Oregon

Marine Spatial Planning

Progress Report

Paul Klarin, Marine Program CoordinatorDepartment of Land Conservation and Development

May 2012

DREADEDDRAFT

Once upon a time in the wild west…ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST

Flash Forward

Back home on the range -

the last grazers of the public common?

Drop some of these

with cement anchors the size of a 2- car garage…

in the middle of their best fishing grounds…

What Me Worry?

OceanPower

Technologies

CRAB SALMONCHARTER

PORT

Policy Preferences

Oregon’s Ocean Management Program

Statewide Land Use Planning Program

ORS 197

Ocean Resources Management Program

ORS 196

Goal 19Ocean Resources

Ocean Policy Advisory Council

Territorial Sea Plan

State Agency Authorities

State Agencies:  DLCD/ODFW/DSL/OPRD

Federal agencies: FERC, BOEM, NOAA, NMFS

OCZMA: local governments, ports and special districts

Community‐Based Advisory Committees 

Ocean Wave Energy Trust (OWET)

Ocean Policy Advsiory Council (OPAC) \Scientific Technical Advsiory Committee (STAC)

Ecotrust

Surfrider Foundation

Conservation Community (TNC, OSCC, Our Ocean)

DLCD – 12/10 - Lanier

The Moving Parts of TSP: Technological Roadmap

Seafloor mapping of the Territorial Sea:

NOAA / Contractors coordinated by Oregon State University

- Seafloor mapping workshop

- Priority Areas Selected

- Field work completed 2010

- < 50% of the territorial sea

Oregon MSP

Oregon MSPMap overlay of areas important to fisheries for: 

Coos Bay

Charleston

Bandon

Reedsport

Data Collection completed 2010

Surveys of commercial, charter and recreational fishing effort

Decision‐Support Tools

Areas Important to Fisheries

a) areas of high catch (e.g., high total pounds landed and high value of landed catch); or

b) areas where highly valued fish are caught even if in low abundance or by few fishers; or

c) areas that are important on a seasonal basis; or

d) areas important to commercial or recreational fishing activities, including those of individual ports or particular fleets; or

e) habitat areas that support food or prey species important to commercially and recreationally caught fish and shellfish species.

Oregon TSPMap overlay of areas important to fisheries for: 

Astoria

Warrenton

Survey of commercial, charter and recreational fishing effort

Fishery ResourcesHigh Competing Use (Level 1)

Fishery Resources

• Areas of Greatest Importance to Fisheries

Planning Unit Grid Used

Fishery ResourcesModerate Competing Use (Level 2)

Fishery Resources

• Areas of Great Importance to Fisheries

Planning Unit Grid Used

Statewide Planning Grid (1nm2)

Beneficial Uses

Protect and encourage the beneficial uses of ocean resources such as navigation, food production, recreation, aesthetic enjoyment, and uses of the seafloor provided that such activities ‐

do not adversely affect the resources protected in subsection 1., above (ecological resources and fisheries); 

avoid, to the extent possible, adverse effects on or operational conflicts with other ocean uses and activities; and 

comply with the applicable requirements of the Oregon TSP.

Beneficial UsesHigh Competing Use (Level 1)

Beneficial Uses

• Dredge Material Disposal• Commercial Shipping 

Lanes (Deep Draft, 2 mi)• Coastal Discharge Outfall• National Wildlife Refuges• Nearshore Research 

Inventory (OOI, NNMREC)

• OR Islands National Wildlife Refuges

• Marine Managed Areas• Telecommunication 

Cables (1000 m)• Marine Renewable 

Energy Permits

A l f i   d

Shipping Lanes

ResearchSystem Cables

Cables

Marine Reserves

Beneficial UsesModerate Competing Use (Level 2)

Beneficial Uses

• Commercial Shipping Lanes (Shallow Draft)

• Inactive Dredge Material Disposal

• Navigation Aids• Nearshore Research 

Inventory• Crabber Towboat Lanes• Ocean Recreation

Actual footprints used

Marine Ecosystem

Fisheries

Other Marine Users

Cable routes

Dredged material disposal

Navigation lanes

Geospatial Analysis for Goal 19 Areas

Areas of Biological or Ecological Importance.

Existing Uses or Areas for special management.

Identify Areas of Importance to Fisheries

+ + +Data Layers Intersected

with the Planning Grid

B&E Exclusion Areas Fishery Exclusion Areas Current Use or Management Exclusion Areas

Areas of Protection under Goal 19

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Goal 19 Criteria

Areas of Opportunity(to be evaluated)

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Draft Plan

LCDC TSPAC

Planning Grid OverlaysSummaryMap Layers

Goal 19Areas

Resource Use Areas

OPAC

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Marine Renewable 

Energy Exclusion Area

Objective: To protect already permitted uses and special 

management areas under Goal 

19 Ocean Resources. 

No development of marine renewable energy will be 

permitted in these distinct areas. 

Marine Conservation Area

Objective: Protect important, unique, or vulnerable Goal 19 resources or 

uses.

Area identified for the protection of Goal 19 

Resources.  Any development in this 

area must demonstrate no reasonably 

foreseeable adverse effects to the identified 

Goal 19 resources. 

Marine Resource Use Management 

Area

Objective: To maintain the long term use and health of the area by managing for a broad 

range of Goal 19 resources and uses.  

Maintain the status quo for Goal 19 uses and resources.  MRE 

development must demonstrate no 

significant adverse effects, to the extent possible, to those resources or uses.

Marine Resource Development Area

Objective: To identify areas of 

least use conflict for the development of Marine Renewable Energy Facilities. 

Minimize impacts of development to existing users natural resources, this is an area that has been identified for 

testing and development of marine 

renewable energy.  

Visual Resource Overlay ‐ Impact Assessment Analysis 

Higher Permitting Difficulty Level LowerWill not be permitted. 

Marine Recreation Overlay Area

Screening standards apply 

to  all areas

Once upon a time in the wild west…ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST

Fisheries

Formula for Success

Political & Policy Framework is in place:25 years of state ocean planning:● Statutory direction & expectations● Ocean management policies (in state CZMP)● Tested process (agencies, stakeholders)● Literacy/expectations among the public

● State agency science/technical capacity● Academic research capacity at OSU/UO, etc● Technical expertise from NGO, university partners● IT capacity within state CZM program    

Technical Framework is in place:

Partnerships, leveraging, and trust

Benefits of Marine Spatial Planning

For industry and stakeholders:Increases certainty for investments

Reduces costs in time and effort at project scale

Strengthens industry – industry ties

For government:Promotes better decisions

Streamlines, clarifies decision process

Reduces the Oops! Factor

For public:Provides transparency

Preserves wide range of public values

Conclusion:

Oregon’s CMSP ProcessTakes time

Takes effort

Takes funding

Never Ends

But:

It beats the alternatives (e.g. settlement agreements, lawsuits and appeals), and it’s a cost‐effective means of doing business because it

‐ Improves certainty for private and public investments;

‐ Reduces (but does not eliminate) political blowback.