| The Marine strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) aims to reduce impacts on the marine environment in order to achieve or maintain the good ecological status by using ecosystem approach. The conservation of fish population, exploited or not, is one of the objectives. Criterion 3 of the Descriptor 1 „Biodiversity – Fish” and Descriptor 3 “Commercial species” must qualify the ecological state of these components with regard to their demographic characteristics, in addition to other primary criteria. Many size indicators exist, but in the absence of a threshold value to qualify a condition, this criterion was classified as non-operational in the previous assessment cycle. This study aims to analyze the relevance of size indicators for providing information on... |
