Academic literature on the topic 'Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD - 2008/56/CE)'

Abstract Galgani, F., Hanke, G., Werner, S., and De Vrees, L. 2013. Marine litter within the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 70: 1055–1064. There have been numerous anthropogenic-driven changes to our planet in the last half-century. One of the most evident changes is the ubiquity and abundance of litter in the marine environment. The EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD, 2008/56/EC) establishes a framework within which EU Member States shall take action to achieve or maintain good environmental status (GES) of their marine waters by 2020. GES is based on 11 qualitative descriptors as listed in Annex I of the MSFD. Descriptor 10 (D 10) concerns marine litter. As a follow-up to the related Commission Decision on criteria and methodological standards (2010/477/EU) in which 56 indicators for the achievement of GES are proposed, the EC Directorate-General for the Environment, on the request of the European Marine Directors, established a Technical Subgroup on Marine Litter (TSG ML) under the Working Group on GES. The role of TSG ML is to support Member States through providing scientific and technical background for the implementation of MSFD requirements with regard to D 10. Started in 2011, TSG ML provides technical recommendations for the implementation of the MSFD requirements for marine litter. It summarizes the available information on monitoring approaches and considers how GES and environmental targets could be defined with the aim of preventing further inputs of litter to, and reducing its total amount in, the marine environment. It also identifies research needs, priorities and strategies in support of the implementation of D 10. The work of TSG ML also focuses on the specification of monitoring methods through the development of monitoring protocols for litter in the different marine compartments, and for microplastics and litter in biota. Further consideration is being given to monitoring strategies in general and associated costs. Other priorities include the identification of sources of marine litter and a better understanding of the harm caused by marine litter.

Topicality. Over the past decade, there have been signs of improvement of the Black Sea. However, its unique water areas and coastline are still under serious threat. The Black Sea is unprotected from significant anthropogenic pressures, and has a low adaptive potential. If as the region's economy grows, these pressures will intensify, the problem will become more serious.The implementation of the Directive 2008/56/EC establishing a framework for Community action in the field of environmental policy on the marine environment (Marine Strategy Framework Directive) are important for Ukraine. The use of the marine environment, taking into account the ecosystem approach and the principle of integrated management improves the environment, biodiversity, development of industries marine complex, especially commercial fish and shellfish, recreation and tourism.Aim and tasks. The aim of the article is to discuss the challenge to institutional development for funding of implementation of EC Marine strategy framework directive.Research results. Directive 2008/56/EC aims to achieve good environmental status of marine waters and to protect the marine resources that affect the economic and social activities. The main stages of the implementation of Directive 2008/56/EC include: 1) adoption of national legislation and designation the authority or authorities competent for the implementation of this Directive; 2) initial assessment of the current environmental status of marine waters; determine good environmental status for marine waters and establishment environmental targets and associated indicators; establishment of monitoring program for the development of ongoing assessment and regular updating purposes; 3) development programme of measures to achieve good environmental status.Focus is on methodological questions related to a common understanding of the technical and scientific implications of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive. In particular, one of the objectives of the strategy is the development of non-legally binding and practical documents, such as co-financing of MSFD measures.Conclusions. The cooperation towards the setting up of the Common Maritime Agenda is a bottom-up process between the participating countries, with the involvement of the relevant stakeholders. Participation in the activities which will be undertaken under this cooperation remains voluntary, depending on the needs to be addressed and as appropriate.

The present work constitutes an assessment of the first implementation cycle of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive 2008/56/EC in Greece by focusing on biodiversity and contaminants, i.e., Descriptors 1 (biodiversity), 4 (food webs), 6 (seafloor integrity), 8 (contaminants), and 9 (contaminants in seafood), and by following the directive’s requirements regarding Articles 8—Initial Assessment, 9—Definition of Good Environmental Status, 10—Establishment of Environmental Targets, 11—Monitoring Programmes, and 13—Programmes of Measures. In this study, the analysis that was conducted investigated the integration of the Com Dec 2010/477/EU criteria and the indicators that have been applied for each descriptor and the approaches and standards that have been used in order to determine the adequacy of the directive’s implementation towards the achievement of GES, the consistency of Articles 8, 9, 10, 11, and 13, and the integration of existing EU legislation and regional/ international agreements or policies as well as the level of coherence among EU Mediterranean MSs. Overall, Greece addressed the requirements of Articles 8, 9, and 10 rather inadequately for D1, D4, D6 and partially adequately for D8, D9, integrating existing legislation to a certain extent. The implementation of Article 11 was satisfactory for all of the descriptors regarding monitoring the needs and the progress towards GES, whereas the measures that were established under Article 13 need to be improved in the forthcoming update.

