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MARITIME SPATIAL PLAN LATVIA

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MSP - LV is national level plan adopted by governmentMunicipalities have responsibility to plan coastal waters - 2km towards sea from shoreline (part of local municipal planning)

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

Goals, priorities

concept of sea use

Explanatory note

Explanatory note containing socio

economic analysis, trends and

conclusions

Maps

Scenarious, sea use zonning

thematich maps and schemes

Permitted uses of the sea and

management for implementation

Zoning principles criteria,

justifications

implemantation provisions

1st draft - end of June 2015

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

October 2012 – start of official maritime

spatial planning (MSP) processes in Estonia

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Integration with Baltiscope

1st planners meeting in Latvia – 22nd of May back to back with LV Maritime day event• LT un EE presentations of National MSP processes• LV/EE planners WG - assessment of case study area national procedures, inventory

status, data and possible cross border issues • Preparations for the meeting responsible LV, content issues LV+EE

outcome – report and conclusions (LV+EE)

2nd planners meeting in Estonia -XX July –identification of common objectives/hot spot areas and hot topics – defining thematic WG• Preparations for the meeting responsible EE , content issues LV+EE

outcome – report and conclusions (LV+EE)

Participants- national experts, planners

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Identified issues for CBC LV/EE

1st planners meeting: items should be prepared for meeting 1.Timing and content of national and trans boundary procedures and procedures fir information exchange, planned time schedule for public events2.Data sharing for draft plans - content and conditions 3.Identified cross sectorial areas and issues to discuss4.Procedures for information exchange and communication- LV/EE (internal)

So far identified cross-border issues LV:1.Fisheries, protection measures for spawning grounds, catching areas, state of coastal fisheries, areas where fishing is prohibited2.Dumped weapons – location, information available, research activities/possibilities3. National program of measures to implement MSFD - tasks, main measures3.Use of data – availability, conditions –basic maps, sectorial information, environmental information4. Mapping of ecosystem services- techniques and data used

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Issues to be discussed before 1st planners meeting LV/EE:

Should we discuss only MSP procedures or the whole picture, including sectorial legislation(for energy, fisheries, MPA etc.)?Input data: 1) hydrological maps(resolution, availability, accessibility)2) environmental data –mapping of resources, mapping of environmental conditions,

mapping of ecosystem services(methodology, approach) mapping of existing sea uses .Data to provided by HELCOM- resolution, availability!! dumped chemicals- do the HELCOM have data?!!!!!! How to provide mapping and description for case studies to make them coherent in terms of data and maps used? When and how?!!!!! SEIA setting the dates for cross border consultation and preparatory meetings. LV will conduct series of meetings at national level to discuss scenarios of sea use (part of SEIA process)

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LV-LT cross-border consultation in

«PartiSeaPate»Actions taken:• 1 Stakeholder meeting in

Latvia

• 1 Public hearing

• Written comments from responsible institutions in LV

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Results – cooperation ends together with

the project

• Identified LV-LT cross-border issues:• Šventoji port development and impact on

coastal erosion and tourism in bordering local municipalities

• Impacts on MPA’s in Latvia• Development of offshore energy in Klaipeda

bank and its effects on fisheries• Main issue – legal aspect of the LV-LT border

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The situation in the Latvian grid

Frequency, Hz 49,99

Consumption MW 993

Balance, MW 182

Generation, MW 1175

•HPS Generation, MW

812

•TPS Generationa, MW

190

•WindPS, MW 5

• other smallstations(<10MW), MW

173

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Fisheries - catchsprat 2004 herring 2004

cod 2004 flatfish 2004

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total catch 2014