MS/Art8/2018/D6/Netherlands/NE Atlantic: Greater North Sea — Marine Information System for Europe

Member State report / Art8 / 2018 / D6 / Netherlands / NE Atlantic: Greater North Sea

Report type	Member State report to Commission
MSFD Article	Art. 8 Initial assessment (and Art. 17 updates)
Report due	2018-10-15
GES Descriptor	D6 Sea-floor integrity/D1 Benthic habitats
Member State	Netherlands
Region/subregion	NE Atlantic: Greater North Sea
Reported by	Rijkswaterstaat Centre for Water management, Ministry of infrastructure and the environment
Report date	2019-04-15
Report access	XML_ART8GES_201904091515.xml

Nederlands Continentaal Plat vanaf de basislijn (0 mijl) (ANS-NL-MS-1)

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GES component	D6
Feature	Benthic broad habitats							Other benthic habitats		Physical loss of the seabed
Element	Circalittoral coarse sediment	Circalittoral mud	Circalittoral sand		Offshore circalittoral coarse sediment	Offshore circalittoral mud	Offshore circalittoral sand	Reefs	Sandbanks which are slightly covered by seawater all the time
Element code	HabBenCircalitCoarSed	HabBenCircalitMud	HabBenCircalitSand		HabBenOffshCoarSed	HabBenOffshMud	HabBenOffshSand	1170	1110
Element code source	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/msfd/broadHabitatTypes/view	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/msfd/broadHabitatTypes/view	Link to other vocabulary or code lists that may be relevant		Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/msfd/broadHabitatTypes/view	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/msfd/broadHabitatTypes/view	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/msfd/broadHabitatTypes/view	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/biodiversity/n2000habitats/view	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/biodiversity/n2000habitats/view
Element 2
Element 2 code
Element 2 code source
Element source	EU	EU	EU		EU	EU	EU	EU	EU
Criterion	D6C3	D6C3	D6C3	D6C4	D6C3	D6C3	D6C3	D6C3	D6C3	D6C1
Parameter	Habitat condition	Habitat condition	Habitat condition	Extent	Habitat condition	Habitat condition	Habitat condition	Habitat condition	Habitat condition	Extent
Parameter other
Threshold value upper	1.0	1.0	1.0		1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Threshold value lower
Threshold qualitative	Trend as GES definition	Trend as GES definition	Trend as GES definition			Trend as GES definition	Trend as GES definition	Trend as GES definition	Trend as GES definition
Threshold value source	Other (specify)	Other (specify)	Other (specify)	Other (specify)	Other (specify)	Other (specify)	Other (specify)	Other (specify)	Other (specify)	Other (specify)
Threshold value source other	National	National	National	National	National	National	National	National	National	National
Value achieved upper										0.001
Value achieved lower
Value unit	Other	Other	Other	percentage	Other	Other	Other	Other	Other	percentage
Value unit other	Trend indicator	Trend indicator	Trend indicator		Trend indicator	Trend indicator	Trend indicator	Trend indicator	Trend indicator
Proportion threshold value	100.0	100.0	100.0		100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Proportion value achieved										99.0
Proportion threshold value unit	% area of habitat achieving threshold value	% area of habitat achieving threshold value	% area of habitat achieving threshold value	% area of MRU achieving threshold value	% area of habitat achieving threshold value	% area of habitat achieving threshold value	% area of habitat achieving threshold value	% area of habitat achieving threshold value	% area of habitat achieving threshold value	% area of MRU achieving threshold value
Trend	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Parameter achieved	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Yes
Description parameter				Although the loss per habitat type has not been calculated, it seems unlikely that there is a significant loss for a habitat type. The part of the North Sea where the disturbance occurs consists largely of sandy soils, which is also the habitat with the largest surface. The original habitat is in all cases replaced by hard substrate.						Spatial Extent Physical Loss
Related indicator	Benthische habitats kwaliteit (BISI)	Benthische habitats kwaliteit (BISI)	Benthische habitats kwaliteit (BISI)	Spatial Extent Physical Loss	Benthische habitats kwaliteit (BISI)	Benthische habitats kwaliteit (BISI)	Benthische habitats kwaliteit (BISI)	Benthische habitats kwaliteit (BISI)	Benthische habitats kwaliteit (BISI)	Spatial Extent Physical Loss
Criteria status	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Good
Description criteria				No calculation has been made on loss per habitat type. For the reporting, Circalittoral sand has been used as it appears most in the Dutch North Sea.						There has been no significant loss of the natural seabed since 2012. Loss of natural seabed since 2012, 0.55 km² is 0.001 % of the Dutch North Sea (58.000 km²).
Element status	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown		Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Description element			ElementCodeSource: MSFD						Concerns H1110b (Kust) and h1110C (Dogger bank)
Integration rule type parameter	Other							Other		Other
Integration rule description parameter	No integration							No integration		No integration
Integration rule type criteria	Other							Other		Other
Integration rule description criteria	No integration							No integration		No integration
GES extent threshold	100.00							100.00		100.00
GES extent achieved
GES extent unit	Proportion of area in good status							Proportion of area in good status		Proportion of area in good status
GES achieved	GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported							GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported		GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported
Description overall status	Good environmental status (GES) not yet achieved (partly also unknown).							Good environmental status (GES) not yet achieved (partly also unknown).		Good environmental status (GES) not yet achieved (partly also unknown).
Assessments period	2015-2015							2015-2015		2015-2015
Related pressures	Changes to hydrological conditions Extraction of, or mortality/injury to, wild species (by commercial and recreational fishing and other activities) Input of nutrients - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition Input of organic matter - diffuse sources and point sources Input of other substances (e.g. synthetic substances, non-synthetic substances, radionuclides) - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition, acute events Input or spread of non-indigenous species Physical disturbance to seabed Physical loss of the seabed							Extraction of, or mortality/injury to, wild species (by commercial and recreational fishing and other activities) Hydrographical changes Input of nutrients - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition Input of organic matter - diffuse sources and point sources Input of other substances (e.g. synthetic substances, non-synthetic substances, radionuclides) - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition, acute events Newly-introduced non-indigenous species Physical disturbance to seabed Physical loss of the seabed		Extraction of, or mortality/injury to, wild species (by commercial and recreational fishing and other activities) Hydrographical changes Input of nutrients - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition Input of organic matter - diffuse sources and point sources Input of other substances (e.g. synthetic substances, non-synthetic substances, radionuclides) - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition, acute events Newly-introduced non-indigenous species Physical disturbance to seabed Physical loss of the seabed
Related targets	ANSNL-D1T3 ANSNL-D6T1 ANSNL-D6T3							ANSNL-D1T3 ANSNL-D6T1 ANSNL-D6T3		ANSNL-D1T3 ANSNL-D6T1 ANSNL-D6T3