In this work we study the response of phytoplankton and potentially harmful species to river inflows in a coastal area of eastern Mediterranean, within the context of environmental status assessment suggested by the European Commission’s Water Framework Directive (WFD, 2000/60/EC) and Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD, 2008/56/EC). The spatio-temporal distribution of phytoplankton communities and biomass (as chlorophyll a), potentially harmful species, nutrient levels, dissolved oxygen, salinity and temperature were studied. A marginal good to moderate physicochemical status was assigned in the delta of Spercheios river that outflows in Maliakos Gulf. Silicates and nitrates were indicated as proxies of freshwater influence in Maliakos Gulf, whereas ammonium, nitrites and phosphates as proxies of pollutants from non-point sources. Phytoplankton biomass and abundances reached high levels throughout Maliakos Gulf inter-seasonally. High silicates favored the dominance of Diatoms. The potentially harmful species were blooming frequently, with higher levels in the estuary, and they were associated with low salinity, showing the riverine influence on them. Pseudo-nitzschia was the most frequent potentially harmful genus with an interesting strong linkage with low silicates and nitrates. Maliakos Gulf demonstrated an overall mesotrophic condition and failed to achieve good ecological status.

Abstract Background The Baltic Sea ecosystems supply many benefits to society, termed ecosystem services. These depend upon a healthy marine environment requiring marine and relevant land-based policies integrated with public health policies. Until recently marine environment protection policies have largely focussed on human impacts on the environment and have not taken into account impacts of ecosystems on human health beyond the direct impacts of hazardous substances, such as those present in seafood. Whilst endeavours have been made to integrate human health and well-being into marine policies, interviews with key stakeholders through a participatory process revealed that the linkages were not sufficiently strong to inform policymaking. The existing evidence base urgently needs to be identified and synthesised to support relevant policy updates of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) 2008/56/EC and the Baltic Sea Action Plan (BSAP) (2007) as well as to help direct future research priorities. Method The protocol is based on the primary question, “What linkages have been researched between Baltic Sea ecosystems and the positive and negative impacts to human health and well-being?” Using systematic mapping, this study will identify and map the state and the geographical distribution of the existing research evidence linking human health and well-being with the Baltic Sea ecosystems. The types of ecosystem services supplied by the Baltic Sea and the associated health and well-being impacts will be categorised and presented in a graphical matrix, illustrating ecosystem service type and the types of health and well-being outcomes. The systematic mapping procedure will result in a narrative report published with a searchable database, which will contain a descriptive summary of the information from all of the eligible studies. The systematic map and database will be displayed on the website of the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE).

2012/2013
Sotto la superficie del mare il suono svolge un ruolo fondamentale nella vita di molti organismi marini, in quanto fornisce una visuale in tre dimensioni dello spazio circostante il singolo individuo, che si estende spesso ben oltre quello fornito dagli altri sensi. L’introduzione da parte dell’uomo di diverse tipologie di rumori in questo ambiente, quindi, desta sempre maggiori preoccupazioni, poiché qualsiasi cosa alteri la capacità di individuare e analizzare il panorama acustico circostante può interferire negativamente con la comunicazione, il comportamento, la fitness e, in termini generali, con la sopravvivenza delle specie. La posizione strategica occupata dal golfo di Trieste, un bacino di acque relativamente poco profonde situato nel Nord Adriatico, unitamente alle caratteristiche geomorfologiche delle sue coste, fanno sì che qui possano svilupparsi molteplici attività che dipendono fortemente dal mare, come quella mercantile, alieutica e diportistica. Considerata la facilità di propagazione dell’onda sonora nell’acqua e tenendo conto che il rumore non conosce “barriere” giurisdizionali, le specie che vivono in esso saranno inevitabilmente sottoposte a pressioni di diversa portata, sia di tipo diffuso che puntuale. Nonostante la Comunità Europea, grazie alla Direttiva 2008/56/CE (Direttiva Quadro per l’ambiente marino, Marine Strategy Framework