GES for the descriptor "Condition of commercial fish and shellfish stocks" is achieved "when the fishing mortality rate is not higher for all commercially exploited fish and shellfish populations in the North Sea than the corresponding FMSY target, the spawning stock biomass (SSB) is above BMSY trigger, and the populations of harvested species have an age and size structure in which all age and size classes continue to be represented and ressemble natural conditions". The criteria for assessing GES for D3 set out in Commission Decision (EU) 2017/848 are as follows: D3C1, D3C2, D3C3. Explanation: Germany does not update the general description of good environmental status (GES) from 2012 at descriptor level in this reporting exercise. Over the reporting period, Germany has worked with the North Seas countries in the framework of the EU's MSFD process and OSPAR to develop methodological standards (indicators, evaluation procedures). Specific aspects of criteria and indicators that contribute to a quantitative assessment of good environmental status are reported in the reporting scheme Art. 8_GES. For the assessment of the criteria set out in Commission Decision (EU) 2017/848, the relevant assessments under other EU directives are taken into account under Article 8_GES. Where possible, the regional assessments that have been coordinated so far are taken into account and complemented by national assessments on a case-by-case basis.