MSP References
Marine Spatial Management
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Agency |
Project |
Website |
Project Documents |
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Australia
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Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority |
GBRMPA zoning |
2009 Outlook Report 25-year Strategy Plan Adaptive Management (pdf, 1.82 MB) |
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Information for Planners and Managers |
Measuring Effectiveness in MPAs: Principles and Practices (pdf, 944 KB) |
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Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts |
South-west Marine Bioregional Profile
North Marine Bioregional Profile
North-west Bioregional Profile |
Marine Bioregional Information Sheet East Bioregional Profile South-west Bioregional Profile (pdf, 3.57 MB) |
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South-east Regional Marine Plan |
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National Marine Bioregionalisation of Australia |
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Marine Spatial Planning Framework for South Australia: A New Ecosystem-based Zoning Policy for Marine Management |
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Marine Spatial Planning Framework for South Australia (pdf, 1.08 MB)
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| MSP Policy Adaptation in Australia | MSP_Policy Adaptation in Australia (pdf, 149 KB) | |||
| Guidelines for applying the Ecosystem Approach in the oceans | Guidelines for Applying the Ecosystem approach (pdf, 1001 KB) | |||
| Queensland Government | Draft Zoning Plan for Moreton Bay Marine Park | click here | Zoning Plan (pdf, 807 KB) | |
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Belgium |
Belgian Science Policy |
Toward Spatial Structure for Sustainable Management of Sea (GAUFRE) |
Belgium Final Report GAUFRE (pdf, 16 MB) Marine Spatial Planning in Belgium (pdf, 978 KB) Biological Valuation in the Marine Environment (pdf, 553 KB) |
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Canada |
Fisheries & Oceans Canada |
Eastern Scotian Shelf Integrated Management (ESSIM) Plan
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Beaufort Sea Integrated Management Plan (pdf, 1.52 MB) Beaufort Sea Marine Ecosystem Overview PNCIMA Ecosystem Overview ESSIM Strategic Plan (pdf, 5.67 MB) ESSIM Human Use Objectives (pdf, 1.37 MB) |
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China |
State Oceanic Administration |
Territorial Sea zoning |
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China Sea Use Management Legislation (pdf, 160 KB) |
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Denmark, Germany & The Netherlands |
Wadden Sea Secretariat |
Trilateral Wadden Sea Cooperation Area |
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Ecuador |
Galapagos National Park, Ministerio del Ambiente |
Galapagos Marine Reserve Zoning |
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European Union |
European Commission/DG Maritime Affairs
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Toward a Future Maritime Policy for the European Ocean and Seas |
EU Maritime Policy Action Plan (pdf, 270 KB) EU Maritime Policy (pdf, 6.04 MB) Guidelines for an Integrated Approach to Maritime Policy (pdf, 157 KB) Preparatory Report on Marine Spatial Planning for the Maritime Policy (doc, 313 KB) Legal aspects of maritime spatial planning Economic effects of maritime spatial planning All can be found on the EU's maritime spatial planning website:
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European Commission - DG Environment |
Marine Strategy |
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Coastal Zone Policy / ICZM |
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Finland |
Finnish Natural Heritage Service (Metsahallitus) |
Towards marine spatial planning in the Baltic Sea (BALANCE Technical Summary Report 4/4) |
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Germany |
Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency |
Spatial Plan for the North Sea |
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Spatial Plan for the Baltic Sea |
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Federal Land Use Planning Act
Guidelines for Maritime Development Plan |
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Federal Land Use Planning Act (German only) |
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Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety |
Nature Conservation Requirements for Spatial Planning |
Nature Conservation Requirements for Spatial Planning (pdf, 64 KB) |
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Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs |
Pilot Initiative on ICZM in the Baltic Sea (Interreg IIIB BaltCoast Project) |
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| Handbook on Integrated Maritime Spatial Planning (Interreg IIIB PlanCoast Project) | Handbook on Integrated Maritime Spatial Planning (pdf, 1.32 MB) | |||
| Climate Change and Growing Sea Use Pressures: Solutions offered by Marine Spatial Planning | Climate Change and Marine Spatial Planning (pdf, 2.76 MB) | |||
| Institute For Sea Fisheries - Hamburg | Defining Principal Areas for Fisheries in the German Exclusive Economic Zone | Fisheries in the Context of Marine Spatial Planning (pdf, 1.77 MB) | ||
| HELCOM |
