Programmes of measures of the marine strategy framework directive: Are they contributing to achieving good environmental status in the Mediterranean?

2020 ◽  
Vol 161 ◽  
pp. 111715
Author(s):  
Arantza Murillas-Maza ◽  
María C. Uyarra ◽  
K. Nadia Papadopoulou ◽  
Chris J. Smith ◽  
Saso Gorjanc ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Marine Strategy Framework Directive ◽  
Environmental Status ◽  
Good Environmental Status ◽  
The Mediterranean

scholarly journals Demersal fish biodiversity: species-level indicators and trends-based targets for the Marine Strategy Framework Directive

2012 ◽  
Vol 69 (10) ◽  
pp. 1789-1801 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon P. R. Greenstreet ◽  
Axel G. Rossberg ◽  
Clive J. Fox ◽  
William J. F. Le Quesne ◽  
Tom Blasdale ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North Sea ◽  
Demersal Fish ◽  
Species Level ◽  
Marine Strategy Framework Directive ◽  
The North ◽  
Fish Biodiversity ◽  
Environmental Status ◽  
The North Sea ◽  
Good Environmental Status ◽  
Species Specific

Abstract Greenstreet, S. P. R., Rossberg, A. G., Fox, C. J., Le Quesne, W. J. F., Blasdale, T., Boulcott, P., Mitchell, I., Millar, C., and Moffat, C. F. 2012. Demersal fish biodiversity: species-level indicators and trends-based targets for the Marine Strategy Framework Directive. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 69: 1789–1801. The maintenance of biodiversity is a fundamental theme of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive. Appropriate indicators to monitor change in biodiversity, along with associated targets representing “good environmental status” (GES), are required to be in place by July 2012. A method for selecting species-specific metrics to fulfil various specified indicator roles is proposed for demersal fish communities. Available data frequently do not extend far enough back in time to allow GES to be defined empirically. In such situations, trends-based targets offer a pragmatic solution. A method is proposed for setting indicator-level targets for the number of species-specific metrics required to meet their trends-based metric-level targets. This is based on demonstrating significant departures from the binomial distribution. The procedure is trialled using North Sea demersal fish survey data. Although fisheries management in the North Sea has improved in recent decades, management goals to stop further decline in biodiversity, and to initiate recovery, are yet to be met.

scholarly journals Indicators for the Sea-floor Integrity of the Hellenic Seas under the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive: establishing the thresholds and standards for Good Environmental Status

2012 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 140 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. SIMBOURA ◽  
A. ZENETOS ◽  
M.A. PANCUCCI-PAPADOPOULOU ◽  
S. REIZOPOULOU ◽  
N. STREFTARIS
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Species Diversity ◽  
Ecological Status ◽  
Sensitive Species ◽  
Marine Strategy Framework Directive ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Sea Floor ◽  
Tolerant Species ◽  
Environmental Status ◽  
Good Environmental Status

A data set of 625 samples of benthic macroinvertebrates collected from the Hellenic Seas (Ionian and Aegean) was used to establish thresholds and reference standards for two of the indicators addressing the descriptors of Sea-floor Integrity under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD): species diversity and richness and the ratio of sensitive species to tolerant species. The dataset was categorised according to the baseline ecological status assessment of the respective water bodies under the Water Framework Directive (WFD). Species diversity and richness were characterised using the Shannon diversity and species richness indices, respectively, and were analysed for three pre-defined substrate types, three depth zones and three sample-size categories, and the significant categories were statistically validated. Good Environmental Status (GEnS) threshold and reference values were established for the valid combinations of categories denoted as ‘ecotypes’ through the use of a boxplot and an analysis of variance. The limitations and specifications for an overall GEnS assessment using the above indices are highlighted based on the WFD experience. For the ratio of sensitive species to tolerant species, the BENTIX index classification scale is proposed for GEnS assessment, and an integrated approach to the assessment of diversity and species richness is suggested. Finally, the regionality of the tested indices in relation to the two Mediterranean sub-regions, including the Hellenic area, was tested.

Evaluating the progress in achieving Good Environmental Status in the Mediterranean: A methodology to assess the effectiveness of Marine Strategy Framework Directive's Programmes of Measures

Marine Policy ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 136 ◽  
pp. 104889
Author(s):  
Sašo Gorjanc ◽  
Katja Klančnik ◽  
Nadia K. Papadopoulou ◽  
Arantza Murillas-Maza ◽  
Klara Jarni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Status ◽  
Good Environmental Status ◽  
The Mediterranean

Changing the Base: Legal Implications of Scientific Criteria and Methodological Standards on what Constitutes Good Marine Environmental Status

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Till Markus
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Marine Waters ◽  
Marine Strategy Framework Directive ◽  
Member States ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Legal Implications ◽  
Environmental Status ◽  
Good Environmental Status ◽  
Marine Environmental ◽  
The Eu

