Member State report / Art8 / 2018 / D11 / North East Atlantic

Report type Member State report to Commission
MSFD Article Art. 8 Initial assessment (and Art. 17 updates)
Report due 2018-10-15
GES Descriptor D11 Energy, incl. underwater noise
Region/subregion North East Atlantic
Reported by Member state
Member state
Sweden
Denmark
Germany
Netherlands
Belgium
France
United Kingdom
Ireland
Spain
Portugal
Member state report
Marine reporting units MRUs used
  • ANS-DK-TOTAL
  • ANSDE_MS
  • L1.2
  • ANS-BE-MS-1
  • ABI-FR-MS-GDG-NORD
  • ABI-FR-MS-GDG-SUD
  • ACS-FR-MS-MC
  • ANS-FR-MS-MMN
  • ACS-IE-AA-001
  • ABI-ES-SD-NOR
  • ABI-ES-SD-SUD
  • AMA-ES-SD-CAN
  • ABI-PT-SD-CONT
  • AMA-PT-SD-AZO
  • AMA-PT-SD-PCE
Features Physical and hydrological
  • Impulsive sound in water (1)
  • Continuous low frequency sound (1)
  • Impulsive sound in water (1)
  • Impulsive sound in water (2)
  • Continuous low frequency sound (1)
  • Impulsive sound in water (1)
  • Continuous low frequency sound (16)
  • Impulsive sound in water (40)
  • Impulsive sound in water (3)
  • Continuous low frequency sound (3)
  • Impulsive sound in water (3)
  • Continuous low frequency sound (3)
  • Impulsive sound in water (3)
Element Ambiant noise from maritime traffic (frequency band centred on 165 Hz)
  • D11C2 (8)
Element Ambiant noise from maritime traffic (frequency band centred on 63 Hz)
  • D11C2 (8)
Element Phocoena phocoena
  • D1C4 (1)
Element Potentially annoying impulsive emissions
  • D11C1 (20)
Element Potentially lethal impulsive emissions
  • D11C1 (20)
Element2
Element sources No. of elements per level
  • National (0)
  • OSPAR (1)
  • National (56)
  • OSPAR (0)
Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) D11 Energy, incl. underwater noise
Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) D11C1 Anthropogenic impulsive sound (11.1, 11.1.1)
  • Duration (1)
  • Other - Incidence (1)
  • Duration (1)
  • Level of noise (1)
  • Other - Duration (quarter 1) (8)
  • Other - Duration (quarter 2) (8)
  • Other - Duration (quarter 3) (8)
  • Other - Duration (quarter 4) (8)
  • Other - Duration (year) (8)
  • Other - Duration of licensed acoustic survey noise events carried out in 2016 (1)
  • Other - Duration of licensed acoustic survey noise events carried out in 2017 (1)
  • Other - Duration of licensed acoustic survey noise events carried out in 2018 (1)
  • Duration (1)
  • Other - risk (1)
Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) D11C2 Anthropogenic continuous low-frequency sound (11.2, 11.2.1)
  • Other - Not specified (1)
  • Underwater sound level (1)
  • Other - Evolution of underwater sound level (8)
  • Underwater sound level (8)
  • Other - SPL (1)
  • Underwater sound level (2)
  • Other - risk (1)
  • Underwater sound level (1)
Threshold values % of parameters with values (no. of parameters)
0% (0)
0% (0)
0% (0)
50% (1)
0% (0)
0% (0)
0% (0)
0% (0)
Threshold value sources D11 Energy, incl. underwater noise
Threshold value sources D11C1 Anthropogenic impulsive sound (11.1, 11.1.1)
  • Not applicable (1)
  • OSPAR (1)
  • Other (1)
Threshold value sources D11C2 Anthropogenic continuous low-frequency sound (11.2, 11.2.1)
  • Other (1)
Value achieved upper % of parameters with values (no. of parameters)
0% (0)
0% (0)
0% (0)
50% (1)
75% (42)
100% (3)
0% (0)
25% (1)
Value achieved lower % of parameters with values (no. of parameters)
0% (0)
0% (0)
0% (0)
50% (1)
0% (0)
0% (0)
0% (0)
25% (1)
Value unit/Value unit other (count of use per criterion) D11 Energy, incl. underwater noise
Value unit/Value unit other (count of use per criterion) D11C1 Anthropogenic impulsive sound (11.1, 11.1.1)
  • days (1)
  • Decibels reference 1 microPascal squared second (1)
  • days/trimestre (32)
  • days/year (8)
  • Days per year with acoustic survey noise events (3)
  • Pulse block day (1)
Value unit/Value unit other (count of use per criterion) D11C2 Anthropogenic continuous low-frequency sound (11.2, 11.2.1)
  • Decibels reference 1 microPascal squared second (8)
  • dB re 1 μPa per unit area (1)
Proportion threshold values Range of % values (no. of parameters)
Range: 100-100% (1 of 2 parameters)
Proportion values achieved Range of % values (no. of parameters)
Range: 0-75% (16 of 56 parameters)
Proportion threshold value units
% area of MRU achieving threshold value
% area of MRU with the pressure
Trends No. of trends per category
  • Deteriorating (0 or 0.0%)
  • Improving (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not relevant (0 or 0.0%)
  • Stable (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (1 or 100.0%)
  • Deteriorating (0 or 0.0%)
  • Improving (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not relevant (0 or 0.0%)
  • Stable (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (2 or 100.0%)
  • Deteriorating (0 or 0.0%)
  • Improving (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not relevant (0 or 0.0%)
  • Stable (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (2 or 100.0%)
  • Deteriorating (0 or 0.0%)
  • Improving (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not relevant (0 or 0.0%)
  • Stable (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (2 or 100.0%)
  • Deteriorating (0 or 0.0%)
