1. Alignment and Integration to MSFD
EMODnet Biology II ( )
Alignment and Integration to MSFD
(11 SEPTEMBER 2013)
Neil Holdsworth, ICES

2. In Conclusion...
EMODnet bio clearly can play a key role in MSFD provisions
Engagement with Regional Sea Conventions, and other actors is needed
Plenty of work, don’t need to duplicate

3. BACKGROUND: Who’s pulling the strings...
DG-MARE (Maritime Affairs)
Blue growth
Blue technology
Shipping
Wind/Wave energy
Fisheries and Aquaculture
DG-ENV (Environment) & EEA
Effect of pressures from exploitation
Impacts on environment of human activity
Intrinsic value of environment

4. BACKGROUND: and the tools they have...
DG-MARE (Maritime Affairs)
Data Collection Framework (DCF) and DC-MAP
Marine Knowledge 2020
EMODNET
DG-ENV (Environment) & EEA
Water and Marine Framework Directive (WFD/MSFD)
Habitats, Bathing water etc. Directives
INSPIRE (Public body spatial data)
WISE and WISE-Marine

5. WG-DIKE (tech sub-group)
TIMELINE: Some important events
Marine knowledge 2020
MODEG est.
EMODnet phase I
EMODnet phase II
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2018
GES, ESA and WG-DIKE
WG-DIKE (tech sub-group)
MSFD
INSPIRE

6. 1) Role of Regional Sea Commissions (RSC’s)
Commission has clarified since the drafting of EMODnet II tenders
Expectation to use/adapt existing data products/indicators
2) MSFD CIS*
A series of papers developed and agreed through Commission working groups
Have implicit member state acceptance through marine directors
Provide guidance but not specifics on the ‘how to’

7. MSFD DATA FLOWS: COHERENCY
MS to achieve coherence and consistency within and between MSFD regions/sub-regions
Regional coordination not so evident from reporting
Need for support from Regional Sea Conventions
Streamline data/information management

8. Indicators and data products Data and observations
Monitoring programme reporting
Art 19.3
WISE-marine
Art 11
WISE-Marine

9. Possible structure for Programmes
Programme: eutrophication
Benthos
Plankton
Oxygen
Nutrients
Input loads
Area-based study
Environment:
state/impact
Measures: pressure reduction
Environment:investigative
Environment: pressure
Accommodate:
Areas of higher intensity (= WFD operational)
Areas of lower intensity (= WFD surveillance)

10. Possible structure for D1, 3, 4, 6
State/ impact:
Birds
Mammals, reptiles
Fish, cephalopods
Pelagic (plankton)
Benthic community
Physical:
Bathy/ substrate
Chemistry
N, P, O2
Oceanography
T, S, currents
D3 Commercial fisheries
D1 Biodiversity (mobile species groups)
D6 Seafloor integrity
D1 Biodiversity (seabed habitats)
D4 Food webs
D1 Biodiversity (water column habitats)
Pressure
Physical loss/damage
Hydrological changes
Extraction of spp.
Activities
Coastal
Fisheries
Sand & gravel
Oil & gas
Renewable energy
Measures (existing only for 2014)
Area-based measures
MPA effectiveness
EIAs
Examples:
Assessments

11. Data assembly standards
WG-DIKE and WISE-Marine
Strategy for activities under Art 19.3
DIKE-7/2013/05
Data assembly standards
Data access
Data discovery

12. (sources of observations)
WG-DIKE technical meeting (July 04)
WISE-Marine data flows mapping proposal template
Assessment
WG-GES
Indicators
WG-DIKE
Data assembly
Data Collection
(sources of observations)

13. MSFD DATA FLOWS: SCHEMAS
Structural and Process Elements
Data Collection
Data Assembly
Indicator provision
Assessment
EU Process
governance
Methodology
Operational
basis
Operators

14. MSFD DATA FLOWS: SCHEMAS
Structural and Process Elements
2015
2016
2014
Data Collection
Data Assembly
Indicator provision
Assessment
EU Process
governance
Methodology
Operational
basis
Operators

15. EU process Governance Operational basis Potential Operators
STRUCTURAL
PROCESS COMPONENT
Data Collection
Data Assembly
Indicator (in reference to COM decision and on-going RSC indicator activities)
Assessment
EU process Governance
MSFD CIS/WG-DIKE (ultimately MS Marine Directors)
Data from Member state monitoring programme(s) (art 19.3 and art 11)that provide linkage and reference to MSFD monitoring provision
MSFD CIS/WG-GES (ultimately MS Marine Directors) Common understanding approach
MSFD indicators derived or adapted from Regional sea and Member state indicators that provide basis for common implementation
MS art 8 assessments,
Regional assessments,
EEA MSFD baseline assessment
Methodology
Regional sea and member state monitoring guidelines manuals related to specific parameter(s)
Specific guidelines/Manuals on indicator production methodology, including reference to MSFD marine unit and assembly method of data
Assessment methodology as agreed in MSFD or regional context
Operational basis
Linked to monitoring guidelines and indicator methodology
Member State data provision mechanism(s)
Availability
Access rights
Temporal coverage
Observation frequency
Usage rights
Update frequency
Format/Outputs
Metadata
Spatial unit(s)
Specifications for assembled data (input and output)
Location/Availability
Operational portal/web service
MSFD Spatial unit: INSPIRE area mapping
QC applied
Mechanisms to publish indicators:
New/Existing provision
Supporting metadata
Frequency of provision
Spatial unit (related to MSFD units)
Context of use (consistency with MSFD scope)
Definition of assessment product :
Appropriateness for MSFD output
Adaptations needed
Assessment scale
Temporal scale
Potential Operators MS
MS, RSC, ICES, Emodnet, Copernicus, EEA, others
MS, RSC, EEA , others

16. MSFD Data flows EMODnet Chemistry example: As proxy national data node
As regional product assembly
EMODnet Biology may also consider these approaches

17. MSFD Data flows: next steps
DIKE technical workshops on descriptors
DIKE October 2013 to agree to approach (and marine directors)
Elaborate on each descriptor business process, per region
Start in January 2014 with D5 and D8 (Eutrophication and Contaminants)
Up to 3 more workshops to be arranged in 2014 around other descriptors

18. In Conclusion...
EMODnet bio clearly can play a key role in MSFD provisions
Engagement with Regional Sea Conventions, and other actors is needed
Plenty of work, don’t need to duplicate