EU request to ICES for review of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive: Descriptor 4 – Foodwebs

Preparatory to a revision of the Decision on criteria and methodological standards on good environmental status of marine waters  (Commission  Decision  2010/477/EU)  the  European  Commission  has  set  up  a  process  to  produce  a  science-based evaluation and amendment proposal for the descriptors described in the Decision. 

ICES was asked to facilitate this process regarding descriptors 3 (Populations of commercially exploited fish and shellfish),4  (Foodwebs),  6  (Seafloor  integrity),  and  11 (Energy,  including  underwater  noise).