MS/Art8/2018/D6/Mediterranean — Marine Information System for Europe

Member State report / Art8 / 2018 / D6 / Mediterranean

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
Region/subregion	Mediterranean
Reported by	Member state

Member state		United Kingdom	Spain	France	Italy	Malta	Slovenia	Croatia	Greece	Cyprus
Member state report		MWE	MWE	MWE	MAD MIC MWE	MIC	MAD	MAD	MAD MAL MIC	MAL
Marine reporting units	MRUs used		MWE-ES-SD-ESAL MWE-ES-SD-LEV	MWE-FR-MS-MO	IT-AS-0001 IT-ISCMS-0001 IT-WMS-0001	MIC-MT-MS-02	MAD-SI-MRU-1	MAD-HR-MRU_1		MAL-CY-MS
Features	Habitats		Benthic broad habitats (6)	Benthic broad habitats (18)	Benthic broad habitats (3) Other benthic habitats (45)	Benthic broad habitats (36)	Benthic broad habitats (22)	Benthic broad habitats (22)		Benthic broad habitats (1)
	Physical		Physical disturbance to seabed (2) Physical loss of the seabed (2)	Physical disturbance to seabed (1) Physical loss of the seabed (1)	Physical disturbance to seabed (3) Physical loss of the seabed (3)	Physical disturbance to seabed (1) Physical loss of the seabed (1)	Physical disturbance to seabed (1) Physical loss of the seabed (1)			Physical disturbance to seabed (1) Physical loss of the seabed (1)
Element	Abyssal			D6C3 (1)
	Circalittoral coarse sediment			D6C3 (1)		D6C3 (1) D6C4 (1) D6C5 (1)	D6C3 (1) D6C4 (1) D6C5 (1)	None (1)
	Circalittoral mixed sediment					None (1)		None (1)
	Circalittoral mud			D6C3 (1)		None (1)	D6C3 (1) D6C4 (1) D6C5 (1)	None (1)
	Circalittoral rock and biogenic reef			D6C3 (1)		None (1)	D6C3 (1) D6C4 (1) D6C5 (1)	None (1)
	Circalittoral sand			D6C3 (1)		None (1)		None (1)
	Coralligenous habitat				D6C3 (3) D6C4 (3) D6C5 (3)
	Infralittoral coarse sediment			D6C3 (1)		None (1)		None (1)
	Infralittoral mixed sediment			D6C3 (1)		None (1)	D6C3 (1) D6C4 (1) D6C5 (2)	D6C3 (1) D6C4 (1) D6C5 (1)
	Infralittoral mud			D6C3 (1)		None (1)		None (1)
	Infralittoral rock and biogenic reef			D6C3 (1)		D6C3 (1) D6C4 (1) D6C5 (1)	D6C3 (1) D6C4 (1) D6C5 (1)	D6C3 (1) D6C4 (1) D6C5 (1)
	Infralittoral sand			D6C3 (1)		D6C3 (1) D6C4 (1) D6C5 (1)		None (1)
	Littoral rock and biogenic reef					D6C3 (1) D6C4 (1) D6C5 (1)	D6C3 (1) D6C4 (1) D6C5 (1)	None (1)
	Littoral sediment					None (1)	D6C3 (1) D6C4 (1) D6C5 (1)	None (1)
	Lower bathyal rock and biogenic reef			D6C3 (1)		None (1)
	Lower bathyal sediment			D6C3 (1)		None (1)
	Maerl beds				D6C3 (3) D6C4 (3) D6C5 (3)
	Offshore circalittoral coarse sediment			D6C3 (1)		None (1)		None (1)
	Offshore circalittoral mixed sediment					None (1)		None (1)
	Offshore circalittoral mud			D6C3 (1)		None (1)		None (1)
	Offshore circalittoral rock and biogenic					None (1)		None (1)		D6C3 (1)
	Offshore circalittoral rock and biogenic reef			D6C3 (1)
	Offshore circalittoral sand			D6C3 (1)		None (1)		None (1)
	Posidonia beds (Posidonion oceanicae)				D6C3 (3) D6C4 (3) D6C5 (3)
	Posidonia oceanica meadows					D6C3 (1) D6C4 (1) D6C5 (1)
	Soft bottom non biogenic habitat				D6C3 (3) D6C4 (3) D6C5 (3)
	Upper bathyal rock and biogenic reef			D6C3 (1)		D6C3 (1) D6C4 (1) D6C5 (1)
	Upper bathyal sediment			D6C3 (1)		D6C3 (1) D6C4 (1) D6C5 (1)		None (1)
	White Corals				D6C3 (3) D6C4 (3) D6C5 (3)
Element2
Element sources	No. of elements per level			EU (18) National (0)	EU (45) National (0)	EU (36) National (0)	EU (22) National (0)	EU (16) National (6)		EU (0) National (1)
Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters)	D6 Sea-floor integrity/D1 Benthic habitats
	D6C1 Physical loss of the seabed (6.1)		Extent (2)	Extent (1)	Extent (6)	Extent (1)	Extent (1)			Extent (1)
	D6C2 Physical disturbance to the seabed (6.1)		Extent (2)	Extent (1)	Extent (3)	Extent (1)	Extent (1)			Extent (1)
	D6C3 Adverse effects from physical disturbance (6.1.2)			Extent (18)	Extent (15)	Extent (4) Other - Extent achieving Threshold for Good/High Status (3)	Extent (7)	Extent (2)
