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OSPAR – Intermediate
Assessment 2017
(IA2017)
Prof Colin Moffat
Convenor of ICG MAQ
Dr Jo Foden
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OSPAR Secretariat
OSPAR Commission
16 Contracting Parties
•
Belgium
•
Denmark
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Finland
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France
•
Germany
•
Iceland
•
Ireland
•
Luxembourg
•
The Netherlands
•
Norway
•
Portugal
•
Spain
OSPAR Maritime Area and Regions:
•
Sweden
Region I:
Arctic Waters
•
Switzerland
Region II:
Greater North Sea
•
The United Kingdom
Region III: Celtic Seas
•
European Union
Region IV: Bay of Biscay/Iberian Coast
Not an EU Member State
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Region V: Wider Atlantic
Dual Procedures – Single Track
The North East Atlantic Strategy.
OSPAR Agreement 2010-3
clean & healthy
MSFD
JAMP
EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD)
(Directive 2008/56/EC)
JAMP 2014 - 2021
OSPAR Agreement 2014-02
dynamic oceans and seas
which are clean, healthy and
productive
Commission Decision 2010/477/EU concerning
MSFD criteria for assessing GES
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OSPAR Strategies and Committees
Biodiversity and
Ecosystem
Strategy
Offshore Industry
Strategy
Eutrophication
Strategy
OIC
HASEC
BDC and EIHA
N
E
A
S
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Radioactive
Substances Strategy
RSC
Hazardous
Substances
Strategy
HASEC
A Strategy for the Joint Assessment and
Monitoring Programme (JAMP)
Theme A – CoG; BDC, EIHA, OIC, RSC, HASEC for
their respective Theme
Joint Assessment and Monitoring
Programme (JAMP)
Section I: overall strategy, objectives for 2014-2021 and the
longer term, guiding principles, the means to ensure scientific
quality, the relationship with marine research, and the
programme management
Section II: for each of six themes, details the issues to be
addressed, the monitoring programmes to be implemented, the
monitoring and assessment tools to be developed, the
information and data collection to be undertaken and the
assessments reports or products to be produced.
OSPAR Agreement 2014-02
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MSFD
D1 D2
D3 D4
D5 D6
D7 D8
D9 D10
D11
Good
Env
Status
(GES)
Not
GES
DX
DX
MSFD Descriptor Definitions
For GES Descriptor X
OSPAR Strategies/CEMPs for
relevant OSPAR Theme
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Indicator development and implementation of
monitoring programmes
General Assessments from OSPAR
Strategies and MSFD GES
DX
Y
Criteria
Z
Indicators
Assessments
e.g. IA2017
Comparison of Areas
0°N
Baltic Sea
Celtic Seas
Macaronesia
0°N
Greater
North Sea
Bay of Biscay and
the Iberian Coast
Black Sea
OSPAR
Region
MSFD Subregions
I
Celtic Seas (small %)
II
Greater North Sea
III
Celtic Seas
IV
Bay of Biscay and
Iberian Coast
V
Macronesia, Celtic
Seas, Bay of Biscay
and Iberian Coast
Adriatic Sea
Aegean-Levantine Sea
Western Mediterranean Sea
Ionian Sea and the
Central Mediterranean Sea
Macaronesia
0°N
20°W
30°W
10°W
0°
10°E
20°E
30°E
Representation of the marine regions and
subregions of MSFD Article 4, and the marine
waters
of Member States according to Article 3(1)
100% shading: seabed, subsoil and water column
seabed and subsoil only
and 66%
asshading:
reported
by waters
Member
States
/ WFD transitional waters
/ third countries
outside MS marine
shading:
33%
Representation of the marine regions and subregions of MSFD Article 4, and the
marine waters of Member States according to Article 3(1) and as reported by
Member States
Baltic Sea
North-east Atlantic Ocean
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North Sea, incl. the Kattegat and the English Channel
Greater
Celtic Seas
MSFD outer boundary status
Median line, 200 nm limit or
continental shelf claim
not yet agreed by treaty
Agreed by treaty
Committee/
group
ICG-MAQ
Thematic
committee
meetings e.g.
BDC, HASEC,
EIHA
ICGs/ Working
groups
COG
OSPAR 2015
Product/decision
Date
Guidance provided on
Spring 2015
-
Structure of the IA2017
-
The Assessment sheet structure/ template with explanatory notes
-
Assessment units
- Timetable for delivery of assessment products
Thematic committees recommend to OSPAR Commission which indicators Spring 2015
and other thematic assessments will feature in the IA 2017.
For the identified assessments develop detailed work plans to ensure
delivery of a draft assessment sheet to the 2016 committee meeting.
Start assessment process
Spring 2015
Review contents and structure of the IA2017 from committees
Conclusion on which indicators/ thematic assessments will feature in the
IA 2017
May 2015
29th May 2015
Decision on overall structure and outline of content of the IA 2017
ICGs and
working
groups
NOW!!!
YIKES
Finalise draft assessment sheets
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(document deadline)
OSPAR 22-27 June
2015
Between OSPAR
2015 and thematic
committee
meetings in Spring
2016
Committee Product/decision
/group
ICG-MAQ Initial outline draft of “top and tail”
Date
Thematic
committee
meetings
e.g. BDC,
HASEC,
EIHA
ICGs and
working
groups
OSPAR 2016
Spring 2016
TBC (CoG?
Committees
’ written
procedure?
