Spatial planning departmentIngūna Urtāne

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MARITIME SPATIAL PLAN LATVIA

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total area of Baltic Sea waters under

jurisdiction of Latvia is 28,000 km2

marine waters of Latvia (the inland

maritime waters, territorial sea and

exclusive economic zone) takes up

7,7% total area of the Baltic sea

32,5% of total area of the territorial

sea is designated as marine

protected areas

waters under jurisdiction of Latvia

border upon Lithuania, Estonia

and Sweden

the legal base for MSP in Latvia is

Spatial planning law, issued on

2011

Latvia`s MSP will cover all marine

waters of Latvian jurisdiction –

Exclusive Economic Zone,

Territorial sea and inland marine

waters (between base line and coast

line) considering a terrestrial part

that is functionally interlinked with

the sea

the time perspective of the plan is

up to 2030, including short term and

long term objectives

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Maritime Spatial Plan 2017-2030

1. HEALTHY MARINE ENVIRONMENT

2. COHERENT ENERGY STRATEGY FOR BALTIC SEA REGION

3. SAFE, ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY AND EFFICIENT MARINE TRANSPORT

4. SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES

MSP - LV is national level plan adopted by government

Municipalities have responsibility to plan coastal waters - 2km towards sea from shoreline (part of local municipalplanning)

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actors -

MARITIME ADMINISTRATION OF LATVIA

Latvian Institute of Aquatic Ecology

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Content and timing LV MSPthe long-term plan for the next 12 years

STRATEGY

Priorities

concept of sea use

ANALYSYS

Socio economic, environmental

analysis,

trends and conclusions

MAPS

Scenarios, sea use zoning

thematic maps and schemes

USES AND MANAGEMENT

Zoning principles criteria,

justifications

implementation provisions

national stakeholder cross border consultations- starting from July 2015

STATE OF PLAY -LV

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2014 2015 2016

MSP WG

ministerial level

ToR

Procurement

procedure

MSP

project

ENV

report

Stakeholders involvement

1. 2.

1st draft of MSP

Public hearing

1st draft of SEIA

Adoption of

plan

CoM

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value of fish resources in Latvia has approximately 64 million euro a year

the turnover for fishing, fish processing, ports, maritime transport, tourism

enterprises accounted for more than 600 million euros in 2009

out of those 241 million will be accounted for harbor activity, which also make the

most profit over the sectors and ~ 200 million for tourism

Uses of the SEA according to importance fornational economy

1. Maritime shipping and port operations - existing2. Tourism and recreation - existing3. Fisheries- existing

4. Military - existing

5. Offshore energy production - 1 license operationalapplication for 200 MW of total capacity

6. Offshore installations -existing7. Underwater cultural heritage – under investigation

Oil exploration and exploitation - ? Resources have been evaluatedExtraction of raw materials- ? Some research has been done

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WFD and MSP? Eutrofication of Baltic seaP and N loads from land based and airborne sources

in accordance with the results of farm survey data (2010), 88% of the area of arable land is treated by conventional methods, only 12% of farms used environmentally friendly cultivation techniques

37% of cultivated cropland areas in the winter months are left without plant coverage. The rest of the area is covered withwinter crops (47%), cover crops (5%) or plant residues (11%)

on the condition that agricultural land area and farm's animals number is invariable, the utilization of artificial fertilizers in recent years have increased

municipal sector`s contribution is 4 % of total N and 5 % for total load P

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MSP, WFD, MSFD .....

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Marine Spatial PlanningIntergovernmental Oceanographic CommissionUNESCOCharles N. Ehler