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Marine Strategy Framework Directive - Thresholds for MSFD criteria: state of play and next steps

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The Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) requires that Good Environmental Status (GES) should be achieved in EU marine waters as described by eleven environmental Descriptors, each of them assessed by several GES Criteria. At the core of the GES assessment lies the need for threshold values (TVs) which enable a quantitative assessment of environmental status for the indicators and elements used for each GES Criterion. In this report, we review the availability of agreed threshold-setting methods and TVs for all Criteria of the eleven MSFD Descriptors. We showcase the progress made with regards to the establishment of thresholds, discuss the relevant ongoing developments and highlight the remaining gaps in both threshold-setting methods and TVs. We also suggest ways forward to improve the availability of thresholds for the MSFD Criteria.
2022-07-05
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC128344
978-92-76-53689-5 (online),   
1831-9424 (online),   
EUR 31131 EN,    OP KJ-NA-31131-EN-N (online),   
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC128344,   
10.2760/640026 (online),   
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