1. MSFD reporting in 2018 on updates for Art. 8, 9 & 10
Worked examples and focused outputs
GES
Working Group on
Good Environmental Status
22 March 2018, Brussels
David Connor
DG Environment C.2

2. Reporting is the final essential step in the process
Resources needed at each stage (Art. 8 example):
Art 8 schema
Indicator-based assessments
Process data into assessment 'products' (Art 19.3)
Collect monitoring data (Art 11)

3. Worked examples - Art 8(1a, b)
Demonstrate use of schema per Descriptor
Examples for all criteria
Scenarios for available assessments or no assessments
Scenarios for regional and national assessments
Highlight fields not needed per Descriptor (grey)
Highlight fields needed for focused outputs (yellow)

4. Contributes to criteria X
Schema class
Key to slides
Marine Unit
MarineReportingUnit
GES component
Overall Status
Feature A
Feature B
Element Status
Element A
Element B
Element C
Criteria Status
Criteria A
Criteria A
Criteria B
Parameter A
Parameter A
Parameter B
Criteria values
Threshold
Values
Trend Indicator
Threshold
Values
Trend Indicator
Threshold
Values
Trend Indicator
Criteria Status
Criteria status
Criteria status
Criteria status
Element A status
Element B status
Contributes to criteria X
Element Status
GESextentAchieved
Overall Status
GESachieved: by YYYY

5. Arrived in 6-year period Arrived in 6-year period
Descriptor 2
MRU: subdivision X
GES component: D2
Feature: New NIS
Feature: Established NIS
Element: Species A
Element: Species B
Element: Species C
Criteria: D2C1
Criteria: D2C1
Criteria: D2C2
Parameter:
Arrived in 6-year period
Parameter:
Arrived in 6-year period
Parameter:
Abundance
Threshold
Values
Trend Indicator
Threshold
Values
Trend Indicator
Threshold
Values
Trend Indicator
Status: Not Good
Status: Not Good
Status: Not Good
Status: Not good
Status: Not good
Contributes to D2C3
GESextentAchieved: 2 new NIS in 6-year period
Not required
GESachieved: by 2020

6. Descriptor 3 MRU: subregion X GES component: D3
Feature: Commercial fish
Element: Species A
Population A
Element: Species B
Population A
Element: Species B
Population B
Criteria: D3C1
Criteria: D3C2
Criteria: D3C3
Parameter:
Fishing mortality
Parameter: Spawning stock biomass
Parameter:
Size
Threshold
Values
Trend Indicator
Threshold
Values
Trend Indicator
Threshold
Values
Trend Indicator
Status: Good
Status: Good
Status: Not assessed
Status: Good
Status: Not good
GESextentAchieved: 43% (X of Y populations in good status)
GESachieved: by 2020

7. Descriptor 5 MRU: coastal waters of RBD X GES component: D5
Feature: Eutrophication
Element: Nutrient A
Element: HAB Species
Element: Oxygen
Criteria: D3C1
Criteria: D5C3
Criteria: D5C3
Parameter:
Conc. in water
Parameter:
No. of HAB events
Parameter:
Duration of HAB events
Threshold
Values
Trend Indicator
Threshold
Values
Trend Indicator
Threshold
Values
Trend Indicator
Status: Not good
Status: Good
Status: Not good
Status: Good
Status: Good
GESextentAchieved: 75% (of MRU is not subject to eutrophication)
GESachieved: after 2020, exception

8. Descriptor 8 ? MRU: territorial waters of RBD X GES component: D8
Feature: UPBTs
Feature: non-UPBTs
Feature: Species
Element: A
Element: B
Element: C
Element: Dog whelk
Criteria: D8C1
Criteria: D8C1
Criteria: D8C1
Criteria: D8C2
Parameter:
Conc. in water
Parameter:
Conc. In biota
Parameter:
Conc. In sediment
Parameter:
Imposex
Threshold
Values
Trend Indicator
Threshold
Values
Trend Indicator
Threshold
Values
Trend Indicator
Status: Not good
Status: Good
Status: Good
Status: Not good
Status: Good
Status: Good ?
GESextentAchieved: 50% (of UPBTs achieve thresholds)
GESextentAchieved: 66% (of non- UPBTs achieve thresholds)
GESachieved: after 2020, exception
GESachieved: by 2020

9. Thresholds & proportions
Assessment area:
MRU or habitat or species population within MRU
Samples achieving threshold value
Samples not achieving TV
Scenario 1: Proportion to achieve set as 90%
Values achieved: report highest and lowest
Result: 92% (22 of 24) achieve TV; parameter achieved

10. Thresholds & proportions
Assessment area:
MRU or habitat or species population within MRU
Samples achieving threshold value
Samples/area not achieving TV
Scenario 2: Proportion to achieve set as 70%
Values achieved: report highest and lowest
Result: 55% of area achieves TV; parameter not achieved

11. Improving reporting process
No info needed: grey cells in spreadsheet
Predefined list of elements: autofill of ElementCode and ElementCodeSource
Copy entry: enter some info. only once and copy record – only change specific fields (values that change)

12. Proposed changes (main points):
Guidance text: clarify
Art 9: allow multiple MRUs
Integration rules: move to OverallStatus class
Threshold/Proportion values achieved: need to clarify what is expressed (6-year average, last year etc)?
Enumeration lists: some updates
ThresholdValue: Upper and Lower
RelatedIndicator: ever more than one per parameter?

13. Focused outputs
Aim to clearly express extent to which GES is being achieved:
Extent of pressures
Extent of impacts
Current status of species groups and broad habitat types
How:
Complete specific fields (Table 1 outputs highlighted in examples spreadsheet)
'Not assessed' as default when not yet known
Use:
Outputs per MRU aggregated to (sub)region
Use in Art. 20, WISE-Marine