Under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, all EU countries have committed to achieve a good environmental status in their marine waters by 2020.
The management of underwater noise within the European Union's waters is a significant component (Descriptor 11) of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD).
Kroes is due to hold a press conference with Catherine Ashton, EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Cecilia Malmstrom, Member of the EC in charge of Home Affairs, to present the strategy and directive.
The Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD, 2008/56/EC [5]) is similar to the WFD, in its stepwise implementation mode and with its main objective in the achievement of good environmental status (GES) in the marine environment by 2020.
The exploitation at maximum sustainable yield (MSY) may be confirmed as the common environmental objective for good environment status (GES) of exploited fish and shellfish stocks of the reformed CFP and the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD).
At the end of the day, under the stricter claims from the Marine Strategy Framework Directive compared to the WFD, the only convincing argument would be a significant reduction of the pollutant discharges, with special reference to the Elbe-typical PCDD/Fs, from the catchment area into the North Sea (Additional file 1).
From the retrospective to the first WFD phase in the Elbe catchment it seems that "PCDD/Fs and dl-PCB" can be used as a spearhead for a new understanding of problem solutions, where a fundamental change is required in the view on the implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (below).
However, the pretention of the RBC, that the Sediment Management Concept [7] would be a "basis for the achievement of the environmental objectives of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive" ([10] page 22, footnote 3), is not supported by practical activities at the land-sea interface ("Marine strategy framework directive 2008/56/EC sediments and pollutants" section in this work).
In addition, the cross-sectoral European Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD 2008) will provide an important political framework for marine management in Europe in the coming years.
All kinds of intervention strategies, using educational and/or directive strategies, aimed at modifying behavior, have evolved, but have been found only partially successful.
