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

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

3. 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

4. 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
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Only applies to wild catches
Marine Litter 4
Local & little information
Energy introduction
Potential Interaction

5. 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

6. 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

7. Thanks for your attention!