Marine Reporting Units in the Belgian Part of the North Sea

The dataset contains the borders of the Belgian marine waters in the North Sea and the different geographical areas (‘reporting units’) used when reporting in the frame of the the Marine Strategy Framework Directive 2008/56/EC (MSFD) and the Water Framework directive 2000/60/EC (WFD). The ecological status in the frame of WFD is reported for the coastal waters, defined as the one-nautical mile area, while the chemical status needs to be reported for the territorial waters (up to 12 nautical miles). MSFD requires information for the whole area, encompassing the territorial waters and the Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone. For some descriptors, results have been reported separately for the WFD subdivisions during the update of the initial assessment in 2018.

本数据集包含比利时在北海的海域边界，以及在《2008/56/EC海洋战略框架指令》（Marine Strategy Framework Directive, MSFD）与《2000/60/EC水框架指令》（Water Framework Directive, WFD）的报告框架下所使用的各类地理区域（即“报告单元”，reporting units）的边界。依据WFD框架，生态现状需针对定义为1海里范围的近岸海域进行报告，而化学现状则需针对领海（最大12海里范围）进行报告。MSFD要求提供覆盖全部海域的相关信息，该海域涵盖领海与比利时专属经济区（Exclusive Economic Zone）。针对部分评估描述项，2018年开展首次评估更新期间，相关结果已按照WFD的细分区域分别完成报告。