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Today’s talk: • Intro to Falklands, natural

values • Current marine activities

and management • Darwin project

- Aims and framework - Workshops - Directions - GIS database and webGIS - New studies: cultural

values and whale distribution

• Priorities for MSP • Government support • Next step

The Falkland Islands


75% of global population


• 70 species of seabirds

• 29 marine mammal species

• Major fish and squid stocks

• Inshore endemic species

• A lot of unknowns!

Patagonian Shelf very productive marine area


36% of global population


endemic


Recovering


Distinct population?


Photo credit: Suzan Pole-Evans

Endangered


• Commercial fisheries: 50 to 60% of total GDP of the

islands annually

• Cruise ship-based tourism: 10 to 20%

At least 60% of the long-term economy rely on sustainable marine management

• Oil exploration/development – varies considerably


• Almost no marine recreational fishing

• Coastal recreational activities

• Coastal settlements

Marine values

Marine activities, current, increasing and new

Marine activities and management

Marine activities and management

• Department of Natural Resources (Fisheries office) Commercial fishery

- Fishing licences and quotas - License areas - Stock assessments and fishery research

• Department of Mineral Resources Oil development - Licence areas - EIA for proposals

• Department of Natural Resources (Marine office) Shipping/ports

- Port management - Shipping traffic regulations

No coordination or ecosystem-based approach

• Department of Environmental Planning Aquaculture, port development, access to sites, etc

• Department of Agriculture Biosecurity

Darwin project: Marine Spatial Planning for the

Falkland Islands

• Pilot science project

• Two years (July 2014-2016)

• Funded by Darwin Plus, and supported by FIG

• Goal: Provide the initial set of scientific tools for FIG (mapping, spatial analyses), framework to facilitate implementation

Initiate Marine Spatial Planning

Darwin project: Marine Spatial Planning for the

Falkland Islands

The project steering committee includes: • Sasha Arkhipkin (Fisheries Department) • Jon Boot (Falkland Islands Petroleum Licenses Association) • Paul Brewin (Shallow Marine Surveys Group) • Bill Dawson (Royal Navy, Mount Pleasant base) • Chris Locke (Fisheries Department) • Ben Lascelles (BridLife International) • Tim Martin (Falkland Islands Petroleum Licenses association) • Stephanie Middleton (Falkland Islands Tourism Board) • Andy Pollard (Falkland Islands Fishing Companies Association) • Nick Rendell (Falkland Islands Environmental Planning

Department) • Andy Stanworth (Falklands Conservation) • Phil Trathan (British Antarctic Survey)

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Workshop 2 “Developing” – Products

and methodology for analyses towards Marine Spatial Planning in the Falkland

Islands

Workshop 3 “Framing” – Marine

Spatial Planning in the Falkland Islands: Developing a framework for operations

and policies

Current marine management

review

Identify stakeholders

Data scoping

GIS database and

catalogue

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MSP approaches

Spatial analyses

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Workshop 1 report

Workshop 2 report

Workshop 3 report

Zonation analyses

Identify data gaps

Proposals for sub-projects

MSP methodology

Workshop 1 “Setting the scene” –

Marine Spatial Planning for the Falkland Islands: Why, Who, When and How –

Vision and Objectives

Policy paper on framework for Marine Spatial

Planning

Public consultation “What is important for you and how do you see the future?”

Public consultation “Can you see the benefits from the

proposed framework?”

Marine Spatial Planning - definition

A stakeholder-driven science process to develop a strategic plan for managing and protecting the marine environment that addresses the multiple and cumulative uses of the sea and achieves ecological, economic and social objectives.

Long-term future

Economic Exclusive Zone

“Ensuring a well managed marine and coastal areas and resources of the Falkland Islands for sustainable economic development whilst protecting our biodiversity and wild unspoilt areas, and supporting the safe use of the sea and celebration of our maritime heritage”.

Vision for MSP

Objectives of MSP

OBJECTIVE 1: Facilitate the responsible and sustainable development of current and new economic activities to contribute to the national economy OBJECTIVE 2: Identify and safeguard the most ecologically important and unspoilt marine and coastal areas, many of which are of global significance OBJECTIVE 3: Enable the provision of safe and appropriate internal and international sea links for Islanders and business development OBJECTIVE 4: Celebrate and maintain the maritime Falkland Islands’ identity, including via the protection of historically and culturally important areas OBJECTIVE 5: Facilitate the enjoyment provided by marine and coastal areas for current and future recreational activities

Stakeholder and public engagement and consultation

Framework for MSP

Marine Spatial Plan

Marine Spatial Planning

Seascape character assessment

(environmental and human)

Political engagement

Governance assessment

Ecosystem services assessment

Marine activity best-practice

Zoning plan

Spatial data

Mapping

Understanding links and

relationships

Vulnerability matrices (services

vs pressures)

Scenario analyses (e.g. oil inshore

transfers)

Sectorial risk analyses (e.g. aquaculture)

Regional case studies (e.g.

Berkeley Sound)

Coordinated research and

monitoring plan

Vision, objectives

Political commitment

Legislation development

Funding strategy (institutional capacity and

sustainability)

Strategic records and analyses of

incidents

Identification of high value areas

Specific risk analyses (e.g. biosecurity)

Cumulative impact

assessments

EIA/Project proposal aid


incidents


incidents

Spatial data, mapping, analyses

• MSP GIS database



• Anthropogenic activity data (ANT)

• Management data (MGT) • Environmental data (ENV) • Biological data (BIO) • Social data (SOC) • Geographic data (GEO) • Marine Spatial Planning data

(MSP)

Project Metadata catalogue



Project Metadata catalogue MSP GIS database =



Project Metadata catalogue MSP GIS database =

SAERI Data Centre



• webGIS

http://148.251.4.143/saeri_lm3beta3/lizmap/www/index.php/view/map/?repository=saeri&project=webGIS20160318

Cargo ships Oil tankers Cruise ships

Spatial data and mapping

Shipping traffic


Commercial fishing

Loligo Illex


Commercial fishing


Cruise ship landings


SUMMER SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE SUMMER PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY

degree Celsius Chlorophyl a concentration in mg/m3

Spatial analyses

Maps given to Royal Navy at MPA

Spatial analyses

BBA near-shore use

Spatial analyses

Spatial analyses

Key areas for marine megafauna (29 species seabirds, 3 species of seals)

Spatial analyses

Data gap and new studies

• Culturally valued areas • Recreational areas • Inshore cetacean distribution • Kelp bed map • Spawning grounds of fish and cephalopods • Economic values of areas for fishing and tourism • Benthic habitat map (inshore and offshore)


Mapping cultural coastal values

Mapping inshore baleen whale sighting hotspots


Priorities for MSP

Shipping and boating management Exclusion zones Communication systems

Berkeley Sound management Zoning plan Identifying ecologically important areas Classification Risk quantification (current and future)

Providing tools for emergency responses Areas most at risk Safe areas for sheltering boats

Preparing legislation MSP Act

Government commitment and support

December 2015 ------------ Executive Council: • “acknowledged the importance of implementing an MSP process for the long-

term sustainable and safe management of the coastal and marine environments of the Falkland Islands and that such a process is grounded in objective and sound science;

• agreed to support and the creation of an MSP Plan, according to the framework and details provided in this paper and with the addition of a finer scale delivery and financial plan”

Next phase: MSP implementation in FIG

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