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Messages on Marine Spatial Planning
OCEaN’s working group on Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) has finalised a document containing Messages on MSP which encompass five key principles that Member States should integrate into their respective national MSP plans.
10/31/21
OCEaN’s working group on Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) has finalised a document containing Messages on MSP which encompass five key principles that Member States should integrate into their respective national MSP plans. The five messages arose as a result of collaborative discussions and mutual agreement among the OCEaN Members.
They are formulated as follows:
MSPs should be planned holistically, at sea basin level and in collaboration across entire sea basins;
They should be based on the long-term and consider cumulative impacts at basin level;
MSPs must be based on best-practice methodology and apply the best available data, tools, knowledge and practices;
They should be developed based on consultation processes and fair stakeholder engagement;
Multiple use of marine areas should be considered as a tool to reconcile conflicting interests.