1. EEA Marine Messages and Marine Assessment
Monika Peterlin (partner in ETC/ICM)
European Environment Agency (EEA)
MSCG, Brussels
February 11, 2014

2. Marine Messages
EEA has produced a publication called Marine Messages. It provides a synthesis of the challenges facing the achivement of healthy European Seas
It provides 10 key messages on marine topics such as MSFD and the ecosystem-based approach, climate change, healthy, clean and productive seas.
It is produced for the HOPE Conference and will be released on the 20th February 2014
Marine Messages is a interim milestone for a EEA report on the European marine environment due in November 2014

3. EEA Marine Assessment
EEA will produce an assessment on the state of European marine environment to be published in November 2014
The assessment will provide a synthesis on the policy-science interface of the European marine and maritime domains
The report will be supported by
facts and findings from the electronically reported Initial Assessments;
case studies from the national reports produced by Member States (EEA might ask permisson from Member States to use specific reported material);
EEA indicators;
RSC assessments, ICES advice and scientific litterature.

4. EEA Marine Assessment
The assessment was originally intended to include a strong MSFD baseline component on the state of European Seas.
Lack of coherence across the reported information has made this difficult.
The report is expected to be circulated for an EIONET consultation in June 2014.