plan bothnia project: the fascinating story of how we made it

The fascinating story of how we made a MSP test

planbothnia.org

Manuel Frias

SUBMARINER final conferenceGdansk, 5th September 2013

Once upon a time...

Year 2010

Lead Partner

My colleague

Hermanni started

the project

He proposed me to

work with him and I

said yes!

DG MARECo-funded under

European Integrated Maritime Policy

Phase 1

Data collection

December 2010

Phase 2

Spatial Plan

May 2012

Objective: Test a MSP process

Transboundary

Offshore

The Bothnian Sea:a pear-shaped sea

Why is Maritime Spatial Planning important?

The Baltic Sea:a quiet corner of Northern Europe

Manuel Frias. Data available in HELCOM GIS

Really?

The Baltic Sea:a quiet corner of Northern Europe?

Really?

Oil rigs

Manuel Frias. Data available in HELCOM GIS

The Baltic Sea:a quiet corner of Northern Europe?

Really?

Oil rigsWind farms (current and projects)

Manuel Frias. Data available in HELCOM GIS

The Baltic Sea:a quiet corner of Northern Europe?

Really?

Oil rigsWind farms (current and projects)

Baltic Sea Protected Areas

Manuel Frias. Data available in HELCOM GIS

The Baltic Sea:a quiet corner of Northern Europe?

Really?

Oil rigsWind farms (current and projects)

Baltic Sea Protected AreasNatura 2000

Manuel Frias. Data available in HELCOM GIS

The Baltic Sea:a quiet corner of Northern Europe?

Really?

Oil rigsWind farms (current and projects)

Baltic Sea Protected AreasNatura 2000

Shipping accidents (2009)

Manuel Frias. Data available in HELCOM GIS

The Baltic Sea:a quiet corner of Northern Europe?

Really?

Oil rigsWind farms (current and projects)

Baltic Sea Protected AreasNatura 2000

Shipping accidents (2009)

Illegal oil spills (2009)

Manuel Frias. Data available in HELCOM GIS

The Baltic Sea:a quiet corner of Northern Europe?

Really?

Oil rigsWind farms (current and projects)

Baltic Sea Protected AreasNatura 2000

Shipping accidents (2009)

Illegal oil spills (2009)

Fisheries (Surface and mid. gear 2007)

Manuel Frias. Data available in HELCOM GIS

The Baltic Sea:a quiet corner of Northern Europe?

Really?

Oil rigsWind farms (current and projects)

Baltic Sea Protected AreasNatura 2000

Shipping accidents (2009)

Illegal oil spills (2009)

Fisheries (Surface and mid. gear 2007)Shipping density (2009)

and much more...Manuel Frias. Data available in HELCOM GIS

The Baltic Sea:a quiet corner of Northern Europe?

Really?

Oil rigsWind farms (current and projects)

Baltic Sea Protected AreasNatura 2000

Shipping accidents (2009)

Illegal oil spills (2009)

Fisheries (Surface and mid. gear 2007)Shipping density (2009)

Not really...The Baltic Sea is busy – and getting busier!

and much more...Manuel Frias. Data available in HELCOM GIS

Where is the data?

Luckily we have the HELCOM map and data service

maps.helcom.fi

6 partners

18 organization

s

We needed more data

and our partners were

very busy collecting

and creating data

Creating

our own

data

After the data collection

and creation we started

to:

Map the future

Marker and

paper were the

best tools

The processData

collection

Synthesis

The pilot plan!

What did we learn?

Everthing we did

was open!

We shared our activities and processes in our web site: planbothnia.org

All data can be viewed and

downloaded from our map

service

Maritime Archaeology @ University of Southern DK's

We found very little or no data at all for certain topics as

offshore underwater archaeology

Summing up

We tested a

transboundary, offshore MSP

maps.helcom.fi

HELCOM map and data serviceto the rescue

(Try to) be open!!

PLAN BOTHNIA.org

Manuel Frias

”Plans are nothingplanning is everything”Dwight D. Eisenhower