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  • Monitoring Guidance for Underwater Noise in European Seas, Part III: Background Information and Annexes, 

    Dekeling, R.P.A.; Tasker, M.L.; Van der Graaf, A.J.; Ainslie, M.A.; Andersson, M.H.; André, M.; Borsani, J.F.; Brensing, K.; Castellote, M.; Cronin, D.; Dalen, J.; Folegot, T.; Leaper, R.; Pajala, J.; Redman, P.; Robinson, S.P.; Sigray, P.; Sutton, G.; Thomsen, F.; Werner, S.; Wittekind, D.; Young, J.V. (Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2014)
    The Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) requires European Member States (MS) to develop strategies for their marine waters that should lead to programmes of measures that achieve or maintain Good Environmental ...

  • Threshold Values for Marine Litter. 

    Werner, Stefanie; Fischer, Elke; Fleet, David; Galgani, François; Hanke, Georg; Kinsey, Sue; Mattidi, Marco (Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2020)
    The revised Commission Decision 2017/848/EU requires EU Member States to establish threshold values for criteria of Descriptor 10 on marine litter. Threshold values, which are now mandatory through the new provisions, are ...

  • A new strategic vision for sustainable aquaculture production and consumption in the European Union: Blue farming in the European Green Deal. 

    European Commission, Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2021)
    Despite all of its benefits, aquaculture production and consumption in the European Union (EU) has not grown at the same pace as in other parts of the world. Of the total consumption of fish and seafood by the average EU ...

  • Strategic guidelines for a more sustainable and competitive EU aquaculture for the period 2021 to 2030 {SWD(2021) 102 final} 

    European Commission (European Commission, Brussels, Belgium, 2021)
    The European Green Deal and the Farm to Fork Strategy underline the potential of farmed seafood as a source of protein for food and feed with a low-carbon footprint which has an important role to play in helping to build ...

  • Transitional waters North East Atlantic Geographic Intercalibration Group. Benthic invertebrate fauna ecological assessment methods. 

    Muxika, I.; Van Hoey, G.; Bonne, W.; Salas Herrero, F. (Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2019)
    This report gives a technical description on the intercalibration (IC) process of the different benthic assessment approaches for soft sediment habitats (muds to sands) in transitional waters in the North East Atlantic ...

  • Methods for supporting stock assessment in the Mediterranean (STECF-21-02). 

    Simmonds, John; Bitetto, Isabella; Cikes Kec, Vanja; Guijarro, Beatriz; Isajlovic, Igor; Ligas, Alessandro; Mantopoulou Palouka, Danai; Mannini, Alessandro; Maynou, Francesc; Moutopoulos, Dimitrios; Murenu, Matteo; Musumeci, Claudia; Pierucci, Andrea; Pinto, Cecilia; Sala, Antonello; Sbrana, Mario; Ticina, Vjekoslav; Touloumis, Konstantinos; Tsikliras, Athanassios (Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2021)
    Commission Decision of 25 February 2016 setting up a Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries, C(2016) 1084, OJ C 74, 26.2.2016, p. 4–10. The Commission may consult the group on any matter relating to ...

  • Continuous Harmonics Analysis of Sea Level Measurements: Description of a new method to determine sea level measurement tidal component. 

    Annunziato, Alessandro; Probst, Pamela (Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2016)
    Removing the tidal component from sea level measurement in the case of Tropical Cyclones or Tsunami is very important to distinguish the tide contribution from the one of the Natural events. The report describes the ...

  • A European Threshold Value and Assessment Method for Macro Litter on Coastlines. 

    Van Loon, W.; Hanke, G.; Fleet, D.; Werner, S.; Barry, J.; Strand, J.; Eriksson, J.; Galgani, F.; Gräwe, D.; Schulz, M.; Vlachogianni, T.; Press, M.; Blidberg, E.; Walvoort, D. (Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2020)
    The Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD, 2008/56/EC) requires that European threshold values (TVs) for marine litter (descriptor 10) be defined. The MSFD Technical Group on Marine Litter (TG ML) decided to focus on ...

  • Commission Decision of 1 September 2010 on criteria and methodological standards on good environmental status of marine waters (notified under document C(2010) 5956) (Text with EEA relevance) (2010/477/EU). 

    European Commission (2010)
    Having regard to the Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 establishing a framework for community action in the field of marine environmental policy (Marine Strategy Framework ...

  • H2020 Programme: Guidelines on FAIR Data Management in Horizon 2020 Version 3.0. 

    European Commission, Directorate-General for Research & Innovation (European Commission, Directorate-General for Research & Innovation, Luxembourg, 2016)
    This document helps Horizon 2020 beneficiaries make their research data findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable (FAIR), to ensure it is soundly managed. Good research data management is not a goal in itself, but ...

  • Monitoring Guidance for Underwater Noise in European Seas, Part II: Monitoring Guidance Specifications. 

    Dekeling, R.P.A.; Tasker, M.L.; Van der Graaf, A.J.; Ainslie, M.A.; Andersson, M.H.; André, M.; Borsani, J.F.; Brensing, K.; Castellote, M.; Cronin, D.; Dalen, J.; Folegot, T.; Leaper, R.; Pajala, J.; Redman, P.; Robinson, S.P.; Sigray, P.; Sutton, G.; Thomsen, F.; Werner, S.; Wittekind, D.; Young, J.V. (Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2014)
    The Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) requires European Member States (MS) to develop strategies for their marine waters that should lead to programmes of measures that achieve or maintain Good Environmental ...

  • Monitoring Guidance for Underwater Noise in European Seas, Part I: Executive Summary. 

    Dekeling, R.P.A.; Tasker, M.L.; Van der Graaf, A.J.; Ainslie, M.A.; Andersson, M.H.; André, M.; Borsani, J.F.; Brensing, K.; Castellote, M.; Cronin, D.; Dalen, J.; Folegot, T.; Leaper, R.; Pajala, J.; Redman, P.; Robinson, S.P.; Sigray, P.; Sutton, G.; Thomsen, F.; Werner, S.; Wittekind, D.; Young, J.V. (Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2014)
    The Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) requires European Member States (MS) to develop strategies for their marine waters that should lead to programmes of measures that achieve or maintain Good Environmental ...

  • Guidance on Monitoring of Marine Litter in European Seas: a guidance document within the Common Implementation Strategy for the Marine Strategy Framework Directive. 

    Hanke, G.; Galgani, F.; Werner, S.; Oosterbaan, L.; Nilsson, P.; Fleet, D.; Kinsey, S.; Thompson, R.; Palatinus, A.; Van Franeker, J.; Vlachogianni, T.; Scoullos, M.; Veiga, J.; Matiddi, M.; Alcaro, L.; Maes, T.; Korpinen, S.; Budziak, A.; Leslie,H.; Gago, J.; Liebezeit, G.; (Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2013)
    The MSFD Technical Subgroup on Marine Litter was tasked to deliver guidance so that European Member States could initiate programmes for monitoring of Descriptor 10 of the MSFD. The present document provides the ...

  • Cross-border cooperation in Maritime Spatial Planning . Final Report. 

    Carneiro, Gonçalo; Thomas, Hannah; Olsen, Stephen; Benzaken, Dominique; Fletcher, Steve; Méndez Roldán, Sara; Stanwell-Smith, Damon (Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2017)
    The ‘Study on International Best Practices for Cross-Border MSP’ has been designed to assist the European Commission (EC) and Member States in the implementation of the MSP Directive through the identification of good ...