Member State report / Art9 / 2018 / D6 / Italy / Mediterranean: Western Mediterranean Sea

Report type Member State report to Commission
MSFD Article Art. 9 Determination of GES (and Art. 17 updates)
Report due 2018-10-15
GES Descriptor D6 Sea-floor integrity/D1 Benthic habitats
Member State Italy
Region/subregion Mediterranean: Western Mediterranean Sea
Reported by ISPRA - Italian National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research
Report date 2020-10-01
Report access MSFD_2018_ART9_GES_IT_2020-07-31.xml

GES component
D6
D6C1
D6C2
D6C3
D6C4
D6C5
Marine reporting units
  • IT-WMS-0001
  • IT-WMS-0001
  • IT-WMS-0001
  • IT-WMS-0001
Features
  • Circalittoral coarse sediment
  • Circalittoral rock and biogenic reef
  • Infralittoral coarse sediment
  • Infralittoral rock and biogenic reef
  • Lower bathyal rock and biogenic reef
  • Upper bathyal rock and biogenic reef
  • Physical loss of the seabed
  • Physical disturbance to seabed
  • Physical disturbance to seabed
  • Physical loss of the seabed
GES description
G 1.2 Marine habitats listed in the Habitats Directive and referring to the SPA/BD protocol of the Barcelona Convention maintain or achieve a favourable conservation status. G 6.1 Any significant pressure due to: (a) physical disturbances caused by anthropogenic activities active on the seabed an...
G 6.1 There is no significant pressure due to: (a) physical disturbances caused by human activities active on the seabed and (b) physical loss on biogenic substrates linked to anthropogenic activities.
G 6.1 There is no significant pressure due to: (a) physical disturbances caused by human activities active on the seabed and (b) physical loss on biogenic substrates linked to anthropogenic activities.
G 6.1 There is no significant pressure due to: (a) physical disturbances caused by human activities active on the seabed and (b) physical loss on biogenic substrates linked to anthropogenic activities.
Determination date
201812
201812
201812
201812
Update type
Same as last reported determination
Modified from reported determination
Modified from reported determination
Modified from reported determination
Justification for non-use of criterion
Justification for delay in setting EU/regional requirements