16. Calls for a minimum objective of 10 % surface coverage by 2020 of the Adriatic and Ionian Seas by marine protected areas, in accordance with relevant international commitments and in support of achieving good environmental status in the Union’s marine environment by 2020, in accordance with the Marine Strategy Framework Directive; calls for the establishment of a network of protected marine, coastal and inland areas and parks; encourages the Member States involved in the strategy to improve the environmental quality by carrying out projects seeking to cut chemical, physical and microbiological pollution by opti ...[+++]mising the sustainability of maritime traffic, protecting biodiversity and investing in protected marine areas; calls, in this connection, on the Member States involved to promote integrated systems for environmental observation and monitoring of protected marine areas and to step up cooperation between regional environmental monitoring centres;

2. In order to ensure that negative impacts of fishing activities on the marine ecosystem are minimised and that fisheries activities avoid the degradation of the marine environment, the plan shall be coherent with, and shall contribute to achievement of the objectives of, the Marine Strategy Framework Directive so as to achieve good environmental status by 2020.

2. In order to ensure that negative impacts of fishing activities on the marine ecosystem are minimised and that fisheries activities avoid the degradation of the marine environment, the plan shall be coherent with, and shall contribute to achievement of the objectives of, the Marine Strategy Framework Directive so as to achieve good environmental status by 2020.

(6) To support the achievement of the objectives of Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds , Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora , Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 establishing a framework for community action in the field of marine environmental policy (Marine Strategy Framework Directive) and Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy , the primary objective of this Regulation should be to prevent, ...[+++]minimise and mitigate the adverse effects of invasive alien species on biodiversity and ecosystem services, as well as to reduce their economic and social impact.

(6) To support the achievement of the objectives of Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds , Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora , Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 establishing a framework for community action in the field of marine environmental policy (Marine Strategy Framework Directive) and Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy , the primary objective of this Regulation should be to prevent, ...[+++]minimise and mitigate the adverse effects of invasive alien species on biodiversity, ecosystem services, public health and safety, as well as to reduce their economic and social impact.

Monitoring: this must be carried out for at least two years following the organisms' release into their new environment, to assess whether the impacts were accurately predicted or if there are additional or different impacts.