Testing a transboundary Maritime Spatial Planning

Manuel FriasProject OfficerSeminar on spatial planning in maritime and coastal areasSzczecin (Poland) 22nd November 2011

DG MARE

Testing a transboundaryMaritime Spatial

Planning

The Bothnian Sea

Area: 60.000 Km2

Almost as big as Denmark!

Depth relief 3D model

Gabriel Berg

Herring catches in the Baltic Sea (2009,

thousand tons %)

Baltic Sea subdivisions (ICES)

Source: ICES WGBFAS 2009

What is Plan Bothnia?

Phase 1

Data collection

December 2010

Phase 2

Spatial Plan

May 2012

December 2011

DG MARECo-funded under

European Integrated Maritime Policy

Focus on

Cooperation

and

Ecosystem

Test a transboundary marine plan

HELCOM

6 partners

10 regional councils and other institutions

2 ministries

How?

Open regional databases

.shp

WMS

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ETRS89 LAEAWGS84

SWEREF99raste

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Data

formatsMap

projections

Copyright restrictions

Fishery

Important areas forwind power

Important areas fornature protection

Important areas formarine traffic

Where are theCONFLICTS?

We like sharing!

Planning processes should be

open and transparent

Data should be

openly accessible

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HELCOM-VASAB MSP Principles

planbothnia.org

Summing up

We are testing a

transboundary MSP

We have

collected a

lot of data

Sharing is good

for everyone!

Ed Yourdon

Thank you!

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