On the 17th of September 2020, the German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) defined the investigation framework for the strategic environmental assessment for the revision of the maritime spatial plans in the German exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the North Sea and Baltic Sea.… Read More »Definition of the investigation framework
The maritime spatial plans in the German Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the North and Baltic Seas are currently revised by the German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH). In recent months, after the national and international participation, progress on the draft plans has been… Read More »Current status of the revision of the maritime spatial plans
On the 19th of June 2020, the German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) publicly announced the initiation of the procedure for revising and amending the Site Development Plan (FEP) and the anticipated scope of the revision and amendment. The preliminary draft of the Site… Read More »Display of the draft of the Site Development Plan 2020 and the drafts of the environmental reports (North Sea and Baltic Sea) within the scope of the strategic environmental assessment
A bilateral exchange between the German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) and its Dutch colleagues took place on the 28th of August 2020. This included an exchange on general planning topics as well as the current status of the revision of the maritime spatial… Read More »Bilateral exchange with the Netherlands
On the 07th of August 2020, the German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) defined the investigation framework for the site investigation and strategic environmental assessment of sites for offshore wind farms. The documents for sites N-6.6 and N-6.7 in the North Sea Exclusive Economic… Read More »BSH publishes investigation framework for offshore sites
In the process to examine the suitability, inter alia, of the site O-1.3 for the construction and operation of wind turbines, the BSH publishes supplementary information on biotope protection law and the new version of a rule Species protection with the opportunity to comment. The… Read More »Public display of further decision-relevant reports and supplements to the suitability examination
On the 19th of June 2020, the German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) publicly announced the initiation of the procedure for revising and amending the Site Development Plan (FEP) and the anticipated scope of the revision and amendment. In addition, the BSH published the… Read More »Hearing for revision of the Site Development Plan for the German North Sea and Baltic Sea
The German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) held a meeting with environmental organisations on the 7th of July 2020 as part of the informal stakeholder participation in the revision process of the maritime spatial plans. Thirteen participants from BUND, BSH, DUH, NABU and WWF… Read More »Exchange of expertise with environmental organisations
The German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) participated in another meeting of the informal shipping group in the North Sea on the 2nd of July 2020. The participants of the fourth meeting of this group are representatives from Belgium, Denmark, Germany, France, the Netherlands,… Read More »International exchange in the informal shipping group in the North Sea
On the 30th of June 2020, the German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) organised the 8th meeting of the Scientific Advisory Board for the revision of the maritime spatial plans for the German Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Due to the current situation the meeting… Read More »Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Board for the revision of the maritime spatial plans for the German Exclusive Economic Zone, 30th June 2020