1. D 6 Sea floor integrity Process: two open workshops WGGES consultation
external peer review
ICES advice

2. D 6 Recommendations
Adapt two existing criteria to “damage to sea floor” and “structural and functional condition of benthic community”.
Consider links to D1, H&BD

3. D 6 Outstanding Issues, Resolution, Potential Time Frame
Indicator development
D 6 Outstanding Issues, Resolution, Potential Time Frame
1. No operational indicators
Regional approaches to methodological standards underway, ICES & RSCs working in partnership
2016
RSC and ICES already working in partnership.
Support required for the proposed workshops and process to supplement member state initiatives.

4. D 6 Outstanding Issues, Resolution, Potential Time Frame
GES boundaries
D 6 Outstanding Issues, Resolution, Potential Time Frame
2. No agreement on GES boundaries & assessment methods.
Agreed regional and cross regional approaches to GES assessment
2017
RSC work on methods for GES assessment.
Support required to supplement member state initiatives.

5. D 6 Outstanding Issues, Resolution, Potential Time Frame
Habitat lists
D 6 Outstanding Issues, Resolution, Potential Time Frame
3. No agreed list of habitats, scales of assessment.
Project tasked to work with RSC to create list
2016
Suggest support for RSC to develop list and resolve issues of scale.

6. D 6 Outstanding Issues, Resolution, Potential Time Frame
Recoverability
D 6 Outstanding Issues, Resolution, Potential Time Frame
4. Limited understanding of relationship to different types of pressure; time scales and spatial scales of recovery.
Project tasked with synthesising best practice and state of the art
2017
Support required for project to synthesise work and build on FP7 BENTHIS work in the MSFD context.

7. Indicator development GES boundaries Habitat lists Recoverability
D 6 Outstanding Issues, Resolution, Potential Time Frame
Summary
Indicator development
GES boundaries
Habitat lists
Recoverability