Challenges in cross-sectoral marine protection in Europe

Marine complex adaptive systems : theory, legislation and management practices

“…Section 3.4.2 shows that the MSFD has a limited capacity to account for this fragmentation and coordinate with existing legislation, confirming the findings of Salomon andDross, 2013 and. The obligations contained in the MSFD to coordinate with other legislation are formulated in a generic way in the consideranda (8 and 9).…”

“…It also showed that thanks to the process of implementation of the MSFD, some initiatives are slowly starting to take place, like the MSFD Technical Committee, while the Regional Water Protection Plans (PTA) already coordinate the implementation of the WFD and related legislation. However, the case of Italy shows that integration and coordination are being realised in the opposite direction, with sector-based policies being included into the implementation of the MSFD and not vice versa, as suggested also by Salomon and Dross (2013). More in general, as reported also by one interviewee, the current organisation of public administrations still reflects a Weberian, silo-based model, where competences are split along departments and single administration, a view which is now clearly inadequate to address current complex, unpredictable environmental problems.…”

“…Moreover, it seems to lack the creative thinking on future options for cross-border cooperation, which emerges from the analysis of other marine sub-regions of the Mediterranean (Jouanneau and Raakjaer, 2014). This seems to be mainly due by the fact that crossborder, marine region-based cooperation is formulated in a general way in the text of the MSFD, without much detail on governing structures and mechanisms (as found also by Salomon and Dross, 2013;and van Tatenhove, 2016). As a result, MS are left to the capacity of the Regional Sea Conventions (RSCs) to act.…”

Scotland's Marine Protected Area network: Reviewing progress towards achieving commitments for marine conservation

“…It is a milestone in European marine policy (Salomon and Dross 2013) and as evidence towards the EU fulfilling its international obligations for the protection of the marine environment (Long 2011). Whilst the main goal of MSFD is to achieve "Good MPAs are still considered a key mechanism to be used in attempting to achieve GES (Fenberg et al 2012).…”

Adventures in cross-disciplinary studies: Grand strategy and fisheries management

“…Such problems are multiplied when the number of management agencies involved increases, an inevitable consequence of adopting ICZM, MSP or an EAM. Institutions developed to manage different economic sectors have evolved different goals, priorities and modes of operation [81]. Adopting an EAM can potentially increase the strain on management agencies; it also requires new forms of governance [19,91].…”