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Romanian MSP Authorities organised a public debate on 28th of August in Bucarest to present the latest version of the Romanian MSP and with the objective to gather stakeholders views on the draft document.
Romanian authorities highlighted that only current activities are represented in the...

A Particularly Sensitive Sea Area (PSSA) was created in the North-western Mediterranean Sea last 7 July 2023. Including the entire Pelagos Sanctuary and the Spanish Cetacean Corridor, this area aims to protect marine mammals from the risk of collisions in an region characterised by a...

The North Western Mediterranean Sea has been designated as a Particular Sensitive Area (PSSA) by the International Maritime Organisation and at the proposal of Spain, France, Italy and Monaco. A PSSA is an area targeted by dedicated actions from IMO because of its ecological, social...

Ireland has approved the DMAP proposal for Offshore Renewable Energy on the South Coast designating the area where offshore renewable energy projects can be developed. The designated area will be further refined through public consultation and an environmental impact assessment. 

More information available here.

The new WWF assessment of maritime spatial planning (MSP) in the EU Mediterranean highlights the lack of ecosystem-based management integration into maritime spatial planning. Four Member States, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece and Italy, were not able to be assessed as they still have not implemented plans...

The Romanian Ministry of Environment, Water and Forests launched a call for tenders last September 2022 to develop the National Strategy on Integrated Coastal Zone Managment (ICZM) and the associated Integrated Management Plan. The winning consortium composed of GeoEcoMar and Ovidius University, will develop a...

The presentations given by the different speakers at the REGINA Opening conference, held in Brest on 1 March 2023, can be now found on REGINA’s website. A video of the conference is also available on YouTube.

Presentations 

Recording of the conference 

The final publication of MSP-MED is out now. The document describes the achievments and challenges of the project and provides an overview of its main outputs. You can also find a series of videos on MSP-MED related topics on the dedicated youtube channel.

More on MSP-MED 

Final publication...

The REGINA Project launched its brand new website where you will find all the information on the project’s objectives, partners and activities. The website is accessible here.

Estonia has started its application process for OWF in accordance with its Maritime Spatial Plan which includes a zone dedicated. You can find more information in the following article here.

Amazon will fund the first commercial-scale seaweed farm within an offshore wind park in the Netherlands (North Sea). The project will be led by the North Sea Farmers organisation.

You can find more information in the following article.

On the 26th of January the Community of Practice (CoP) for Maritime Spatial Planning in the Mediterranean was launched. Supported by CINEA and DG MARE, this CoP will strenghten the MSP community and build on the already rich policy context in the Mediterranean: implementation of...

To help Member States with the implementation, monitoring and revision of their Maritime Spatial Plans, three new EMFAF projects were launched:

• The MSPGreen project aims to support MSP plans to become marine enablers for the implementation of the European Green Deal objectives and will provide...

A virtual workshop was held by the UNITED Project (H2020) on January 24th, 2023, to present its 4 Multi-Use Pilots from Belgium, Denmark, Gemany and the Netherlands. The workshop aimed to share knowedge and experiences on renewable energy planning processes and identify blockers for the...