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Vision of PSSA 2020. -Using the PSSA classification to increase maritime safety in the Baltic Sea. What is PSSA?. A legal framework set by the International Maritime Organisation - IMO
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Vision of PSSA 2020 -Using the PSSA classification to increase maritime safety in the Baltic Sea
What is PSSA? • A legal framework set by the International Maritime Organisation - IMO • Areas of the seas and oceans that need special protection for its ecological, socioeconomic or scientific attributes where these might be vulnerable to damage caused by shipping • Baltic Sea was approved as a PSSA area in 2005 after a joint proposal to IMO • Allows member state to suggest Associated Protective Measures - APM • Fundamentally depending on implementation of APM:s
Associated Protective Measure (APM) • Aims to prevent, reduce or eliminate threat to a PSSA area • e.g. Traffic surveillance, TSS, Areas to be avoided, Discharge prohibitions etc • With Baltic Sea PSSA application two APM:s were suggested and adopted • Needs to be forwarded jointly by Baltic Sea states to the iMO • No APM:s, PSSA remains a framework without real practice
PSSA in the world • Eleven PSSA areas in the world • International recognition • Common platform for discussion and agreement
How to proceed? • Raise the awareness about PSSA • Increased cooperation on maritime safety;on international, national, regional and local level • Consult regions and municipalities to get assessment of threats and vulnerabilities • Work for Russian recognition of Baltic Sea as a PSSA area • Agree on common APM:s
In our Vision of PSSA 2020… • PSSA facilitates sustainable development in the Baltic Sea • Joint Traffic Monitoring Scheme, AiS, TSS, Areas to be avoided • Clean – Minimized pollution from shipping • No illegal discharges – oil, waste etc • Enforced regulations • Member states fully observe and implement existing regulations • Russia has recognized the Baltic Sea as a PSSA area • Increased cooperation and regional consultation Local actors most adequate for assessing their coastal zone. Increased cooperation on all levels • Improved crew training Higher certificate standard