Identifying particularly valuable and vulnerable areas: a key tool for the integrated management plans for the Barents Sea and Norwegian Sea.
In 2006 Norway implemented an integrated and ecosystem-based management plan for the Barents Sea, and is currently developing a similar plan for the Norwegian sea. Norway aims to have such plans for all sea areas under Norwegian jurisdiction. The main aim of IM in the Barents Sea and Norwegian Sea i...
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ftimr:oai:imr.brage.unit.no:11250/102682 2023-05-15T15:38:06+02:00 Identifying particularly valuable and vulnerable areas: a key tool for the integrated management plans for the Barents Sea and Norwegian Sea. Olsen, Erik 2008 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/11250/102682 eng eng ICES ICES CM documents;2008/E:14 This report is not to be quoted without prior consultation with the General Secretary. http://hdl.handle.net/11250/102682 8 s. Barents Sea Barentshavet marine ecosystems marine økosystemer VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Ecology: 488 VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Marine biology: 497 Working paper 2008 ftimr 2021-09-23T20:14:54Z In 2006 Norway implemented an integrated and ecosystem-based management plan for the Barents Sea, and is currently developing a similar plan for the Norwegian sea. Norway aims to have such plans for all sea areas under Norwegian jurisdiction. The main aim of IM in the Barents Sea and Norwegian Sea is to ensure a sustainable use of the ecosystem by balancing all human activities. A key tool to developing the area-based management frameworks have been the identification of particularly valuable (biologically) areas and evaluation of their vulnerability to human impacts. Biological value was determined in relation to importance to the biological production, biodiversity or as key habitats to threatened or vulnerable species. Seven particularly valuable areas were identified in the Barents Sea, while in the Norwegian Sea ten particularly valuable areas were identified. In the Barents Sea plan human usage of these areas is carefully managed to reduce impacts and risks – in the most vulnerable parts, in Lofoten – Vesterålen and along the coast, new petroleum activities are banned, shipping traffic has been moved off-shore using mandatory routing and traffic separation schemes, and a series of MPAs are planned along the coast. Similar area-based management frameworks area planned for the Norwegian sea, and will be presented to parliament in 2009. KEYWORDS: Barents Sea, Norwegian Sea, value, vulnerability, area-based, integrated management, ecosystem-based-management Report Barents Sea Barentshav* Lofoten Norwegian Sea Vesterålen Institute for Marine Research: Brage IMR Barents Sea Lofoten Norway Norwegian Sea Vesterålen ENVELOPE(14.939,14.939,68.754,68.754) |
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Barents Sea Barentshavet marine ecosystems marine økosystemer VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Ecology: 488 VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Marine biology: 497 |
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Barents Sea Barentshavet marine ecosystems marine økosystemer VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Ecology: 488 VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Marine biology: 497 Olsen, Erik Identifying particularly valuable and vulnerable areas: a key tool for the integrated management plans for the Barents Sea and Norwegian Sea. |
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Barents Sea Barentshavet marine ecosystems marine økosystemer VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Ecology: 488 VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Marine biology: 497 |
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In 2006 Norway implemented an integrated and ecosystem-based management plan for the Barents Sea, and is currently developing a similar plan for the Norwegian sea. Norway aims to have such plans for all sea areas under Norwegian jurisdiction. The main aim of IM in the Barents Sea and Norwegian Sea is to ensure a sustainable use of the ecosystem by balancing all human activities. A key tool to developing the area-based management frameworks have been the identification of particularly valuable (biologically) areas and evaluation of their vulnerability to human impacts. Biological value was determined in relation to importance to the biological production, biodiversity or as key habitats to threatened or vulnerable species. Seven particularly valuable areas were identified in the Barents Sea, while in the Norwegian Sea ten particularly valuable areas were identified. In the Barents Sea plan human usage of these areas is carefully managed to reduce impacts and risks – in the most vulnerable parts, in Lofoten – Vesterålen and along the coast, new petroleum activities are banned, shipping traffic has been moved off-shore using mandatory routing and traffic separation schemes, and a series of MPAs are planned along the coast. Similar area-based management frameworks area planned for the Norwegian sea, and will be presented to parliament in 2009. KEYWORDS: Barents Sea, Norwegian Sea, value, vulnerability, area-based, integrated management, ecosystem-based-management |
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Identifying particularly valuable and vulnerable areas: a key tool for the integrated management plans for the Barents Sea and Norwegian Sea. |
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Identifying particularly valuable and vulnerable areas: a key tool for the integrated management plans for the Barents Sea and Norwegian Sea. |
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Identifying particularly valuable and vulnerable areas: a key tool for the integrated management plans for the Barents Sea and Norwegian Sea. |
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Identifying particularly valuable and vulnerable areas: a key tool for the integrated management plans for the Barents Sea and Norwegian Sea. |
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Identifying particularly valuable and vulnerable areas: a key tool for the integrated management plans for the Barents Sea and Norwegian Sea. |
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identifying particularly valuable and vulnerable areas: a key tool for the integrated management plans for the barents sea and norwegian sea. |
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ENVELOPE(14.939,14.939,68.754,68.754) |
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Barents Sea Lofoten Norway Norwegian Sea Vesterålen |
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Barents Sea Lofoten Norway Norwegian Sea Vesterålen |
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Barents Sea Barentshav* Lofoten Norwegian Sea Vesterålen |
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Barents Sea Barentshav* Lofoten Norwegian Sea Vesterålen |
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