In accordance with the advice given in Guidance 14 (Walmsley, S.F., Weiss, A., Claussen, U., Connor, D. 2017 Guidance for Assessments Under Article 8 of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, Integration of assessment results. ABPmer Report No R.2733, produced for the European Commission, DG Environment, February 2017), the D6C3 assessment must be carried out for each habitat type and the D6C3 results are not integrated. Furthermore, no threshold has been defined so far for the parameter "Extent": the status of the D6C3 criterion is therefore not reported. However, this assessment shows that professional trolling is the activity mainly responsible for the potential physical disturbance induced on the main types of benthic habitats in the Channel/North Sea marine sub-region. The spatial extent of the potentially disturbed "coarse circalittoral coastal sediment" habitat is 5117.4 km², i.e. 100% of the total surface area of the habitat in the Channel/North Sea marine sub-region. The relative areas and percentages calculated for this assessment should nevertheless be put into perspective, in particular because of the data and the method used to characterise the areas subject to physical disturbance induced by trolling fishing activities.

In accordance with the advice given in Guidance 14 (Walmsley, S.F., Weiss, A., Claussen, U., Connor, D. 2017 Guidance for Assessments Under Article 8 of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, Integration of assessment results. ABPmer Report No R.2733, produced for the European Commission, DG Environment, February 2017), the D6C3 assessment must be carried out for each habitat type and the D6C3 results are not integrated. Furthermore, no threshold has been defined so far for the parameter "Extent": the status of the D6C3 criterion is therefore not reported. However, this assessment shows that professional trolling is the activity mainly responsible for the potential physical disturbance induced on the main types of benthic habitats in the Channel/North Sea marine sub-region. The spatial extent of the potentially disturbed "coastal circalittoral mixed sediment" habitat is 13.3 km², i.e. 100% of the total surface area of the habitat in the Channel/North Sea marine sub-region. The surface areas and relative percentages calculated for this assessment should nevertheless be put into perspective, particularly because of the data and the method used to characterise the surfaces subject to physical disturbance induced by trolling fishing activities.

In accordance with the advice given in Guidance 14 (Walmsley, S.F., Weiss, A., Claussen, U., Connor, D. 2017 Guidance for Assessments Under Article 8 of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, Integration of assessment results. ABPmer Report No R.2733, produced for the European Commission, DG Environment, February 2017), the D6C3 assessment must be carried out for each habitat type and the D6C3 results are not integrated. Furthermore, no threshold has been defined so far for the parameter "Extent": the status of the D6C3 criterion is therefore not reported. However, this assessment shows that professional trolling is the activity mainly responsible for the potential physical disturbance induced on the main types of benthic habitats in the Channel/North Sea marine sub-region. The spatial extent of the potentially disturbed "coastal circalittoral mud" habitat is 76.1 km², i.e. 100% of the total surface area of the habitat in the Channel/North Sea marine sub-region. The surface areas and relative percentages calculated for this assessment should nevertheless be put into perspective, in particular because of the data and the method used to characterise the areas subject to physical disturbance induced by trolling fishing activities.

In accordance with the advice given in Guidance 14 (Walmsley, S.F., Weiss, A., Claussen, U., Connor, D. 2017 Guidance for Assessments Under Article 8 of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, Integration of assessment results. ABPmer Report No R.2733, produced for the European Commission, DG Environment, February 2017), the D6C3 assessment must be carried out for each habitat type and the D6C3 results are not integrated. Furthermore, no threshold has been defined so far for the parameter "Extent": the status of the D6C3 criterion is therefore not reported. However, this assessment shows that professional trolling is the activity mainly responsible for the potential physical disturbance induced on the main types of benthic habitats in the Channel/North Sea marine sub-region. The spatial extent of the potentially disturbed "rocks and coastal circalittoral biogenic reefs" habitat is 145 km², i.e. 99% of the total surface area of the habitat in the Channel/North Sea marine sub-region. The surface areas and relative percentages calculated for this assessment should nevertheless be put into perspective, in particular because of the data and the method used to characterise the surfaces subject to physical disturbance induced by trolling fishing activities.