OSPAR Greater NorthSea (L1.2)

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GES component	D6
Feature	Physical disturbance to seabed
Element
Element code
Element code source
Element 2
Element 2 code
Element 2 code source
Element source
Criterion	D6C2
Parameter	Extent
Parameter other
Threshold value upper
Threshold value lower
Threshold qualitative
Threshold value source	Other (specify)
Threshold value source other	EA
Value achieved upper
Value achieved lower
Value unit	percentage
Value unit other
Proportion threshold value
Proportion value achieved
Proportion threshold value unit	% area of habitat achieving threshold value
Trend	Unknown
Parameter achieved	Unknown
Description parameter
Related indicator	Intensiteit visserijdruk
Criteria status	Unknown
Description criteria
Element status
Description element
Integration rule type parameter	Other
Integration rule description parameter	No integration
Integration rule type criteria	Other
Integration rule description criteria	No integration
GES extent threshold	100.00
GES extent achieved
GES extent unit	Proportion of area in good status
GES achieved	GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported
Description overall status
Assessments period	2015-2015
Related pressures	Extraction of, or mortality/injury to, wild species (by commercial and recreational fishing and other activities) Physical disturbance to seabed Physical loss of the seabed
Related targets	ANSNL-D1T3 ANSNL-D6T1 ANSNL-D6T3

OSPAR Southern NorthSea (L2.2.5)

