Division Specifications and standardised methods for monitoring and assessment relating to theme ‘Species groups of marine birds, mammals, reptiles, fish and cephalopods’

1. 1..

   For D1C1, data shall be provided per species per fishing metier for each ICES area or GFCM Geographical Sub-Area or FAO fishing areas for the Macaronesian biogeographic region, to enable its aggregation to the relevant scale for the species concerned, and to identify the particular fisheries and fishing gear most contributing to incidental catches for each species.

2. 2..

   ‘Coastal’ shall be understood on the basis of physical, hydrological and ecological parameters and is not limited to coastal water as defined in Article 2(7) of Directive 2000/60/EC.

3. 3..

   Species may be assessed at population level, where appropriate.

4. 4..

   Wherever possible, the assessments under F1any enactment giving effect to Directive 92/43/EEC, Directive 2009/147/EC and Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 shall be used for the purposes of this Decision:

   1. (a)

      for birds, criteria D1C2 and D1C4 equate to the ‘population size’ and ‘breeding distribution map and range size’ criteria of F2any enactment giving effect to Directive 2009/147/EC;

   2. (b)

      for mammals, reptiles and non-commercial fish, the criteria are equivalent to those used under any enactment giving effect to Directive 92/43/EEC as follows: D1C2 and D1C3 equate to ‘population’, D1C4 equates to ‘range’ and D1C5 equates to ‘habitat for the species’;

   3. (c)

      for commercially-exploited fish and cephalopods, assessments under Descriptor 3 shall be used for Descriptor 1 purposes, using criterion D3C2 for D1C2 and criterion D3C3 for D1C3.

5. 5..

   Assessments of the adverse effects from pressures under criteria D1C1, D2C3, D3C1, D8C2, D8C4 and D10C4, as well as the assessments of pressures under criteria D9C1, D10C3, D11C1 and D11C2, shall be taken into account in the assessments of species under Descriptor 1.

Units of measurement for the criteria:

• D1C2: abundance (number of individuals or biomass in tonnes (t)) per species.