In accordance with the advice given in Guidance 14 (Walmsley, S.F., Weiss, A., Claussen, U., Connor, D. 2017 Guidance for Assessments Under Article 8 of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, Integration of assessment results. ABPmer Report No R.2733, produced for the European Commission, DG Environment, February 2017), the D6C3 assessment must be carried out for each habitat type and the D6C3 results are not integrated. Furthermore, no threshold has been defined so far for the parameter "Extent": the status of the D6C3 criterion is therefore not reported. However, this assessment shows that professional trolling is the activity mainly responsible for the potential physical disturbance induced on the main types of benthic habitats in the Channel/North Sea marine sub-region. The spatial extent of the potentially disturbed "coastal circalittoral sands" habitat is 1982 km², i.e. 99.9% of the total surface area of the habitat in the Channel/North Sea marine sub-region. The surface areas and relative percentages calculated for this assessment should nevertheless be put into perspective, particularly in view of the data and the method used to characterise the areas subject to physical disturbance induced by trolling fishing activities.

In accordance with the advice given in Guidance 14 (Walmsley, S.F., Weiss, A., Claussen, U., Connor, D. 2017 Guidance for Assessments Under Article 8 of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, Integration of assessment results. ABPmer Report No R.2733, produced for the European Commission, DG Environment, February 2017), the D6C3 assessment must be carried out for each habitat type and the D6C3 results are not integrated. Furthermore, no threshold has been defined so far for the parameter "Extent": the status of the D6C3 criterion is therefore not reported. However, this assessment shows that professional trolling is the activity mainly responsible for the potential physical disturbance induced on the main types of benthic habitats in the Channel/North Sea marine sub-region. The spatial extent of the potentially disturbed "coarse infralittoral sediment" habitat is 1061.2 km², i.e. 99.9% of the total surface area of the habitat in the Channel/North Sea marine sub-region. The surface areas and relative percentages calculated for this assessment should nevertheless be put into perspective, particularly in view of the data and the method used to characterise the surfaces subject to physical disturbance induced by trolling fishing activities.

In accordance with the advice given in Guidance 14 (Walmsley, S.F., Weiss, A., Claussen, U., Connor, D. 2017 Guidance for Assessments Under Article 8 of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, Integration of assessment results. ABPmer Report No R.2733, produced for the European Commission, DG Environment, February 2017), the D6C3 assessment must be carried out for each habitat type and the D6C3 results are not integrated. Furthermore, no threshold has been defined so far for the parameter "Extent": the status of the D6C3 criterion is therefore not reported. However, this assessment shows that professional trolling is the activity mainly responsible for the potential physical disturbance induced on the main types of benthic habitats in the Channel/North Sea marine sub-region. The spatial extent of the potentially disturbed "mixed infralittoral sediment" habitat is 1.8 km², i.e. 100% of the total surface area of the habitat in the Channel/North Sea marine sub-region. The surface areas and relative percentages calculated for this assessment should nevertheless be put into perspective, in particular because of the data and the method used to characterise the areas subject to physical disturbance induced by trolling fishing activities.

In accordance with the advice given in Guidance 14 (Walmsley, S.F., Weiss, A., Claussen, U., Connor, D. 2017 Guidance for Assessments Under Article 8 of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, Integration of assessment results. ABPmer Report No R.2733, produced for the European Commission, DG Environment, February 2017), the D6C3 assessment must be carried out for each habitat type and the D6C3 results are not integrated. Furthermore, no threshold has been defined so far for the parameter "Extent": the status of the D6C3 criterion is therefore not reported. However, this assessment shows that professional trolling is the activity mainly responsible for the potential physical disturbance induced on the main types of benthic habitats in the Channel/North Sea marine sub-region. The spatial extent of the potentially disturbed "infralittoral mud" habitat is 137.1 km², i.e. 99.1% of the total surface area of the habitat in the Channel/North Sea marine sub-region. The surface areas and relative percentages calculated for this assessment should nevertheless be put into perspective, particularly in view of the data and the method used to characterise the areas subject to physical disturbance induced by trolling fishing activities.