Directive, MSFD)cerchi di fornire gli strumenti per far fronte a questa preoccupante problematica che insiste sulle risorse marine, si sa ancora molto poco sulla distribuzione spaziale e temporale del rumore antropico subacqueo, sia nel golfo di Trieste che in Italia. Il presente lavoro di ricerca, svolto in collaborazione con l’Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione dell’Ambiente del Friuli Venezia Giulia (ARPA FVG),si è posto il fine di colmare le lacune conoscitive in tale ambito ed ha voluto dare 1) un quadro dettagliato della distribuzione annuale del rumore antropico subacqueo in tutto il golfo di Trieste, 2) individuare, grazie ad esso, in termini spazio-temporali, eventuali aree di “sofferenza acustica” per la fauna marina normalmente presente nell’area e, infine, 3) valutare, tramite l’utilizzo di un modello di propagazione del rumore, le modalità sito-specifiche di propagazione del rumore, simulando scenari a diverse frequenze e in diverse stagioni dell’anno. A tal fine il rumore ambientale subacqueo è stato registrato mensilmente da gennaio a dicembre 2012 in 12 stazioni collocate in posizioni strategiche nel golfo di Trieste, valutando contemporaneamente anche il numero di navi, imbarcazioni e natanti presenti al momento della registrazione. La perdita in trasmissione del suono e stata calcolata utilizzando la Parabolic Equation, risolta col modello di propagazione acustica Miami Monterey Parabolic Equation(MMPE). I risultati evidenziano un’assenza di variabilità tra il clima acustico estivo e quello invernale, con un’intensità media è pari a 125 dB re 1 µPa e con picchi di massima intensità in prossimità del porto di Trieste e della zona al largo di Lignano; le intensità medie delle bande di 1/3 di ottava centrate sui 63 e 125 Hz, invece, sono sempre inferiori ai 100 dB re 1 µPa. A livello spaziale la zona caratterizzata dai va-lori di minore intensità è posizionata nella parte occidentale del golfo. La frequentazione antropica è in gran parte a carico del naviglio mercantile e dei natanti da diporto di piccole dimensioni. Esaminando l’andamento nella stagione estiva e in quella invernale, non è possibile rilevare differenze significative nelle diverse tipologie considerate, fatto che sembra giustificare l’assenza di variazione stagionale del clima acustico. A livello spaziale, nelle tre zone considerate, sia annualmente che d’inverno, si notano differenze significative solo nel numero delle imbarcazioni da pesca. In generale, le grandi navi sono quelle che danno il maggior apporto al rumore ambientale locale. I Gadidae, Clupeiformes e Sciaenidae, nelle zone orientali e centrali del golfo di Trieste, sono gli organismi sottoposti al maggior superamento, da parte del rumore di fondo, della rispettiva soglia acustica. Le differenze maggiori si riscontrano per lo più tra i 200 ed i 300 Hz circa, dove si colloca la maggior sensibilità uditiva di molte specie. Proprio in questo range di frequenze il modello MMPE indica la minima perdita in propagazione dell’onda sonora, che può raggiungere anche i 20 km di distanza dalla sorgente. Il modello ha permesso di evidenziare, quindi, che nelle vicinanze di forti sorgenti di rumore potrebbero aver luogo reazioni di tipo comportamentale e, che, per avere quadro più esaustivo, sarebbe consigliato monitorare altre frequenze oltre alle 63 e 125 Hz attualmente proposte. I risultati di questa ricerca, prima in Adriatico su scala spazio-temporale così ampia, hanno fornito una dettagliata analisi delle pressioni, dei potenziali impatti predominanti nell’area e delle condizioni di clima acustico in cui versa il golfo di Trieste. Per rispondere alle richieste della MSFD, i valori di intensità rilevati non possono escludere che siano a livelli tali da non avere effetti negativi sull’ambiente marino: possono verificarsi, infatti, effetti di tipo fisiologico-stressorio a livello del singolo organismo, e di interferenza nella comunicazione nelle specie che utilizzano il suono come strumento di trasferimento di informazione intra e interspecifico. Si ritiene che i valori di riferimento proposti in questo lavoro, in un’ottica precauzionale, siano un valido contributo iniziale per la determinazione dello stato ecologico dell’area. L’attuale prosecuzione dell’attività di monitoraggio del rumore sottomarino condotta da ARPA FVG, da affiancare in futuro a sistemi di acquisizione in continuo ed all’analisi di altre componenti del fenomeno acustico, quali il movimento delle particelle, permetterà sicuramente di ampliare, unitamente ad un confronto con le realtà transfrontaliere, le conoscenze sul rumore antropico. Ciò permetterà di regolamentare, anche da un punto di vista giuridico, l’introduzione del suono sotto la superficie del mare e di raggiungere gli obiettivi della MSFD previsti entro il 2020.
