FISHERIES

Workshop 2: cross sectorial

Top 5 vs. Fisheries

Synergies

1. Offshore wind farm installation potential habitat

2. MPA protection measures can improve fishing

grounds, spawning, stocks

Conflicts

1. Loss of trawling fishing areas

2. Shipping pollution, noise, damage

3. MPA sets limitation to fishing (also a synergy)

Method at workshop

1. Look at the list* of synergies

2. Add new ones

3. Check if the synergy is…

a) real

b) transboundary

c) planning

4. Chose the most important

5. Repeat step 1-4 for conflicts

* The list was made by experts at Tallinn meeting, who tried all sectors

vs. all sectors.

Participants at workshop

Terje Selnes Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management, Senior Analyst, Sweden

Solvita Strake Latvian Institute of Aquatic Eology, Head of Hydrobiological laboratory Department of

Marine Monitoring, Latvia

Kristine Kedo Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development Head of Spatial

planning policy division, Latvia

Anni Konsap Estonian Ministry of Finance, Aviser of Planning Department, Estonia

Georgs Korņilovs Institute of Food Safety, Animal Health and Environment BIO, Head of Fish

resources research department, Latvia

Marta Konik Maritime Office in Szczecin, GIS Specialist in Maritime Spatial Planning and Geodesy

Department, Poland

Didzis Ustups The Institute of Food Safety, Animal Health and Environment "BIOR”, Head of Sea

Division, Latvia

Eva Rosenhall Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management, Senior Analyst MSP, Sweden

Wilhelm Gårdmark Baltic SCOPE , Project Co-Manager

List on Fisheries vs Energy

Real, TB, Planning

Synergies

1. Wind farm installation = potential habitat ?, Y, Y

Uncertain knowledge if this is true and for which species.

Nonetheless, we still have to handle it in planning.

2. Commercial fishing in wind farms and wave areas under certain

conditions Y, -, -

Could be done since it’s far between turbines? But perhaps if the

fish is there :)

3. Floating wind farms could be marine protected areas Y,-,-

Solution. Perhaps. Perhaps rather a solution - wind farms as

hinders for fishing. Ice makes it harder.

List on Fisheries vs Energy

Real, TB, Planing

Conflicts

Wind farms

1. Can destroy habitat benthic species Y, ?, Y

Local impact?

2. Vibration noise affects -,-,-

3. Displacement / alteration habitats -,-,-

4. Cumulative effect Y,-,-

5. + Loss of trawling fishing areas Y, Y, Y

Activity

Power cables

1. Construction temporal impact benthic Y?, Y, -

2. Electro-magnetic field disturb Y, Y, -

List on Fisheries vs Shipping

Real, TB, Planning

Syenergies

1. Co-existance marine -, -, -

2. + Ports Y, Y, Y

Mulituse ports, Landing points, infrastructure.

List on Fisheries vs ShippingReal TB Planing

Conflicts

1. Shipping noise Y*, Y, Y

*check if true (some Bonus project researched)

May vary in time. Problem probably increase if shipping density and

hence noise increase. Solution can be both spatial and temporal.

2. Pollution / damage habitats y, Y, Y

(What is meant here by pollution? Oil spills? We choose to focus on traffic

here, not crashes) Oil on birds at Gotland every day – on fish to? Oil

tanker crash in Klaipeda)

3. Limitation of passive gears in shipping routes ---

Latvia scientist are more happy with trawlers than gill nets due to a better

flexibility of change the type of gears to still be able to fish.

4. + Ship turbines chopping up baby fish at spawning grounds ---

(Anni)

List on Fisheries vs

Environment

Real, TB, Planning

Synergies

1. Fish need good environmental status Y, Y, y

2. Direct (targeted) fishing to control invasive species y, Y, N

3. Sustainable use of stock -, -, -

4. MPA protection measures can improve fishing grounds, spawning,

stocks Y, Y, Y*

May be fishing restrictions in MPA .*But not planning issue in all

countries?

List on Fisheries vs

Environment

Real, TB, Planning

Conflicts

1. Demersal trawling possibly effect benthic habitats ?, Y, -

Unsure knowledge, contradictory studies.

2. By-catch of seals, harbour porpoise, birds Y, Y, N

Management

3. Seals damage gears and eat fish from gears Y, Y, N

Management

4. MPA sets limitation to fishing (also a synergy) Y*, Y**,-

*Yes only if limitation. *Yes only if in EEZ. Number of MPAs not

most important factor, but what you are alowed to do, what is

restricted. Rules vary with country.

Top 3 synergies Fisheries

1. Offshore wind farm installation = potential habitat

2. MPA protection measures can improve fishing

grounds, spawning, stocks

3. --

Top 3 conflicts Fisheries

1. Loss of trawling fishing areas

2. Shipping pollution, noise, damage

3. MPA sets limitation to fishing (also a synergy)