  • Improving (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not relevant (0 or 0.0%)
  • Stable (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (56 or 100.0%)
  • Deteriorating (1 or 33.3%)
  • Improving (1 or 33.3%)
  • Not relevant (1 or 33.3%)
  • Stable (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Deteriorating (0 or 0.0%)
  • Improving (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not relevant (0 or 0.0%)
  • Stable (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (3 or 100.0%)
  • Deteriorating (0 or 0.0%)
  • Improving (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not relevant (0 or 0.0%)
  • Stable (2 or 50.0%)
  • Unknown (2 or 50.0%)
Parameters achieved No. of parameters per category
  • No (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (1 or 100.0%)
  • Yes, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%)
  • No (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (2 or 100.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Yes, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%)
  • No (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (2 or 100.0%)
  • Yes, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%)
  • No (1 or 50.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (1 or 50.0%)
  • Yes, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%)
  • No (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (56 or 100.0%)
  • Yes, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%)
  • No (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Yes, based on low risk (3 or 100.0%)
  • No (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (3 or 100.0%)
  • Yes, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%)
  • No (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (2 or 50.0%)
  • Yes, based on low risk (2 or 50.0%)
Related indicators
  • ANS-OSPAR-IMPULSIVE SOUNDS
  • OSPAR-DIST_IMP_SOUND
  • ANSNL-OSPAR-D11 impulsive sounds
  • ANSNL-OSPAR-D1C2-2017
  • FR-D11-SoundContinuous
  • FR-D11-SoundImpulsive
  • FR-D11-SoundImpulsive-HighLevel
  • D11el1
  • ABI-OSPAR-Ruidoimpulsivo
  • AMA-PT-AZO-SPL
Criteria status No. of criteria per category
  • Good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (1 or 100.0%)
  • Good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (2 or 100.0%)
  • Not good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (2 or 100.0%)
  • Good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not good (1 or 50.0%)
  • Unknown (1 or 50.0%)
  • Good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (56 or 100.0%)
  • Good (3 or 100.0%)
  • Good, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (3 or 50.0%)
  • Not good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (3 or 50.0%)
  • Good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good, based on low risk (2 or 33.3%)
  • Not assessed (2 or 33.3%)
  • Not good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (2 or 33.3%)
Element status No. of elements per category
  • Not good (1 or 100.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (56 or 100.0%)
Integration rule type for parameters
Not relevant (1 or 100.0%)
OTH (2 or 100.0%)
Not relevant (2 or 100.0%)
OTH (56 or 100.0%)
Not relevant (6 or 100.0%)
Integration rule description for parameters
No integration
The integration rule has yet to be determined at European level.
Integration rule type for criteria
Not relevant (1 or 100.0%)
OTH (2 or 100.0%)
Not relevant (2 or 100.0%)
OTH (56 or 100.0%)
Not relevant (6 or 100.0%)
Not relevant (2 or 100.0%)
Integration rule description for criteria
No integration
The integration rule has yet to be determined at European level.
GES extent threshold
  • 100.00 (2 of 2, or 100.0%)
GES extent achieved
GES extent unit
  • Proportion of area in good status (2 of 2, or 100.0%)
  • Proportion of area in good status (3 of 3, or 100.0%)
  • Proportion of area in good status (2 of 2, or 100.0%)
GES achieved Continuous low frequency sound
  • Not assessed (1)
  • Not assessed (1)
  • Unknown (16)
  • Unknown (3)
  • GES achieved (1)
  • Not assessed (1)
  • Unknown (1)
GES achieved Impulsive sound in water
  • Unknown (1)
  • Not assessed (1)
  • Unknown (2)
  • GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported (1)
  • Unknown (40)
  • GES achieved (3)
  • Unknown (3)
  • GES achieved (1)
  • Not assessed (1)
  • Unknown (1)
Assessment period
2015 (1 or 100.0%)
2011-2016 (2 or 100.0%)
2015-2015 (2 or 100.0%)
2011-2016 (2 or 100.0%)
2012-2016 (56 or 100.0%)
2016-2018 (3 or 100.0%)
2014-2018 (3 or 50.0%)
2016 (3 or 50.0%)
2012-2018 (6 or 100.0%)
Related pressures
  • Impulsive sound in water (1 or 100.0%)
  • Input of anthropogenic sound (impulsive, continuous) (2 or 100.0%)
  • Input of anthropogenic sound (impulsive, continuous) (2 or 100.0%)
  • Input of anthropogenic sound (impulsive, continuous) (2 or 100.0%)
  • Disturbance of species (e.g. where they breed, rest and feed) due to human presence (3 or 50.0%)
  • Input of anthropogenic sound (impulsive, continuous) (3 or 50.0%)
  • Input of anthropogenic sound (impulsive, continuous) (6 or 100.0%)
  • Continuous low frequency sound (1 or 25.0%)
  • Impulsive sound in water (1 or 25.0%)
  • Input of anthropogenic sound (impulsive, continuous) (2 or 50.0%)
Related targets
6
2
1
2
1
30
5