Commercial fish landings with Good Environmental Status information (shown by criteria)

Figure Created 09 Oct 2014 Published 03 Mar 2015 Last modified 04 Jan 2018

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This figure shows the proportion of commercial fish landings per regional sea with Good Environmental Status (GES) assessment information, as defined in the Marine Strategy Framework Directive. GES information is broken down by level of exploitation (F) and reproductive capacity (SSB) criteria.

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Last upload:

09 Oct 2014

Temporal coverage:

2008-2012

Tags:

fish stocks , fisheries , good environmental status , marine and coastal

Geographic coverage:

Aegean Sea , Barentsz Sea , Bay of Biscay , Celtic Sea , Ionian Sea , Levantine Sea , Marine Baltic sea , Marine Black sea , Marine Macaronesian/Atlantic ocean , Marine Mediterranean sea , Marine North sea , Marine North-east Atlantic ocean , Norwegian Sea , Western Mediterranean

Methodology:

Two criteria are applied for assessing Good Environmental Status (GES), as described in the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD): criteria 3.1 - Level of exploitation (i.e. Fishing mortality - F) and/or criteria 3.2 - Reproductive capacity (i.e. Spawning Stock Biomass - SSB). Information in relation to the MSFD criterion 3.3 - Population age and size distribution - cannot be assessed at present since no reference points are available.

Landings were divided into proportion of landings of assessed stocks (stocks with GES information) and unassessed stocks. Assessed stocks are those for which the level of exploitation and reproductive capacity can be assessed against a reference point in line with the MSFD methodological requirements.

Assessed stocks were further analysed to identify those for which only information on fishing mortality (F) and reference level (Fmsy) are available, stocks for which only reproductive capacity (SSB) and reference level (MSY Btrigger) are available, or for those with information for both criteria.

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Million Tonnes

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