Marine Strategy Framework Directive & Aquaculture Kieran Hyder Centre for the Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science DG ENV Workshop, 29 September 2014

MSFD & existing legislation GES MSFD measures Gap Existing legislation Reg Seas Existing Legislation (e.g. WFD) Current management Env. Status Current

Aquaculture & MSFD Articles 8, 9, & 10 reporting, & JRC review Positive benefits of MSFD Positive benefits of aquaculture Impacts on aquaculture Articles 8, 9, & 10 reporting, & JRC review EC review of the MS implementation Mapping aquaculture to pressures, ecological characteristics, & descriptors

Impacts on aquaculture Descriptor MS Overlap Impact Mitigation Biodiversity 1 Small Low National legislation Non-indigenous species 14 Large High National legislation & RSC Com. fish & shellfish Food webs Eutrophication 5 Impact in enclosed seas Sea-floor integrity Med National legislation & moving cages Hydro. conditions Local eddies, insufficient scale Contaminants Food safety legislation Fish & Seafood contams 7 ------ Only applies to wild catches Marine Litter 4 Local & little information Energy introduction Potential Interaction

Potential mitigation & future growth Existing legislation Spatial extent Nature of basin Proportion of input Programme of measures Future growth: Expansion – MANPs New technology Next MSFD cycle

Positive interactions Aquaculture on MSFD e.g. reduced pressure on wild stocks, improved water quality MSFD on aquaculture e.g. contaminants in fish or marine litter

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