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GES component	D6
Feature	Other benthic habitats
Element	Coastal Zone Sand (NL)	Dogger Bank Sand (NL)	Frysian Front Sand (NL)	Offshore Sand (NL)	Oyster Banks Mud (NL)
Element code	NL_CoastalZoneSand	NL_DoggerBankSand	NL_FrysianFrontSand	NL_OffshoreSand	NL_OysterBanksMud
Element code source	Link to other vocabulary or code lists that may be relevant	Link to other vocabulary or code lists that may be relevant	Link to other vocabulary or code lists that may be relevant	Link to other vocabulary or code lists that may be relevant	Link to other vocabulary or code lists that may be relevant
Element 2
Element 2 code
Element 2 code source
Element source	OSPAR	OSPAR	OSPAR	OSPAR	OSPAR
Criterion	D6C5	D6C5	D6C5	D6C5	D6C5
Parameter	Habitat condition	Habitat condition	Habitat condition	Habitat condition	Habitat condition
Parameter other
Threshold value upper	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Threshold value lower
Threshold qualitative	Trend as GES definition	Trend as GES definition	Trend as GES definition	Trend as GES definition	Trend as GES definition
Threshold value source	Other (specify)	Other (specify)	Other (specify)	Other (specify)	Other (specify)
Threshold value source other	National	National	National	National	National
Value achieved upper
Value achieved lower
Value unit	Other	Other	Other	Other	Other
Value unit other	Trend indicator	Trend indicator	Trend indicator	Trend indicator	Trend indicator
Proportion threshold value	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Proportion value achieved
Proportion threshold value unit	% area of habitat achieving threshold value	% area of MRU achieving threshold value	% area of habitat achieving threshold value	% area of habitat achieving threshold value	% area of habitat achieving threshold value
Trend	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Parameter achieved	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Description parameter	Due to the international coherence, D6C5 was selected via the OSPAR indicator (in accordance with IA 2017). However, a national indicator (BISI) has been developed for the assessment of benthos quality. This indicator is further developed and coordinated within OSPAR. A description and first results based on BISI are to be found in the D6C3 report.	Due to the international coherence, D6C5 was selected via the OSPAR indicator (in accordance with IA 2017). However, a national indicator (BISI) has been developed for the assessment of benthos quality. This indicator is further developed and coordinated within OSPAR. A description and first results based on BISI are to be found in the D6C3 report.	Due to the international coherence, D6C5 was selected via the OSPAR indicator (in accordance with IA 2017). However, a national indicator (BISI) has been developed for the assessment of benthos quality. This indicator is further developed and coordinated within OSPAR. A description and first results based on BISI are to be found in the D6C3 report.	Due to the international coherence, D6C5 was selected via the OSPAR indicator (in accordance with IA 2017). However, a national indicator (BISI) has been developed for the assessment of benthos quality. This indicator is further developed and coordinated within OSPAR. A description and first results based on BISI are to be found in the D6C3 report.	Due to the international coherence, D6C5 was selected via the OSPAR indicator (in accordance with IA 2017). However, a national indicator (BISI) has been developed for the assessment of benthos quality. This indicator is further developed and coordinated within OSPAR. A description and first results based on BISI are to be found in the D6C3 report.
Related indicator	Toestand van gemeenschappen in benthische habitats	Toestand van gemeenschappen in benthische habitats	Toestand van gemeenschappen in benthische habitats	Toestand van gemeenschappen in benthische habitats	Toestand van gemeenschappen in benthische habitats
Criteria status	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Description criteria
Element status	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Description element	ElementCodeSource: Undefined	ElementCodeSource: Undefined	ElementCodeSource: Undefined	ElementCodeSource: Undefined	ElementCodeSource: Undefined
Integration rule type parameter	Other
Integration rule description parameter	No integration
Integration rule type criteria	Other
Integration rule description criteria	No integration
GES extent threshold	100.00
GES extent achieved
GES extent unit	Proportion of area in good status
GES achieved	GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported
Description overall status
Assessments period	2015-2015
Related pressures	Physical disturbance to seabed
Related targets	ANSNL-D1T3 ANSNL-D6T1 ANSNL-D6T2 ANSNL-D6T4 ANSNL-D6T5