Massive Survey of MSFD-Relevant Projects Underway
30 April 2013
Austria
Under the MSFD, EU Member States are expected to assess the overall status of their respective marine environments and to put in place the necessary measures to achieve Good Environmental Status (GES) by 2020.
From January 2013 to date, STAGES has undertaken a significant survey and analysis of MSFD-relevant projects at EU and Member State level. The knowledge outputs collected will be made available in a user-friendly format through the EurOcean Knowledge Gate and will be used to develop state-of-the-art reports on each of the five Thematic Groups relating to the 11 GES descriptors [further information about GES and its descriptors can be found in the Notes for Editors section]:
• Biodiversity Group - Biodiversity, Non-indigenous species, Elements of marine food webs and sea floor integrity (Descriptors 1, 2, 4, and 6 respectively)
• Contaminants & Nutrients Group - Eutrophication, Contaminants and Contaminants in fish and other seafood (Descriptors 5, 8 and 9)
• Disturbances Group - Marine litter and Underwater energy, including noise (Descriptors 10 and 11)
• Commercially Exploited fish Group - Population of commercial fish/shellfish (Descriptor 3)
• Hydrographical Conditions Group - Alteration of hydrographical conditions (Descriptor 7)
So far, the European knowledge collection survey has identified and contacted 1,500 projects (dating from 2005 until the present day) from 13 funding programmes. These projects' relevance to the MSFD is being currently assessed.
To date, the survey of Member State projects has identified more than 2,000 projects that have marine relevance.
If you are a coordinator of an EU or Member State project of relevance to the MSFD and have not yet been contacted about the STAGES project, please contact EurOcean as soon as possible:
Maica Garriga, Science Officer, EurOcean, E: Maica.Garriga@fct.mctes.pt T: +351 21 392 4495
From January 2013 to date, STAGES has undertaken a significant survey and analysis of MSFD-relevant projects at EU and Member State level. The knowledge outputs collected will be made available in a user-friendly format through the EurOcean Knowledge Gate and will be used to develop state-of-the-art reports on each of the five Thematic Groups relating to the 11 GES descriptors [further information about GES and its descriptors can be found in the Notes for Editors section]:
• Biodiversity Group - Biodiversity, Non-indigenous species, Elements of marine food webs and sea floor integrity (Descriptors 1, 2, 4, and 6 respectively)
• Contaminants & Nutrients Group - Eutrophication, Contaminants and Contaminants in fish and other seafood (Descriptors 5, 8 and 9)
• Disturbances Group - Marine litter and Underwater energy, including noise (Descriptors 10 and 11)
• Commercially Exploited fish Group - Population of commercial fish/shellfish (Descriptor 3)
• Hydrographical Conditions Group - Alteration of hydrographical conditions (Descriptor 7)
So far, the European knowledge collection survey has identified and contacted 1,500 projects (dating from 2005 until the present day) from 13 funding programmes. These projects' relevance to the MSFD is being currently assessed.
To date, the survey of Member State projects has identified more than 2,000 projects that have marine relevance.
If you are a coordinator of an EU or Member State project of relevance to the MSFD and have not yet been contacted about the STAGES project, please contact EurOcean as soon as possible:
Maica Garriga, Science Officer, EurOcean, E: Maica.Garriga@fct.mctes.pt T: +351 21 392 4495