3. ICES CM 2013/I05 3
Strategic Advice on Designing and
Implementing Coastal and Marine
Spatial Plans
Many options for marine spatial planning;
What are the attributes of existing plans?
Empirical review to compare Marine Spatial
Plans from around the world
8. ICES CM 2013/I05 8
Main Messages – The Plan
• THERE IS NO SINGLE RECIPE FOR MARINE
SPATIAL PLANNING ‐‐ MANY THINGS MATTER:
– Try to get to operational objectives;
– Be meaningfully inclusive;
– Have a clear mandate;
– Match expectations to time and funding;
– Pay attention to vertical and horizontal integration
– Design for feedback and adaptive learning
– State what constitutes success?