D1 guidance on an appropriate method to integrate criteria, species, species group

ICES requested to give guidance on integration

Integrating criteria... to species A set of conditional rules, Table 1 Emphasis on criteria linked to manageable human activity Rules also provide incentive to collect further information on primary criteria (e.g. bycatch)

GES, what proportion of species per group? Proportional threshold between 60-80% % to be decided by experts conducting species group assessment, whom have ”a feel” for indicators Trade-off between number of false alarms vs. missed alarms: too many false alarams (if >80%), and too many missed alarms (if <60%) GES?

Extinction risk and false alarms? Recommend not to use OOAO within assessment of D1 Always certain proportion of false alarms D1 assessment should not be dominated by species that are always rare, or have become rare. Monitoring effort over time = uncertainty of signal? MSFD D1 not set up to specifically to look at extinction risk (6 year cycle / lack of IUCN type of criteria) IUCN provides a ”safety net” for species that may have missed alarm issues. Providing a list of these species, serves as an alarm itself

D1 benthic/D6 D6C2 workshop WKBEDPRES1, 24 -26 October Experts participation from Mediterranean, Black Sea, Celtic, Baltic, N. Sea Also experts involved in EEA, DGENV, HELCOM, ICES, OSPAR work, as well as experts from EU funded projects on pressures

Thank you! Picture: Icelandic Wilderness