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Baltic Sea Action Plan | click here | Baltic Sea Action Plan (pdf, 463 KB) |
| Marine Spatial Planning Excercise in the Baltic Sea | click here | |||
| Integrated Coastal Zone Management and Marine Spatial Planning in the Baltic States | State of the Art Report (pdf, 1.4 MB) | |||
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Mexico |
Secretariat for the Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT) |
Ecological Ocean Use Planning Process in the Gulf of California |
click here (Spanish only) |
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| Norway |
Ministry of the Environment |
Integrated Management Plan of the Barents Sea | click here |
Integrated Management Plan of the Barents Sea 2006 (pdf, 4.33 MB) |
| Ecosystem-based Plan Barents Sea (Short Communication; ICES) | EBM Plan Barents Sea (pdf, 1.11 MB) | |||
| OSPAR | Marine Spatial Management Working Group | click here | ||
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The Netherlands |
Ministry of Transport, Public Works & Water Management—North Sea Directorate |
Integrated Management Plan for the North Sea 2015 / National Waterplan |
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Areas of Ecological Valuation Dutch Continental Shelf (pdf, 6.2 MB) National Water Plan - Summary (pdf, 43 KB) Draft Policy Document North Sea (pdf, 641 KB) |
| Dutch Fish Product Board | Fishing on a Square Inch (pdf, 1.5 MB) | |||
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New Zealand |
Department of Conservation and Ministry of Fisheries |
Biodiversity Planning |
Marine Protected Areas Policy and Implementation Plan (pdf, 820 KB) Marine Protected Areas - A New Approach to Marine Protection (pdf, 172 KB) Classification methodology for marine protection (pdf, 2.76 MB) |
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United Kingdom |
Department of Environment, Food, & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) |
Marine and Coastal Access Bill |
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Irish Sea Pilot |
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Natural England and other UK Statutory country Agencies |
Review of Land Use Planning (pdf, 391 KB) MSP and Cumulative Effects (pdf, 1.05 MB) Added Value of MSP (doc, 163 KB) Irish Sea Zoning Report (pdf, 3.89 MB) |
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UK NGOs |
Marine Protected Areas in the context of marine spatial planning (WWF) A Future for our Seas (Wildlife and Countryside Link)
Potential Benefits of Marine Spatial Planning to Economic Activity in the UK (Birdlife International) Making the Case for Marine Spatial Planning in Scotland (Birldlife International and Royal Town Planning Institute) |
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Marine Protected Areas in the Context of Marine Spatial Planning (pdf, 911 KB) UK Link Planning System (pdf, 153 KB)
Potential Benefits of Marine Spatial Planning to UK Economic Activity (pdf, 1.12 MB)
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United States of America
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The White House
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration |
US Task Force for Marine Spatial Planning
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary |
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Coastal Service Center |
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
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Office of Coastal Zone Management: Massachusetts Ocean Management Initiative |
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State of California |
California Department of Fish and Game |
Marine Life Protection Act (pdf, 55 KB)
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| State of Rhode Island | Special Area Management Plan | click here | ||
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State of Oregon |
Oregon Coastal Management Program |
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National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (University of California, Santa Barbara) Barbara) |
Ecosystem-based Management for the Oceans: The Role of Zoning |
Resolving Mismatches in US Governance (pdf, 595 KB) Place-based management of marine ecosystems (pdf, 694 KB) |
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Stanford Law School |
A New Vision For California Ocean Governance: Comprehensive Ecosystem-based Marine Zoning |
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| University of Arizona Law School | To Ocean Zoning and Beyond | Ocean Zoning and Beyond (pdf, 888 KB) | ||
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Conservation International |
Marine Portal |
Seascapes: Globally Important Marine Ecosystems (pdf, 661 KB) |
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Marine Conservation Biology Institute |
Protecting Marine Ecosystems through Ocean Zoning |
Spatial Management and Protecting Biodiversity (pdf, 33 KB) |
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| Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation | Marine Conservation Initiative | click here | ||
| The Nature Conservancy | Global Marine Initiative | click here | ||
| Practitioners Guide to Planning for Biodiversity | Sea Around Conservation Planning in Marine Areas (pdf, 13.2 MB) | |||
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Advancing Ecosystem-based Management: A Decision-Support Toolkit for Marine Managers |
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