Member State report / Art10 / 2018 / D1-C / Cyprus / Mediterranean: Aegean-Levantine Sea

Report type Member State report to Commission
MSFD Article Art. 10 Environmental targets (and Art. 17 updates)
Report due 2018-10-15
GES Descriptor D1 Cephalopods
Member State Cyprus
Region/subregion Mediterranean: Aegean-Levantine Sea
Reported by Department of Fisheries and Marine Research, Ministry of Agriculture Natural Resources and Environme
Report date 2020-08-12
Report access MSFD2018_Art10_Targets_CY__1_.xml

Target code
Target1
Target description
Target 1: The marine environment of Cyprus is considered to be in good environmental status by the year 2020 if biological diversity is maintained. The quality and occurrence of habitats and the distribution and abundance of species are in line with prevailing physiographic, geographic and climatic conditions. Quantitative target, calculated from 19 indicators (see Assessment method). This target and its indicators correspond to Descriptor 1 and relevant criteria and indicators.
Feature(s)
  • All birds
  • All cephalopods
  • All fish
  • All mammals
  • Coastal
  • Deep-sea fish
  • Demersal shelf fish
  • Pelagic shelf fish
  • Seals
  • Small toothed cetaceans
  • Turtles
GES components
  • D1
Timescale
201812
Update date
201212
Update type
Same as 2012 definition
Marine reporting unit
  • MAL-CY-MS
Element
Element 2
Parameter
Abundance
Distribution (pattern)
Distribution (range)
Survival rate
Parameter - other
Target value
Value achieved - upper
Value achieved - lower
Value unit
Value unit - other
Target status
Assessment period
2012-2018
Target assessment description
Related indicator
Related measures
  • Measures 1-19 under Programme of Measures