Maritime Spatial Plan(s)
Status: Adopted
Spain adopted its maritime spatial plan, the Planes de Ordenación del Espacio Marítimo (POEM), in February 2023 by the Council of Ministers by Royal Decree. It establishes plans for each of the five Spanish marine subdivisions:
North Atlantic
South Atlantic
Estrecho and Alboran
Levantine-Balearic
Canary Islands.
Access Spain's Maritime Spatial Plan
Access the Geographical Information System (GIS) for the Spanish MSP
MSP Legislation
Spain's Maritime Spatial Plan is available here (in Spanish)
The Geographical Information System (GIS) for the Spanish MSP is available here.
The EU MSP Directive is transposed into national legislation through the Royal Decree 363/2017 on 8 April 2017 establishing a framework for maritime spatial planning.
National MSP authority
Spain's Competent Authority for MSP is the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge.
Contacts:
Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge,
Ms. Marta Martínez-Gil Pardo de Vera
Assistant Deputy Director for the Protection of the Sea
MMGilmiteco.es (MMGil[at]miteco[dot]es)
Strategic Environmental Assessment
General Directorate of Environmental Quality and Assessment
D. Eugenio Jesús Domínguez Collado
Subdirector General de Evaluación Ambiental
Buzon-sgeamiteco.es (Buzon-sgea[at]miteco[dot]es)
Environmental Impact Assessment
General Directorate of Environmental Quality and Assesment
D. Eugenio Jesús Domínguez Collado
Subdirector General de Evaluación Ambiental