Marine Protected Areas are a globally recognised tool to manage and enhance marine ecosystems (European Environment Agency, 2018).
Within the MSP Challenge Simulation Platform it is possible to edit, add or remove Marine Protected Areas. In editions where there is an EWE model, it is possible to apply policies to the geometries in this layer. There is optional seasonal protection and buffer protection policy for the different types of fleets available in that edition.
You can temporarily or permanently ban specific fishing fleets in each Marine Protected Area, both existing and new ones. You can also implement buffer zones of a specific radius around each Marine Protected Area, in which specific fishing fleets are temporarily or permanently banned.
It is also possible to change the fishing effort of one or more fleets within the sea basin. Activate the Fishing controls by ticking the appropriate checkbox in the Plan Wizard. Subsequently change the appropriate Fishing effort sliders.
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Protected planet
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Not available. Implemented on 2016/12.
The layer was reprojected to Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area (EPSG:3035). The geometries were simplified and the smaller geometries were removed to optimize the rendering.
EUR-Lex
10/2019
This layer is consistent with the Marine Protected Areas layer in the Digital Twin Edition of the MSP Challenge.
HELCOM
Baltic Sea Protected Areas
"This dataset contains borders of the HELCOM MPAs (former Baltic Sea Protected Areas (BSPAs). The dataset has been compiled from data submitted by HELCOM Contracting Parties. It includes the borders of designated HELCOM MPAs stored in the HELCOM Marine Protected Areas database. The designation is based on the HELCOM Recommendation 15/5 (1994)."
Description retrieved from HELCOM's metadata page for this resource (2021-08-26).
Creation date not available. Latest update: 2017-03-30.
Geometry simplification to speed up rendering, very small areas were deleted, smaller than 10km^2.
The Marine Protected Areas layer in the Western Baltic Sea Edition remains consistent with that featured in the Baltic Sea edition.
Data provided by project partner (Marine Scotland).
Not available.
Not available. Data provided on 2017/12.
The layer was reprojected to Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area (EPSG:3035). The geometries were simplified and the smaller geometries were removed to optimise the rendering.
Provided by project partner CNR-ISMAR based on the [./Ftp://ftp.minambiente.it/PNM/Natura2000/TrasmissioneCE%2Baprile2020/ Italian Ministry of environment] for Italy and tools4msp-eu-GAIR for the rest of the Adriatic.
Not available. Data provided on 2020-09-01.
The geometries were simplified and the smaller geometries were removed to optimise the rendering.
Default
This layer only exists in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea edition for planning purposes (the layer is empty).
Co-funded by the European Union.