Or Webex?)
Review and agree completed assessments sheets
Autumn 2015
Identify any data gaps and address deficiencies. Make arrangements to
address these.
Finalise assessments if necessary
By end August 2016
Decides on final draft content based on completed assessment sheets June 2016
and other contributions
Sign off of any revised/ updated assessment sheets.
September 2016
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Committee/ group Product/decision
ICG-MAQ
Oversee compilation and finalisation of IA 2017 (supported by
thematic committees and ICGs/working groups – checking
drafts, providing updates where new data are available.)
Date
June 2016 to thematic
committees in Spring
2017
Thematic drafts to be finalised for submission to Committees in
spring 2017
Final editing of text IA 2017
Spring 2017
Sign off of final relevant sections of IA2017
Spring 2017
ICG-MAQ
Thematic
committee
meetings e.g. BDC,
HASEC, EIHA
ICG-MAQ
Final review, compilation and preparation for publication
OSPAR 2017
IA2017 adopted
Contracting Parties IA2017 sent out for national consultation as part of Article 8
assessment
forresponses
a restand
– provide
Ah, but,
ICGs, working
ReviewTime
consultation
update if required.
groups and
New assessments
to be considered
for inclusion
what about
the EEA
State
Thematic
of European Seas Report
committee
in 2019 and QSR 2021?
meetings e.g. BDC,
HASEC, EIHA
ICG-MAQ
Editorial adjustments of IA 2017 if required
OSPAR 2018
Post consultation IA2017 adopted
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Late spring 2017
June 2017
Autumn 2017
Spring 2018
Spring 2018
June 2018
OSPAR Common Indicators
OSPAR Region
Number Descriptors
D1/6, D5, 8, D10,
II, III, IV
17
D11
IV
4
D1, D4, D5
Link to HELCOM Core (30)
III
6
D1,
D4
Indicators
D1, D1/6, D5, D8,
II
14
D10
Total = 41
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D1/6 BentHab2
D5 nutr conc
D5 chlorophyl
D5 oxygen
D8 metals (biota)
D8 metals (sedim)
D8 PCBs (biota)
D8 PCBs (sedim)
D8 PAHs (sedim)
D8 PAHs (biota)
D8 Organotin (sedim)
D8 PBDE (biota)
D8 PBDE (sedim)
D8 imposex
D10 on beach
D10 on seabed
D11 impulsive noise
Multi-metric indices
Winter nutrient concentrations
Chlorophyll concentration
Oxygen
Metal (Hg, Cd, Pb) concentrations in biota
Metal (Hg, Cd, Pb) concentrations in sediment
PCB concentrations in biota
PCB concentrations in sediments
PAHs concentrations in sediments
PAHs concentrations in biota other than fish
Organotin concentrations in sediments
PBDE concentrations in biota
PBDE concentrations in sediments
Imposex/intersex
Beach litter
Litter on the seabed
Impulsive noise
OSPAR Wide Common Indicators
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Geographical Scales for assessment
and reporting
Level 0
OSPAR Maritime Area (As of 5 days ago)
Level 1
OSPAR Regions (I – V)
Level 2
subdivision of OSPAR Regions
Level 3
offshore areas of coastal influence
Level 4
Country specific – can be WFD
waterbodies if CP desires(As of 5 days
ago)
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Level 0 OSPAR Maritime Region
Level 0
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Level 1: OSPAR Regions
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Level 2: sub division of OSPAR Regions
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Level 3: Area of Coastal Influence
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Level 4: Country Specific, Can be WFD
Coastal Waters
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Level 4: zoom in on North Sea
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Anomalies still to be addressed
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Building blocks of IA2017
Chapter 1
Introduction, including:
• North-East Atlantic Environment Strategy
• Intermediate Assessment 2017
• How the IA2017 contributes to the MSFD
• Common Indicators
Chapter 2
Climate change/Prevailing Physiographic Conditions
Chapter 3
Socioeconomic characteristic of the OSPAR area
Chapter 4
Human Activities
Chapter 5
Biodiversity Status
Chapter 6
Ecosystem assessment
Chapter 7
Conclusions and Recommendations
NOT A MINI QSR
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Assessment sheets
• Online report only
• 2-page summary assessments, underpinned by
extended data and information
Content
Sheet
reference
Contributing
countries
Title
Example
Assessment ID (to be completed by Secretariat)
Subtitle 1
Component from a list (TBC) descriptor (e.g. food webs, marine litter) or thematic
assessment (e.g. radioactive discharges, MPAs)
Subtitle 2
Subtitle 3
MSFD criterion e.g. ‘1.2 Population size’
Region of the assessment (using the ‘hierarchical’ scales unique identifier, if adopted)
Countries that have contributed to the assessment. Complete using two letter ISO country
codes.
Assessment XXX: NAME e.g. ‘Common Indicator PH-1: Plankton Life Forms’.
Area of applicability – shown as a small map
Key message Describe what the indicator shows (what is the headline trend) – 50 words maximum
Background A clear introduction to the topic, with an image, 250 words maximum.
(brief)
a. Describing why it is an indicator and of what [insert textual ref to OSPAR Agreement]
b. Include a brief description of key drivers/pressures
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JAMP - An Area for Development
Integrated environmental assessment: assessments
that link human activities, their pressures, the state of
the marine environment and management responses
with the inclusion of the relevant physics, chemistry
and/or biology.
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OSPAR Data and Information Management System
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