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MSP Sweden Bothnian Bay Baltic Sea Skagerrak/Kattegatt. Tomas Andersson t omas.andersson@havochvatten.se. Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management. Mission: ”to preserve , restore and promote sustainable use of lakes, watercourses , the ocean and fish resources ”
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MSP Sweden Bothnian Bay Baltic Sea Skagerrak/Kattegatt Tomas Andersson tomas.andersson@havochvatten.se
Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management Mission: ”to preserve, restore and promotesustainableuseof lakes, watercourses, the ocean and fishresources” Our main tasks • management of the marine environment • fisheries management • marine spatial planning • management of fresh water • implementing the maritime strategy
Spring 2016 Cross-checking Thematic work Three step dialogue for MSP Winter 2016/2017 15 Febr. -15 Aug 2018 Dialogue First draft Consultation Craft proposal 14 March – 14 June 2019 (c) Original flag by Acts of Union 1800SVG recreation by User:Zscout370 - Egetarbete per data at http://flagspot.net/flags/gb.html, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=347935 Refine proposal Consultation (review) Dec. 2019 Finaliseproposal Hand over proposals to the Govern-ment Adoption by March 2021 (latest) 2016-06-17
Swedish points of departure Swedish Maritime Strategy (adopted by Gov. 2015) • the marine environment is not in a sustainable state • demand for blue growth and regional development • need for renewable energy • there are needs for different kinds of protection • normally coexistence between uses, but also conflicting interests • EU-legislation on marine spatial planning, deadline March 2021 • neighboring countries are planning
Swedish MSP • Three spatial plans:Gulf of Bothnia, Baltic Sea and Skagerrak/Kattegat • One nautical mile (1852 m) from the baseline seawards incl. the Exclusive Economic Zone • Objective is to contribute to sustainable development • Plans are to be guiding for municipality comprehensive planning and in licensing • Plans are to be adopted by the Government • Government may adopt regulations prohibiting or limiting activities in destined geographical areas (Environmental Code 4 chapter 9§)
Involved in building Swedish MSP Neigh-bouringcountries Regions Counties Munici-palities National agencies 9+1 20 14 14 65 Re-search & science The Public Trade associations NGO, interest groups 21+ 15+ 20 10 million
Km BorderEconomic zon Exampel: km Lituania: 7 Russia: 17 Germany 55 Norway 82 Estonia 96 Poland 162 Denmark/Bornh. 204 Latvia 235 Denmark 451 Finland: 882
Highlights from proposals • Coexistence is the normal case • Relativelyhigh offshore wind potential (33- 45 TWh annualproduction) • Identificationof a largenumberof areas w/ highnaturevalues (in addition to current MPA:s) • Enablingefficientshippng • Enablingdynamic and flexible fisheries • and more
Cross borderissues, someexamples • Energy distribution • Planning ofMiddlebank and Kriegers Flak(Baltic Sea), • Shipping routes connecting the region • Commercial fishingacross EEZ and borders • Busy cross border areas: NorthernQuark, South Qaurk, Öresund and Kattegatt
Findoutmore at www.havochvatten.se • Explorative andinteractiveplanmap • Plan proposals(English mid-April) • SEA, sustainabilityappraisals, socio-economicanalysis
Thankyou and welcome! • www.panbalticscope.eu