C4 (1)
  • D1C5 (1)
  • D1C1 (1)
  • D1C2 (1)
Element Illex coindetii
  • D1C2 (2)
  • D1C3 (2)
Element Loligo vulgaris
  • D1C2 (2)
  • D1C3 (2)
  • D1C1 (1)
  • D1C2 (1)
Element Octopus vulgaris
  • D1C2 (2)
  • D1C3 (2)
Element Scaeurgus unicirrhus
  • D1C1 (1)
  • D1C2 (1)
  • D1C3 (1)
  • D1C4 (1)
  • D1C5 (1)
Element Sepia officinalis
  • D1C2 (1)
  • D1C3 (1)
  • D1C1 (1)
  • D1C2 (1)
Element Sepia orbignyana
  • D1C1 (1)
  • D1C2 (1)
  • D1C3 (1)
  • D1C4 (1)
  • D1C5 (1)
Element Todarodes sagittatus
  • D1C1 (1)
  • D1C2 (1)
  • D1C3 (1)
  • D1C4 (1)
  • D1C5 (1)
Element2
Element sources No. of elements per level
  • CFP (0)
  • National (20)
  • CFP (25)
  • National (0)
  • CFP (0)
  • National (8)
Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) D1 Cephalopods
Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) D1C1 Mortality rate from incidental by-catch
  • Other - Discards (5)
Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) D1C2 Population abundance (1.2, 1.2.1)
  • Abundance (10)
  • Other - Biomass Index or LPUE (5)
Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) D1C3 Population demographic characteristics (1.3, 1.3.1)
  • Other - Size (length) (10)
  • Other - 95% percentile of the length distribution (5)
Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) D1C4 Population distributional range and pattern (1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3)
  • Other - Biomass Distribution (5)
Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) D1C5 Habitat for the species
  • Other - No parameter assessed (5)
Threshold values % of parameters with values (no. of parameters)
0% (0)
0% (0)
Threshold value sources D1 Cephalopods
Threshold value sources D1C1 Mortality rate from incidental by-catch
Threshold value sources D1C2 Population abundance (1.2, 1.2.1)
Threshold value sources D1C3 Population demographic characteristics (1.3, 1.3.1)
Threshold value sources D1C4 Population distributional range and pattern (1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3)
Threshold value sources D1C5 Habitat for the species
Value achieved upper % of parameters with values (no. of parameters)
0% (0)
0% (0)
Value achieved lower % of parameters with values (no. of parameters)
0% (0)
0% (0)
Value unit/Value unit other (count of use per criterion) D1 Cephalopods
Value unit/Value unit other (count of use per criterion) D1C1 Mortality rate from incidental by-catch
Value unit/Value unit other (count of use per criterion) D1C2 Population abundance (1.2, 1.2.1)
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)
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% (25 of 25 parameters)
Proportion values achieved Range of % values (no. of parameters)
Range: 1-1% (3 of 25 parameters)
Proportion threshold value units
Trends No. of trends per category
  • Unknown (20 or 100.0%)
  • Unknown (25 or 100.0%)
Parameters achieved No. of parameters per category
  • No (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (20 or 100.0%)
  • No (9 or 36.0%)
  • Not assessed (16 or 64.0%)
Related indicators
  • CFP DCF (no data available for Reporting)
Criteria status No. of criteria per category
  • Not assessed (20 or 100.0%)
  • Not good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (16 or 64.0%)
  • Not good (9 or 36.0%)
  • Not assessed (8 or 100.0%)
  • Not good (0 or 0.0%)
Element status No. of elements per category
  • Not assessed (20 or 100.0%)
  • Not good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (5 or 20.0%)
  • Not good (20 or 80.0%)
  • Not assessed (8 or 100.0%)
  • Not good (0 or 0.0%)
Integration rule type for parameters
Not relevant (8 or 100.0%)
Integration rule description for parameters
Integration rule type for criteria
OOAO (20 or 100.0%)
Integration rule description for criteria
under development
The integration method used for the criteria was the following: If 2/3 criteria assessed were ‘good’, the overall status of the species was determined to be ‘good’; if two criteria were assessed and one was determined to be ‘good’ and the other as ‘not good’, the overall status of the species was determined to be as ‘not assessed’; if 2/3 criteria assessed were ‘not good’, the overall status of the species was determined to be ‘not good’. In accordance with the ‘Guidance for Assessments Under Article 8 of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive’ integration at species level shall be agreed at Union level taking into account regional or subregional specificities; however, since the majority of the species were found to be in ‘not good’ status, on the basis of expert judgement, GES for both fish and cephalopods is expected to be achieved later than 2020.
GES extent threshold
GES extent achieved
GES extent unit
GES achieved Coastal/shelf cephalopods
  • GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported (20)
  • GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, Article 14 exception reported (10)
  • Not assessed (8)
GES achieved Deep-sea cephalopods
  • GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, Article 14 exception reported (15)
Assessment period
2012-2017 (20 or 100.0%)
2012-2018 (25 or 100.0%)
2012-2017 (8 or 100.0%)
Related pressures
  • Disturbance of species (e.g. where they breed, rest and feed) due to human presence (20 or 50.0%)
  • Extraction of, or mortality/injury to, wild species (by commercial and recreational fishing and other activities) (20 or 50.0%)
  • Extraction of, or mortality/injury to, wild species (by commercial and recreational fishing and other activities) (25 or 100.0%)
  • All pressures (8 or 100.0%)
Related targets
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1
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