	D6C4 Benthic habitat extent (1.4, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.5, 1.5.1, 6.1.1)				Extent (15)	Extent (7)	Extent (7)	Extent (2)
	D6C5 Benthic habitat condition (1.6, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 1.6.3, 6.2, 6.2.1, 6.2.2, 6.2.3, 6.2.4)				Habitat condition (15)	Habitat condition (6) Other - Extent achieving Threshold for Good/High Status (1)	Other - EEI-c indeks (1) Other - M-AMBI indeks (1) Other - Število šopov pozdejdonke (Posidonia oceanica) (1)	Habitat condition (2)
Threshold values	% of parameters with values (no. of parameters)		0% (0)	0% (0)	0% (0)	34% (8)	0% (0)	0% (0)		0% (0)
Threshold value sources	D6 Sea-floor integrity/D1 Benthic habitats
	D6C1 Physical loss of the seabed (6.1)
	D6C2 Physical disturbance to the seabed (6.1)
	D6C3 Adverse effects from physical disturbance (6.1.2)				National (15)	WaterFD (2)
	D6C4 Benthic habitat extent (1.4, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.5, 1.5.1, 6.1.1)				National (15)
	D6C5 Benthic habitat condition (1.6, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 1.6.3, 6.2, 6.2.1, 6.2.2, 6.2.3, 6.2.4)				National (15)	WaterFD (3)
Value achieved upper	% of parameters with values (no. of parameters)		50% (2)	0% (0)	0% (0)	0% (0)	89% (17)	0% (0)		0% (0)
Value achieved lower	% of parameters with values (no. of parameters)		0% (0)	0% (0)	0% (0)	0% (0)	15% (3)	0% (0)		0% (0)
Value unit/Value unit other (count of use per criterion)	D6 Sea-floor integrity/D1 Benthic habitats
	D6C1 Physical loss of the seabed (6.1)		square kilometre (2)				square kilometre (1)
	D6C2 Physical disturbance to the seabed (6.1)		square kilometre (2)				square kilometre (1)
	D6C3 Adverse effects from physical disturbance (6.1.2)					Ecological Quality Ratio (4) square kilometre (1)	square kilometre (7)
	D6C4 Benthic habitat extent (1.4, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.5, 1.5.1, 6.1.1)					square kilometre (7)	square kilometre (7)
	D6C5 Benthic habitat condition (1.6, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 1.6.3, 6.2, 6.2.1, 6.2.2, 6.2.3, 6.2.4)					Ecological Quality Ratio (4)	no unit (2) number of items per square metre (1)
Proportion threshold values	Range of % values (no. of parameters)
Proportion values achieved	Range of % values (no. of parameters)		Range: 1-3% (2 of 4 parameters)	Range: 0-12014% (12 of 20 parameters)		Range: 0-11119% (14 of 23 parameters)
Proportion threshold value units			extent in km2 of pressure	extent in km2 of habitat adversely affected extent in km2 of pressure		% area of MRU achieving threshold value % area of habitat achieving threshold value extent in km2 of habitat adversely affected extent in km2 of pressure				% area of MRU with the pressure
Trends	No. of trends per category		Improving (0 or 0.0%) Not relevant (0 or 0.0%) Stable (0 or 0.0%) Unknown (4 or 100.0%)	Improving (0 or 0.0%) Not relevant (0 or 0.0%) Stable (0 or 0.0%) Unknown (20 or 100.0%)	Improving (0 or 0.0%) Not relevant (0 or 0.0%) Stable (0 or 0.0%) Unknown (54 or 100.0%)	Improving (4 or 17.4%) Not relevant (1 or 4.3%) Stable (5 or 21.7%) Unknown (13 or 56.5%)	Improving (0 or 0.0%) Not relevant (0 or 0.0%) Stable (0 or 0.0%) Unknown (19 or 100.0%)	Improving (0 or 0.0%) Not relevant (0 or 0.0%) Stable (6 or 100.0%) Unknown (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%)
Parameters achieved	No. of parameters per category		No (0 or 0.0%) Not assessed (0 or 0.0%) Unknown (4 or 100.0%) Yes (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 (20 or 100.0%) Yes (0 or 0.0%) Yes, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%)	No (0 or 0.0%) Not assessed (54 or 100.0%) Unknown (0 or 0.0%) Yes (0 or 0.0%) Yes, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%)	No (0 or 0.0%) Not assessed (1 or 4.3%) Unknown (5 or 21.7%) Yes (15 or 65.2%) Yes, based on low risk (2 or 8.7%)	No (2 or 10.5%) Not assessed (10 or 52.6%) Unknown (1 or 5.3%) Yes (6 or 31.6%) Yes, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%)	No (0 or 0.0%) Not assessed (0 or 0.0%) Unknown (6 or 100.0%) Yes (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 (0 or 0.0%) Yes (2 or 100.0%) Yes, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%)
