Member State report / Art8-2024 / 2024 / D1-C / Belgium / NE Atlantic: Greater North Sea

Report type Member State report to Commission
MSFD Article Art8
Report due 2024-10-15
GES Descriptor D1 Cephalopods
Member State Belgium
Region/subregion NE Atlantic: Greater North Sea
Report date 2026-01-13 14:08:15

Belgian Part of the North Sea (ANS-BE-MS-1)

Regional assessment area
Component MRUs
GES component
D1C
Feature
Coastal/shelf cephalopods
Element
Element extent
Trend element
Element 2
Element source
Criterion
Parameter
Threshold value upper
Threshold value lower
Threshold value operator
Threshold qualitative
Threshold value source
Value achieved upper
Value achieved lower
Value unit
Proportion threshold value
Proportion value achieved
Proportion threshold value unit
Trend parameter
Parameter achieved
Description parameter
Related indicator
Criteria status
Description criteria
Element status
Description element
Source assessment feature
  • National
Reporting method feature
Type D
Trend feature
Not relevant
Integration rule type parameter
Integration rule description parameter
Integration rule type criteria
Integration rule description criteria
GES extent threshold
GES extent achieved
GES extent unit
GES achieved
Not relevant
Description overall status
There are no cephalopod species on the red list in Belgian marine waters. Moreover, numbers are increasing and populations are healthy.
Assessments period
Related pressures
  • Disturbance of species (e.g. where they breed, rest and feed) due to human presence
Related targets
Test TV
NA
Test results
False