PISCES Project

Workshop 2: Formulating guidelines

Dr Lyndsey Dodds, Policy Liaison Officer

What PISCES is• You!• Stakeholder-led• A forum for developing practical guidelines• A way of identifying what the users want for

delivering EA• Verified by expert advisory group• Spreading to wider stakeholders• Creating a voice for Celtic Sea stakeholders

What PISCES is• An exemplar• Exploring new methods for stakeholder

engagement• A means of influencing implementation of EU

legislation• Of interest to governments • Translating policy into practice• Aspirational but pragmatic

What PISCES isn’t

• Delivering an EA in the Celtic Sea• Trying to restrict activities• Telling stakeholders what EA means in

practice• Writing group consultation responses• Looking at the scientific basis for policy• Easy!

Scope for influence

• Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) is environmental pillar of EU Integrated Maritime Policy.

• Aim to achieve Good Environmental Status (GES)

MSFD timeline

Entry into MS

legislation

Determine what GES

means

Target and indicators for each region

Spatial protection measures identified

Establish& implement monitoring programme

Programme of measure

for GES

Programme of measures operational

Achieve or maintain

GES

PISCES

Other drivers

• National legislation• EU Marine Spatial Planning roadmap• Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform• Integrated Maritime Policy

Role of PISCES team

• Liaison with governments• PISCES teams in UK, Ireland, France and Spain• Regular meetings• Seminars• Feedback of PISCES outputs