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Timelines, expected outcomes andTimelines, expected outcomes and
management procedures of themanagement procedures of theMarine Strategy Framework Directive.Marine Strategy Framework Directive.
A discussion of spatial and temporal scales in theA discussion of spatial and temporal scales in the
management and adaptation to changing climate.management and adaptation to changing climate.
Tim O¶Higgins (SAMS) & Eva Roth (SDU)
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A comprehensive
scientific knowledge base
and practical guidance for
the application of theEcosystem Approach to
the sustainable
development of Europe¶s
regional seas.
Image from: www.gstaadlife.com/
Overall objective
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What is the Ecosystem Approach?
³a³a resourceresource planning planning and and management management
approachapproach that that integratesintegrates thethe connectionsconnections
betweenbetween land,land, air air and and water water and and all all living living things,things,
including including people, people, their their activitiesactivities and and
institutionsinstitutions..´́-Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
Quantify Goods and ServicesGoods and Services to make explicit
the tradeoffs in management decisions
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In this talk
Obligations under the Marine Strategy
Framework Directive (MSFD)
Can the MSFD deliver an ecosystemapproach wrt cod fishery in the Baltic?
Examine spatial and governance
considerations using Decision Space
Analysis
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BALTIC SEA ENVIRONMENTALBALTIC SEA ENVIRONMENTAL
ISSUESISSUES
Fishing: Baltic Cod Stocks (CFP)
Eutrophication (CAP)- Largest
anthropogenic hypoxic area inthe world (spawning volume)
Climate change- warming,freshening
HELCOM, 2007 Climate Change in the Baltic Sea Area ± HELCOM Thematic Assessment in 2007
Balt. Sea Environ. Proc. No. 111
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Intermediate
Services
Final Services Benefits
Primary production 4,5
Nursery and breeding 5
Habitat provision
Predator-prey
relationships4
Sea water quality8,9
Nutrient cycling 5,6
Climate stability
Fish production3
Maintenance of beneficialspecies4,1
Maintenance of
Biodiversity1
Resistance and resilience1
Active use:
Commercial harvesting of
species and their consumption3
Commercial growout of fish
and crustaceans
(mariculture)
Recreational fishery
Non-consumptive use (e.g.visual benefits/cetacean
and seal tourism activities)
Passive use
Existence value of species1
Option value1
Bequest value1
COD AND EUTROPHICATION IN THECOD AND EUTROPHICATION IN THE
BALTICBALTIC
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Decision Space Analysis
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Space Scales
DPSWR- approach
Quantitative
Mapping using
ArcGIS
Based onIntegrated
Assessment
Network
Symbology
GIS Seas tool- for
display in Google
Earth
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CONCLUSIONSCONCLUSIONS
MSFD has the scope to address CodMSFD has the scope to address Codin the Balticin the Baltic
TradeTrade--offs between food security andoffs between food security andenvironmental qualityenvironmental quality-- legacylegacy
Adaptive Management in the face of Adaptive Management in the face of uncertainty, this can be complicated byuncertainty, this can be complicated byunwieldy governance structures.unwieldy governance structures.