Leonie Dransfeld MI Ireland 06/05/2019 Marine Strategy Framework Directive ICES Fisheries D3+ Celtic Sea Case Study Introduction Summary of state of play for the MSFD biodiversity and fisheries descriptors Leonie Dransfeld MI Ireland www.marine.ie
Selection of commercially exploited species: Identification of the appropriate area Match of existing spatial units to that area Celtic Sea MSFD subregion vs ICES ecoregion Celtic Sea ICES ecoregion Celtic Sea MSFD subregion
Selection of commercially exploited species: Identification of the time period • 2005-2009 • 2000-2009 • 1990-2009 • 1970-2009 • 1950-2009 The number of species contributing ≥ 0.1% of total catches in the Celtic Seas using different historic time periods
Selection of commercially exploited species: Identification of the % threshold Number of species per functional group with different cut-off points
Assessment of GES at the stock level Assessed stocks and their current stock status in relation to criteria 3.1 and 3.2. Stocks with qualitative evaluation of status in relation to criteria 3.1 and 3.2.
Species/stocks covered by monitoring programmes: Secondary indicators for criterion 3.1 and criterion 3.2 Indicators for population structure 3.3 No reference values available to determine GES at stock level Comparison of current levels to historical levels Trend detection methods GES
Species/stocks covered by monitoring programmes