Related indicators				FR-D6-Extent-HabAltered FR-D6-Extent-PhysicalDisturbance FR-D6-Extent-PhysicalLoss
Criteria status	No. of criteria per category		Contributes to assessment of another criterion/ele (0 or 0.0%) Good (0 or 0.0%) Good, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%) Not assessed (6 or 60.0%) Not good (0 or 0.0%) Unknown (4 or 40.0%)	Contributes to assessment of another criterion/ele (20 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 (0 or 0.0%) Unknown (0 or 0.0%)	Contributes to assessment of another criterion/ele (0 or 0.0%) Good (0 or 0.0%) Good, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%) Not assessed (54 or 100.0%) Not good (0 or 0.0%) Unknown (0 or 0.0%)	Contributes to assessment of another criterion/ele (0 or 0.0%) Good (15 or 65.2%) Good, based on low risk (1 or 4.3%) Not assessed (6 or 26.1%) Not good (0 or 0.0%) Unknown (1 or 4.3%)	Contributes to assessment of another criterion/ele (0 or 0.0%) Good (6 or 25.0%) Good, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%) Not assessed (16 or 66.7%) Not good (2 or 8.3%) Unknown (0 or 0.0%)	Contributes to assessment of another criterion/ele (0 or 0.0%) Good (6 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%)		Contributes to assessment of another criterion/ele (0 or 0.0%) Good (2 or 66.7%) Good, based on low risk (0 or 0.0%) Not assessed (1 or 33.3%) Not good (0 or 0.0%) Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
Element status	No. of elements per category			Good (0 or 0.0%) Not assessed (0 or 0.0%) Unknown (18 or 100.0%)	Good (0 or 0.0%) Not assessed (45 or 100.0%) Unknown (0 or 0.0%)	Good (12 or 33.3%) Not assessed (24 or 66.7%) Unknown (0 or 0.0%)	Good (0 or 0.0%) Not assessed (22 or 100.0%) Unknown (0 or 0.0%)	Good (6 or 27.3%) Not assessed (16 or 72.7%) Unknown (0 or 0.0%)		Good (0 or 0.0%) Not assessed (1 or 100.0%) Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
Integration rule type for parameters				Not relevant (18 or 100.0%)	Not relevant (54 or 100.0%)		THRES (22 or 100.0%)
Integration rule description for parameters
Integration rule type for criteria				Not relevant (20 or 100.0%)
Integration rule description for criteria
GES extent threshold
GES extent achieved										100.00 (2 of 2, or 100.0%)
GES extent unit										Proportion of area in good status (1 of 2, or 50.0%) Proportion of habitats in good status (1 of 2, or 50.0%)
GES achieved	Benthic broad habitats		Not assessed (6)	Not relevant (18)	Not assessed (3)	Not assessed (36)	Not assessed (22)	Unknown (22)		Not assessed (1)
	Other benthic habitats				GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported (45)
	Physical disturbance to seabed		Unknown (2)	Not relevant (1)	GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported (3)	Not relevant (1)	Not assessed (1)			GES achieved (1)
	Physical loss of the seabed		Unknown (2)	Not relevant (1)	GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported (3)	Not relevant (1)	Not assessed (1)			GES achieved (1)
Assessment period			2011-2016 (4 or 40.0%) 2012-2018 (6 or 60.0%)	2012-2017 (20 or 100.0%)	2012-2017 (54 or 100.0%)	2012-2018 (38 or 100.0%)	2012-2017 (24 or 100.0%)	2013-2018 (22 or 100.0%)		2012-2018 (3 or 100.0%)
Related pressures			Physical disturbance to seabed (2 or 50.0%) Physical loss of the seabed (2 or 50.0%)		Physical disturbance to seabed (54 or 50.0%) Physical loss of the seabed (54 or 50.0%)	Physical disturbance to seabed (37 or 50.0%) Physical loss of the seabed (37 or 50.0%)	Physical disturbance to seabed (23 or 50.0%) Physical loss of the seabed (23 or 50.0%)
Related targets			42		4	2	3