AbstractThe Decision on Criteria and Methodological Standards on Good Environmental Status of Marine Waters provides the conceptual framework for the assessment and valuation of the marine waters of EU Member States. In particular, it provides concepts for defining what constitutes good marine environmental status – a status which Member States are obligated to achieve by the year 2020 under the 2008 Marine Strategy Framework Directive. This article aims to elucidate the epistemic and normative dimensions of scientific criteria and methodological standards, as well as their importance in the legal treatment of the marine environment of the EU. The article also assesses how and to what extent the transnational process leading up to the Decision was structured, surveying existing ideas and perspectives as to what exactly constitutes good environmental status, and examining whether the structure of the Decision ensures that those affected by it would want to accept it.

scholarly journals Steps toward a shared governance response for achieving Good Environmental Status in the Mediterranean Sea

2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergio Cinnirella ◽  
Rafael Sardà ◽  
Juan Luis Suárez de Vivero ◽  
Ruth Brennan ◽  
Alberto Barausse ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Shared Governance ◽  
Environmental Status ◽  
Good Environmental Status ◽  
The Mediterranean

scholarly journals Who’s Next? Non-Indigenous Cnidarian and Ctenophoran Species Approaching to the Italian Waters

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 1062
Author(s):  
Cinzia Gravili ◽  
Sergio Rossi
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Marine Ecosystem ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Indigenous Species ◽  
Invasive Potential ◽  
Environmental Status ◽  
Good Environmental Status ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Non Indigenous Species ◽  
Conservation And Management

The aims of the present paper were to review the knowledge about the Mediterranean non-indigenous species of the taxa Cnidaria and Ctenophora (CC NIS), to screen the risk of 98 species for their potential invasiveness in the Mediterranean Sea and their approach to the Italian waters. Of these, 38% are well established in the basin, 4% are known for their invasiveness, 44% are casual, 11% have a taxonomic status unresolved, and 3% are included in the category ”cryptogenic”. The biodiversity CC NIS of the Mediterranean Sea has changed considerably in the last two decades and 27 out of 98 Mediterranean CC NIS are present in the Italian waters. Fifteen CC NIS, some equipped with high invasive potential, should be regarded as good candidates to become future immigrants of the Italian waters. Anticipatory NIS forecast based on biogeographical and ecological analyses may provide a useful tool for targeted management of the CC NIS issue and for the assessment of the second descriptor of Good Environmental Status. On the other hand, conservation and management of marine ecosystem should be based on the conservation of the essential environmental conditions for the functioning of these ecosystems instead of the contamination or eradication of alien species.

scholarly journals Science for MPA Management: Understanding the UN/EU Ecosystem Approach and the Role of MPAs

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Kersting ◽  
C. Webster
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Marine Protected Areas ◽  
Ecosystem Approach ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Marine Strategy Framework Directive ◽  
Ecap Process ◽  
Environmental Status ◽  
Good Environmental Status ◽  
Barcelona Convention

The objective of this issue of «Science for MPA Management» is to explore the process of the ecosystem approach adopted in 2008 by the Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention and the Marine Strategy Framework Directive of the European Union. In this context, Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are identified as a key element in the implementation of monitoring that aims to report on the progress made towards the achievement of the Good Environmental Status of the Mediterranean. Their role must nevertheless be strengthened, with in particular a potential support from the MedPAN network to coordinate monitoring in MPAs on different components related to the EcAP process on a Mediterranean scale.

scholarly journals The role of EMODnet Chemistry in the European challenge for Good Environmental Status

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matteo Vinci ◽  
Alessandra Giorgetti ◽  
Marina Lipizer
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Data ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Marine Strategy Framework Directive ◽  
Distributed Approach ◽  
Environmental Status ◽  
Legislative Framework ◽  
Good Environmental Status ◽  
Data Collections ◽  
Marine Environmental

Abstract. the European Union set the ambitious objective to reach within 2020 the goal of Good Environmental Status. The Marine Strategy Framework Directive (2008) represents the legislative framework that drives Member States efforts to reach it. The Integrated Maritime Policy supported the need to provide a European knowledge base able to drive sustainable development by launching in 2009 a new European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet). Through a stepwise approach, EMODnet Chemistry aims to provide high quality marine environmental data and related products at the scale of regions and sub-regions defined by the Marine Strategy Framework Directive. The Chemistry Lot takes advantage and further develops the SeaDataNet pan-European infrastructure and the distributed approach, linking together a network of more than 100 National Oceanographic Data Centres providing data from more than 500 data originators. The close interaction with EEA, RSCs, ICES and EMODnet-MSFD coordination group allows to assess the most proper set of information necessary for the MSFD process. EMODnet Chemistry provides aggregated and validated regional data collections for nutrients, dissolved gasses, chlorophyll and contaminants, properly visualised with OGC WMS and WPS viewing services. Concentration maps with 10-year moving window from 1960 to 2014, by season and for selected vertical layers are computed and made available.

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