Work due 01 Jun 2016

It is necessary to get access to more data, in terms of better spatial coverage and longer time series, in order to improve the assessment. In order to obtain longer time series it is also important that data is associated with unique station identifiers such that observations within a specific area can be merged. Ongoing work includes the improvement of methodologies used to calculate CSI 021 and streamlining with indicators developed under the MSFD. Methodological aspects that require revision include: a) classification, b) geographical aggregation, c) temporal scale