In accordance with the advice given in Guidance 14 (Walmsley, S.F., Weiss, A., Claussen, U., Connor, D. 2017 Guidance for Assessments Under Article 8 of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, Integration of assessment results. ABPmer Report No R.2733, produced for the European Commission, DG Environment, February 2017), the D6C3 assessment must be carried out for each habitat type and the D6C3 results are not integrated. Furthermore, no threshold has been defined so far for the parameter "Extent": the status of the D6C3 criterion is therefore not reported. However, this assessment shows that professional trolling is the activity mainly responsible for the potential physical disturbance induced on the main types of benthic habitats in the Channel/North Sea marine sub-region. The spatial extent of the potentially disturbed "infralittoral biogenic rocks and reefs" habitat is 224.3 km², i.e. 98% of the total habitat area in the Channel/North Sea marine sub-region. The areas and relative percentages calculated for this assessment should nevertheless be put into perspective, particularly in view of the data and the method used to characterise the areas subject to physical disturbance induced by trolling fishing activities.

In accordance with the advice given in Guidance 14 (Walmsley, S.F., Weiss, A., Claussen, U., Connor, D. 2017 Guidance for Assessments Under Article 8 of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, Integration of assessment results. ABPmer Report No R.2733, produced for the European Commission, DG Environment, February 2017), the D6C3 assessment must be carried out for each habitat type and the D6C3 results are not integrated. Furthermore, no threshold has been defined so far for the parameter "Extent": the status of the D6C3 criterion is therefore not reported. However, this assessment shows that professional trolling is the activity mainly responsible for the potential physical disturbance induced on the main types of benthic habitats in the Channel/North Sea marine sub-region. The spatial extent of the potentially disturbed "infralittoral sands" habitat is 918.2 km², i.e. 94.7% of the total surface area of the habitat in the Channel/North Sea marine sub-region. The surface areas and relative percentages calculated for this assessment should nevertheless be put into perspective, particularly because of the data and the method used to characterise the areas subject to physical disturbance induced by trolling fishing activities.

In accordance with the advice given in Guidance 14 (Walmsley, S.F., Weiss, A., Claussen, U., Connor, D. 2017 Guidance for Assessments Under Article 8 of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, Integration of assessment results. ABPmer Report No R.2733, produced for the European Commission, DG Environment, February 2017), the D6C3 assessment must be carried out for each habitat type and the D6C3 results are not integrated. Furthermore, no threshold has been defined so far for the parameter "Extent": the status of the D6C3 criterion is therefore not reported. However, this assessment shows that professional trolling is the activity mainly responsible for the potential physical disturbance induced on the main types of benthic habitats in the Channel/North Sea marine sub-region. Dredging activity is also responsible for significant potential physical disturbance to the "coarse circalittoral offshore sediment" habitat, with 14% of the potentially disturbed area attributable to this activity. The total spatial extent of potentially disturbed "coarse circalittoral sediment offshore" habitat is 17345 km², i.e. 100% of the total surface area of habitat in the Channel/North Sea marine sub-region. The relative areas and percentages calculated for this assessment should nevertheless be put into perspective, particularly in view of the data and the method used to characterise the areas subject to physical disturbance induced by dragging activities.

In accordance with the advice given in Guidance 14 (Walmsley, S.F., Weiss, A., Claussen, U., Connor, D. 2017 Guidance for Assessments Under Article 8 of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, Integration of assessment results. ABPmer Report No R.2733, produced for the European Commission, DG Environment, February 2017), the D6C3 assessment must be carried out for each habitat type and the D6C3 results are not integrated. Furthermore, no threshold has been defined so far for the parameter "Extent": the status of the D6C3 criterion is therefore not reported. However, this assessment shows that professional trolling is the activity mainly responsible for the potential physical disturbance induced on the main types of benthic habitats in the Channel/North Sea marine sub-region. The spatial extent of the potentially disturbed "mixed offshore circalittoral sediment" habitat is 108 km², i.e. 100% of the total surface area of the habitat in the Channel/North Sea marine sub-region. The surface areas and relative percentages calculated for this assessment should nevertheless be put into perspective, in particular because of the data and the method used to characterise the areas subject to physical disturbance induced by trolling fishing activities.