Under the sea surface sound plays a vital role for many marine organisms, as it provides a visual three-dimensional space surrounding the individual, which is often extends beyond that provided by other senses. Introduction by humans of different types of noise in this environment, therefore, affects the ability to identify and analyze the landscape surrounding noise may cause harmful interference with communication, behavior, fitness and, in general terms, with the species’ survival. The strategic position of Trieste Gulf, a shallow water coastal zone located inthe Northern Adriatic Sea, together with the geomorphological characteristics of its coasts, can develop a variety of activities that are highly dependent on the sea, like the merchant , fishing and pleasure boating. Given the ease of propagation of the sound wave in the water and taking into account that the noise does not know jurisdictionalbarriers, the species that live in it will inevitably be subjected to pressures of different scales ,both of which diffuse on time. Despite the European Union, thanks to 2008/56/EC Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD ) seeks to provide the tools to cope with this troubling issue that insists on marine resources , is not yet known very little about the spatial and temporal distribution of anthropogenic underwater noise , both in the Gulf of Trieste in Italy. This research work was performed in collaboration with the Regional Agency for Environmental Protection of Friuli Venezia Giulia (ARPA FVG), place the order to fill gaps in knowledge in this area and wanted to give 1 ) a framework detailed annual distribution of background underwater noise in the Gulf of Trieste , 2 ) to identify, thanks to it, in terms of space and time, any areas of suffering acoustic for marine life normally present in the area and, finally,3 ) to assess, through the use of a model of noise propagation, the site-specific mode of propagation of noise, simulating scenarios at different frequencies and in different seasons of the year. Underwater ambient noise was recorded monthly from January to December 2012 at 12 stations placed at strategic locations in the Gulf of Trieste; at the same time total amount of ships, boats and vessels present at the time of registration were counted. Transmission loss was calculated using the Parabolic Equation, solved with the model of acoustic propagation Monterey Miami Parabolic Equation (MMPE). Results show an absence of the noise climate variability between summer and winter, with an average intensity level equals to 125 dB re 1 Pa and a maximum in the vicinity of the port of Trieste and the area off the coast of Lignano; the average intensities of the bands in 1/3 octave band centered on 63 and 125 Hz, however, are always less than 100 dB re 1 Pa. A spatially area characterized by the values of lower intensity is located in the western part of the Gulf. The attendance is largely anthropogenic load of merchant ships and small recreational boat. Looking at the summer and winter trend, it is not possible to detect significant differences in the various types considered, which seems to justify the absence of seasonal variation of the noise climate. In terms of space, in the three areas considered, both annual and winter, significant differences are noted only in the number of fishing vessels. In general, large ships are the ones that make the greatest contribution to local environmental noise. The Gadidae, Clupeiformes and Sciaenidae, in the eastern and central parts of the Gulf of Trieste, are the organisms subjected to the most overrun by the background noise of the respective acoustic threshold. The largest differences are found mostly between about 200 and 300 Hz, where does the greater auditory sensitivity of many species. In this frequency range MMPE model indicates minimal loss in sound propagation, which can reach up to 20 km away from the source. The model has allowed to show, therefore, that in the vicinity of strong noise sources could take place, and behavioral reactions, which, in order to have more complete picture, it would be advisable to monitor other frequencies in addition to the 63 and 125 Hz currently proposed. The results of this research, first in the Adriatic Sea onspatio-temporal scale so large, they have provided a detailed analysis of the pressures, the potential impacts of the conditions prevailing in the area and of the acoustic climate prevailing in the Gulf of Trieste. To meet the requirements of the MSFD, the intensity values measured cannot rule out that they are at levels that do not have adverse effects on the marine environment can occur, in fact, the effects of physiological stressorio - level of the individual organism, and interference in communication in species that use sound as a tool for intra-and interspecies transfer of information. It is believed that the reference values proposed in this work, from a precautionary measure, are a valuable contribution to the initial determination of the ecological status of the area. The current continuation of the monitoring of the underwater noise conducted by ARPA FVG, alongside in future systems of continuous acquisition and analysis of other components of the acoustic phenomenon, such as the movement of particles, will certainly broaden , together with a comparison with the realities of cross border knowledge about man-made noise. This will allow you to regulate, even from a legal point of view, the introduction of sound in the sea surface and to achieve the objectives of the MSFD expected by 2020.
XXVI Ciclo
1978