期刊
ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE
卷 72, 期 8, 页码 2269-2277出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsv131
关键词
assessment and reporting; Good Environmental Status; indicator-based management frameworks; management response; operational indicators; policy reaction
资金
- Scottish Government [20126, 20137]
- European Community [289257]
The European Union Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) uses indicators to track ecosystem state in relation to Good Environmental Status (GES). These indicators were initially expected to be operational, i.e. to have well-understood relationships between state and specified anthropogenic pressure(s), and to have defined targets. Recent discussion on MSFD implementation has highlighted an additional class of surveillance indicators. Surveillance indicators monitor key aspects of the ecosystem for which there is: first, insufficient evidence to define targets and support formal state assessment; and/or second, where links to anthropogenic pressures are either weak or not sufficiently well understood to underpin specific management advice. Surveillance indicators are not only expected to directly track state in relation to GES, but also to provide complementary information (including warning signals) that presents a broader and more holistic picture of state, and inform and support science, policy, and management. In this study, we (i) present a framework for including surveillance indicators into the Activity-Pressure-State-Response process, (ii) consider a range of possible indicators that could perform this surveillance role, and (iii) suggest criteria for assessing the performance of candidate surveillance indicators, which might guide selection of the most effective indicators to perform this function.
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