In accordance with the advice given in Guidance 14 (Walmsley, S.F., Weiss, A., Claussen, U., Connor, D. 2017 Guidance for Assessments Under Article 8 of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, Integration of assessment results. ABPmer Report No R.2733, produced for the European Commission, DG Environment, February 2017), the D6C3 assessment must be carried out for each habitat type and the D6C3 results are not integrated. Furthermore, no threshold has been defined so far for the parameter "Extent": the status of the D6C3 criterion is therefore not reported. However, this assessment shows that professional trolling is the activity mainly responsible for the potential physical disturbance induced on the main types of benthic habitats in the Channel/North Sea marine sub-region. The spatial extent of the potentially disturbed "offshore circalittoral mud" habitat is 43.3 km², i.e. 100% of the total surface area of the habitat in the Channel/North Sea marine sub-region. The surface areas and relative percentages calculated for this assessment should nevertheless be put into perspective, in particular because of the data and the method used to characterise the areas subject to physical disturbance induced by trolling fishing activities.

In accordance with the advice given in Guidance 14 (Walmsley, S.F., Weiss, A., Claussen, U., Connor, D. 2017 Guidance for Assessments Under Article 8 of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, Integration of assessment results. ABPmer Report No R.2733, produced for the European Commission, DG Environment, February 2017), the D6C3 assessment must be carried out for each habitat type and the D6C3 results are not integrated. Furthermore, no threshold has been defined so far for the parameter "Extent": the status of the D6C3 criterion is therefore not reported. However, this assessment shows that professional trolling is the activity mainly responsible for the potential physical disturbance induced on the main types of benthic habitats in the Channel/North Sea marine sub-region. The spatial extent of the potentially disturbed "offshore circalittoral biogenic rocks and reefs" habitat is 56.7 km², i.e. 100% of the total surface area of the habitat in the Channel/North Sea marine sub-region. The relative areas and percentages calculated for this assessment should nevertheless be put into perspective, in particular because of the data and the method used to characterise the areas subject to physical disturbance induced by trolling fishing activities.

In accordance with the advice given in Guidance 14 (Walmsley, S.F., Weiss, A., Claussen, U., Connor, D. 2017 Guidance for Assessments Under Article 8 of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, Integration of assessment results. ABPmer Report No R.2733, produced for the European Commission, DG Environment, February 2017), the D6C3 assessment must be carried out for each habitat type and the D6C3 results are not integrated. Furthermore, no threshold has been defined so far for the parameter "Extent": the status of the D6C3 criterion is therefore not reported. However, this assessment shows that professional trolling is the activity mainly responsible for the potential physical disturbance induced on the main types of benthic habitats in the Channel/North Sea marine sub-region. Dredging activity is also responsible for significant potential physical disturbance to the "offshore circalittoral sands" habitat, with 9% of the potentially disturbed surface area attributable to this activity. The total spatial extent of potentially disturbed "offshore circalittoral sands" habitat is 667.4 km², i.e. 100% of the total surface area of habitat in the Channel/North Sea marine sub-region. The areas and relative percentages calculated for this assessment should nevertheless be put into perspective, particularly in view of the data and the method used to characterise the areas subject to physical disturbance induced by dragging activities.

In accordance with the advice given in Guidance 14 (Walmsley, S.F., Weiss, A., Claussen, U., Connor, D. 2017 Guidance for Assessments Under Article 8 of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, Integration of assessment results. ABPmer Report No R.2733, produced for the European Commission, DG Environment, February 2017) no threshold is to be specified for D6C2: the status of the D6C2 criterion is therefore not reported. However, the assessment of criterion D6C2 shows that the spatial extent of the potential physical disturbance of the seabed represents 28 200 km², i.e. more than 99% of the surface area of the Channel/North Sea marine sub-region. Although the use of available data concerning professional trolling increases the area actually under pressure, the assessment shows that practically 100% of the area of potential physical disturbance of the seabed is attributable to this activity.

In accordance with the advice given in Guidance 14 (Walmsley, S.F., Weiss, A., Claussen, U., Connor, D. 2017 Guidance for Assessments Under Article 8 of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, Integration of assessment results. ABPmer Report No R.2733, produced for the European Commission, DG Environment, February 2017) no threshold is to be specified for D6C1: the status of the D6C1 criterion is therefore not reported. However, the assessment of the D6C1 criterion shows that the potential physical losses represent an area of 218 km2 , i.e. less than 0.8% of the surface area of the Channel/North Sea marine sub-region. The potential physical losses are mainly due to maritime works (extraction of materials, coastal works, dredging, dumping).