1.
Celtic Seas Partnership
• Penny Wilson, WWF-UK
• Celtic Seas Partnership Policy Officer
• PWilson@wwf.org.uk
www.celticseaspartnership.eu
Twitter/celticseaspartnership

2.
Celtic Seas Partnership (CSP)
• 4-year EU Life+ project (2013-16)
• Brings together governments, marine
users and interests in the Celtic Seas
Region
• Develop new ways of working together to
encourage healthy, well-managed seas
• Supporting EU Marine Strategy
Framework Directive (MSFD) target of
‘Good Environmental Status’ by 2020

3.
CSP - Partners
• WWF-UK is lead partner
• Other partners: University of Liverpool,
Dublin Regional Authority, the Natural
Environment Research Council (British
Oceanographic Data Centre) and SeaWeb

4.
Celtic Seas

5.
CSP Project Objectives
1. Increase stakeholder understanding of marine
policy
2. Build & develop relationships between sectors and
countries
3. Influence management practices
4. Increase stakeholder involvement in marine policy
and decision-making
5. Improve the availability of information at Celtic
Seas scale.

6.
Who is involved?
• Cross-sectoral
representation from across
Celtic Seas
• Scientists carrying out
relevant research
• Government & statutory
agency representatives
Science/
Research
Sea-users
& eNGOs
Government
Celtic Seas
Partnership

7.
Future Trends
across the
Celtic Seas

8.
Future trends
 Demonstrate the ongoing need for integrated
management
 Balance between economic development and
environmental obligations and capacity
 Highlight future economic and environmental
trends over the next 20 years based on:
 Economic assessments
 Stakeholder led ideal growth scenario
 Environment first approach

9.
Outputs
1. Literature review and baseline assessments
2. Future projections based upon economic
assessment
3. Future projections based upon a stakeholder led
‘ideal growth’ scenario
4. Future projections based upon an Environment first
scenario
5. Cross cutting analysis of all future trend scenarios
6. Conclusions and Recommendations
 Interactive mapping tools to present trends

10.
Reviving the Ocean Economy
 WWF-led assessment of the global ocean as a
major economic asset
 Examined key direct ocean assets, trade/transport
and associated assets
 Conservatively estimated the value of global ocean
assets at $24 trillion
 Annual gross marine product of $2.5 trillion –
making it the 7th largest economy
 Now looking to do regional assessments and WWF
working towards inclusion of Celtic Seas

11.
Timeline
 Scoping work already complete
 Various work packages to be completed
 Build understanding from baseline assessment
to economic and environmental assessments
 Baseline assessment to begin in November
 Stakeholder workshops and interviews to take
place Q1/Q2 2016
 Completion by September 2016 – final multi-
national workshop

12.
Thank you for listening
Any questions?
• Penny Wilson, WWF-UK
• Celtic Seas Partnership Policy Officer
• PWilson@wwf.org.uk
www.celticseaspartnership.eu
Twitter/celticseaspartnership