Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development, Latvia

#BalticMSP

Preparing Latvian MSP –

approach and result

Kristine Kedo

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Head of Spatial planning policy division

Preparing Latvian MSP – approach and result

Spatial planning department

Head of Spatial planning policy division

Kristine Kedo

23.11.2016.

Timeframe of MSP process

3

Area covered by MSP

4

Mapping of ecosystem services

5

Designation of priorities

6

4 scenarios

Long-term

vision,

objectives,

tasks

Exclusion criteria

for use of the sea;

Compliance/coordi

nation criteria for

use of the sea

Environmental,

socio-economic

and transboundary

impact assessment

Categories for planned (permitted) uses of the sea:

1. Areas of priority interest

2. Areas of potential development

3. Other types of the uses of the sea and marine features

4. Areas of general use

CONDITIONS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR USE

7

Areas of priority

interest

Areas of potential

development

Other types of the

uses of the sea and

marine features

• Priority areas for

shipping

• Military training areas

and surveillance

towers and zones

• Marine Protected

Areas and

Investigation areas of

nature values

• Important fishery areas

(bottom trawling)

• Important areas for the

coastal marine tourism

• Wind park

development

• Marine aquaculture

(algae and mussels)

• Marine aquaculture

(algae, mussels, fish)

• Area for exploring the

wave energy

technologies

• Perspective electricity

cables

• Tourism development

• Navigation

information

• Coastal tourism and

recreation sites

(bathing waters,

Yachting clubs)

• Fish landing sites at

the port

• Spatial units for

exploration and

extraction of

hydrocarbons

• Sediment deposition

areas

• Others...

Are

as

of

Gen

era

lU

se

8

Priority areas for shipping

9

Important areas for fisheries –bottom trawling

10

Nature values and investigation

11

Tourism

12

Most suitable places for offshore energy

13

Most suitable places for aquaculture

14

Thank you for your attention!

Any questions?