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PROJECT STUDY:Managing Marine Space

• ENERGY•FISHING AND FISH FARMING•ENVIRONMENT PROTECTED AND CONSEVATION AREAS•BUNKERING AREAS•MARINAS AND MOORING AREAS•DREDGING - DUMPING AREAS AND LAND RECLAMATION•TOURISM•OTHER ACTIVITIES•TRANSPORTATION

British Admiralty Chart 194

BA Chart 36

BA Chart 177

Base Maps

Marsaxlokk Bay

Liquigas Limited

Ħas Saptan Fuelling Dolphin: -Underground installation linked to Valetta fuelling Dolphins.

Delimara Power Station:

Oiltanking Malta Limited:

4 tank farms of 535,000 cu mt.

San Lucian Oil Co. Ltd

31 March Installation

LPG Installation Disused

Energy

Grand Harbour

Marsa Power Station:Marsa Fueling Dolphin: Underground installation linked to Valetta fuelling Dolphins

Mediterranean Offshore Bunkering Company Limited (MOBC):

King Prawns

Red Mullet

-Fisheries Management Zone (FMZ) established by EU Council Regulation (Council Regulation (EC) No 813/2004 of 26.04.2004) on joining the EU.

-FMZ is 25 NM which protects the fishing resources and Eco System

-Artisanal Fishing:- is carried out all around Malta limited to the boat size.

(Interview with fisherman at Marsaxlokk).

Tuna And Swordfish Fishing areaSwordfish Corridor

Malta Mariculture AJD Tuna

Offshore Farm`

Pisciculture

Malta Fishfarming

Fish and Fish`

Fishing trial with fish aggregating devises (kannizzati) - Not 59 of 2010

Reserved for fishing – No Anchoring - Not 12 of 2012

Aquaculture Centre

Fishing &Fish Farming

King Prawns

Red Mullet

Swordfish Corridor

Some Lampuki line trails

http://www.faocopemed.org/old_copemed/vldocs/0000174/maltafisheries.pdf

Posedonia

Protected under the Flora, Fauna and Natural Habitat Protection Regulations (S.L.504.73)

Birds Directive

Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the council of 30 November 2009

Notice to Mariners No 4 of 2009

Xlendi/Karwela

Imperial Eagle

Tug Rozi/P29

Um El Faraud

Bristol Beaufighter

Wrecks, Conservation areas

Notice to Mariners No 5 of 2008

Tug Boats

Blenheim Bomber

Legislation in Force: The Filfla Reserve Act, 1988

(Act XV of 1988) and G.N. 173 of 1990 Maerl – Red Coralline Algae

Maerl

Natura 2000

Habitats Directive Sites (pSCI, SCI,SAC)

Natura 2000

Habitats Directive Sites (pSCI, SCI,SAC)

Environment Protected/Conservation Areas

Maerl Grounds Annnex to Aquaculture study for Malta March 2012 – MMRA Downloads

All bunkering services and activities are strictly regulated by the Dangerous Cargo Ships, Marine Terminals and Facilities and Bunkering Regulations (S.L. 499.12).

Total Bunker operations 2011

Within Ports = 125 (decreasing)

Within Territorial Waters = 2964 (Increasing)

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

http://www.transport.gov.mt/admin/uploads/files/TM%20bunkering%20areas.pdf

Bunkering Areas

Waiting Area

Birzebugia

Marsaxlokk

Freeport

Marinas-Mooring Areas

FishermenYachting

Ferry

Kalkara Marina

Msida/Ta Xbiex

Maritime Squadron

Proposed Marina

Manoel IslandCommercial berthing

Cruise liners

Small craft

Grand Harbour Marina

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20120809/local/more-berthing-spaces-for-yachts.432212

Spoil Ground

Smart City

Hilton

Land reclaimed in the past?

Disused Spoil Grounds

Dredging-Dumping at Sea& Land Reclamation

http://www.mepa.org.mt/waste-disposalatsea

Variety of tourism activities Specific attractions:

Dingli CliffsComino and Blue Lagoon

Ghajn TuffiehaDwejra and Azure Window

Source: http://wirtizzejtun.com/about/tourist-information/Source: http://mappery.com/Maltese-Islands-Dive-Sites-Map

Swimmer Zones

Reverse Osmoses

Cables

Sewage outfalls

Port approaches

Wrecks

Military Area

Ferry route

Other Areas

http://www.transport.gov.mt/ports-marinas/maritime-leisure-activities/safety-at-sea

Project of “Sicily – Malta” InterconnectorProject of “Sicily – Malta” Interconnector

Location

Country MaltaItaly

General direction north-south-north

From Magħtab, Naxxarin Malta

Passes through Malta Channel

To Ragusa in Sicily, Italy

Technical information

Type Submarine cableundeground cable

Total length 120 km (75 mi)

Power rating 200 MW

AC Voltage 220 kV

Published on Tuesday, 24, July, 2012 at 18:12 in Malta News

•Through this planning permit, which was approved by MEPA in April, as of next year, Enemalta will be in a position to start the process of shutting off and decommissioning the Marsa Power Station. The cost of the interconnector project is €200 million.•“The project will also ensure that the Island’s local generating plant could be used more optimally to reduce emissions and improve local air quality,” MEPA said.•At the present time the electricity generated at the Delimara Power Station is 571MW, with the interconnector it will be increased to 685MW. The interconnector could, in an emergency, boost the power by an extra 100 megawatts for an additional hour.

Complex Situation

Ship Calls at Malta freeport

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Transportation The total number of vessels within a 20NM radius around

the coastline of Malta is estimated to be 65,668 vessels (an average of 180 passing/calling vessels per day)

Reference: Contingency Planning, A case study for Malta, Malta Transport Center, 17 November 2010, Gabrielle Galea

Total vessel volume (10nm) in Malta

Thank You!

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