H.M. Government of Gibraltar has published Gibraltar's Marine Monitoring Programme for British Gibraltar Territorial Waters (BGTW), after a six month consultation period held from August 2015 to February 2016. The aim of the consultation period is to measure progress towards achieving and maintaining Good Environmental Status (GES) in British Gibraltar Territorial Waters by 2020. The Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) requires that all Member States put in place measures to achieve or maintain GES in their seas by 2020.
Monitoring Programme for British Gibraltar Territorial Waters
The Marine Monitoring Programme covers monitoring regimes for eleven Marine Strategy Framework Directive descriptors.
In keeping with the requirements of the MSFD, the Department of the Environment, Sustainability, Climate Change and Heritage (DESCCH) seeks to gather feedback on the Assessment Update for British Gibraltar Territorial Waters (BGTW) with a focus on the following questions:
This consultation has particular relevance to:
Written responses can be sent to:
Email: marine.monitoring@gibraltar.gov.gi
Post:
Department of the Environment, Sustainability, Climate Change and Heritage
Leanse Place 2b
50 Town Range
Gibraltar
GX11 1AA
Responses must be submitted by no later the 04th September 2020.
Copies of responses will be made available to the public on request. If you do not want your response including personal information to be publicly available, please say so clearly in writing when submitting your response to the consultation. Please note that it may not possible to capture all the consultation feedback in the final version of the report.
The final version of the Updated Assessment and accompanying documentation can be viewed at the links below.
MSFD Updated Assessment and Good Environmental Status for BGTW