Maritime Spatial Plan Margarida Almodovar

Annual International Seminar WavEC Blue Economy – Offshore Platforms and Opportunities 26 Novembro 2012| Museu da Eletricidade

• Seabed Area aprox 40 times bigger than land territory .

A puzzle involves a numerous small, often oddly shaped interlocking tiled

pieces that require assembly to create a singular picture. Each piece has a small part of the picture on it and when completed, it forms the

complete picture.

Maritime Spatial Plan - MSP

Maritime Spatial Plan “a way of improving decision making and delivering an ecosystem - based approach to managing human activities in the marine environment”.

The strategic environmental assessment ensures social, economic and

environmental requirements are considered during the planning and

development process and also allows for public participation.

Where marine spatial plans exist, they can serve to reduce conflicts

The engagement of stakeholders was viewed as key to reducing

conflict.

• A common language within marine spatial planning, which can be

understood by all sectors, is seen as an important step.

• Access to good quality data may prove to be a challenge when

implementing marine spatial planning.

“Maritime spatial planning is about planning and regulating all human uses of the sea, while protecting marine ecosystems. It focuses on marine waters under national jurisdiction and is concerned only with planning activities at sea. It does not cover management of coastal zones or spatial planning of sea-land interface, but it must be articulate with coastal zone”

MSP - Maritime areas under the sovereignty or jurisdiction Portuguese

• Portugal without the sea is a small country and peripheral and of no great relevance in terms of economic relations and international political, Portugal with the EEZ is a central country, and geostrategic. Is an Atlantic Country

• Portugal with the extension of the platform will be one of the largest in the world. Seabed Area aprox 40 times bigger than land territory .

• Maritime boundary, the outer limit of the Continental Shelf (presented to - Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf).

• Landward limit: LMPAVE (line of maximum high tide of living water equatorial).

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MSP

Maritime Resources

Maritime Transports & Ports

Tourism and Sports

Coastal Zones

Nature Conservation

Energy

Maritime Safety & Security

Fisheries

Archeology

PORTUGUESE MARITIME SPATIAL PLAN EXISTING SITUATION

PORTUGUESE MARITIME SPATIAL PLAN

POTENTIAL SITUATION Conservation and biodiversity

Aquaculture

Fisheries

Wave energy

Wind energy

Petroleum resources

Geological resources - sand and gravel

Geological resources - iron and manganese crusts

Infrastructure

Navigation

Defense and sovereignty

Conservation and biodiversity Area

Defense and sovereignty Area

Nautical Archaeology Area

Protection spaces

General use spaces

Reserved area

Differents uses Area

Reserve on going Area

Exclusive Economic Zone (Açores and Madeira

Outer limits of the extended continental shelf

PORTUGUESE MARITIME SPATIAL PLAN

PROPOSAL

Coastal Zone Management Plan

MSP – existing situation

substation TEST AREA Cable

Cable

Public Domain

Private Domain

Adaptive Maritime Spatial

Management

MSP - Strategic Planning

Monitoring (Human Activities and

Environment)

Environmental

Thank You!

Annual International Seminar WavEC Blue Economy – Offshore Platforms and Opportunities 26 Novembro 2012| Museu da Eletricidade