O' Higgins & Roth - Littoral 2010 (Education Centre)

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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)



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





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



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







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



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





Decision Space Analysis



Space Scales

DPSWR- approach

Quantitative

Mapping using

ArcGIS

Based onIntegrated

Assessment

Network

Symbology

GIS Seas tool- for

display in Google

Earth













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.

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