On 10 June, representatives from the maritime spatial planning ministries and authorities of countries around the greater North Seas Region attended an online meeting of the North Seas MSP Collaboration Group. The North Seas MSP Collaboration Group has been meeting regularly—three to four times per… Read More »Meeting of the North Seas MSP Collaboration Group
France is in the process of updating its maritime spatial plans, and is now revising the ‘stratégie maritime de façade’ for the four metropolitan maritime regions: Eastern Channel-North Sea, North Atlantic Western Channel, South Atlantic and Mediterranean maritime regions.Under the MSFD, the ‘stratégie maritime de… Read More »Revision of the French maritime spatial plans
The Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management (SwAM) submitted the amended Swedish marine spatial plans to the government for decision. The amendments concern designations for offshore wind energy due to a decision by the Swedish government on wind energy and defence interests in November… Read More »Information on amendments to the Swedish Marine Spatial Plans
The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has published on the website the 2023 report on spatially relevant developments in the German Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in the North Sea and Baltic Sea.The overview report summarizes all essential information on developments in the maritime sectors… Read More »Report on spatially relevant developments in the EEZ 2023
Amendments to the Danish Maritime Spatial Plan came into force on June 28, 2024. The interactive plan as well as the environmental reports and further information on the consultation can be reviewed via this link: https://havplan.dk/en/page/info. The announcement can be found on the BSH website.
The Irish Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications is consulting on the first maritime spatial plan for renewable energy, the South Coast Designated Maritime Area Plan for Offshore Renewable Energy (SC-DMAP). The draft SC-DMAP identifies four maritime areas for offshore wind farms off the… Read More »Information on the Draft Irish Designated Maritime Area Plan for Offshore Renewable Energy
The 2021 maritime spatial plan is the subject of a scientific paper published in January 2024 by a team of BSH authors. The paper describes the main changes that have taken place since the first maritime spatial plans came into force in 2009, considering both… Read More »Scientific paper on the 2021 EEZ plan
The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) participated in the DG Mare project “eMSP NBSR – Emerging Ecosystem-based Maritime Spatial Planning Topics in the North and Baltic Sea Regions” which recently had its final conference in Gdansk (https://www.emspproject.eu/). The project worked with so-called “communities of… Read More »eMSP NBSR project results published
The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has published on the website the 2022 report on spatially relevant developments in the German Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in the North Sea and Baltic Sea. The overview report summarizes all essential information on developments in the maritime… Read More »Report on spatially relevant developments in the EEZ 2022
The Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management is consulting on the scope and level of detail of the strategic environmental assessment for the partial revision of the North Sea Programme 2022-2027 in accordance with the Convention on environmental impact assessment in a transboundary context… Read More »BSH announcement: Transboundary consultation in the scoping process for Strategic Environmental Assessment for the partial revision of the Dutch North Sea Programme 2022-2027