Improved transdisciplinary science for effective ecosystem-based maritime spatial planning and conservation in European Seas (MarinePlan)

Project Information

MarinePlan

Grant agreement ID: 101059407

DOI

10.3030/101059407

Project closed

EC signature date 9 June 2022

Start date 1 October 2022

End date 30 September 2025

Funded under

• Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment

Total cost

€ 3 587 828,75

EU contribution

€ 3 587 827,00

Coordinated by

JOHANN HEINRICH VON THUENEN-INSTITUT, BUNDESFORSCHUNGSINSTITUT FUER LAENDLICHE RAEUME, WALD UND FISCHEREI
Germany

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (8)

Data Management Plan

WP6 will oversee the implementation of the data management plan (D6.1), advance visualization tools (D6.2, D6.3) and facilitate the modelling of spatio-temporal connectivity metrics (D6.4).

Evaluation of EB-MSP and strategic conservation at Planning Sites: Overview, obstacles and knowledge gaps

WP5 will produce an overview, knowledge gaps and recommendations for effective implementation of EB-MSP together with the achievement of the strategic conservation planning in European Seas (D5.1) and derive from planning scenarios lessons learned how to achieve 2030-30%-10% targets in the context of EB-MSP (WP3) and derive key action points to foster EB-MSP implementation in European Seas (D5.2).

Report on spatial distributions and temporal dynamics of metrics
First annual report

WP 7 will prepare annual reports to the Commission.

Systematic review and metaanalysis of current knowledge on systematic conservation planning accompanied by a database of the analysed papers

WP3 will advance in the implementation of approaches for conservation planning (D3.1) and will guide the development of spatial planning scenarios and elaborate the trade-offs of planning options to deliver on the 2030-30%-10% target (D3.2).

Operational EB-MSP framework and guidance for practical implementation

WP1 will frame the overall EB-MSP decision support system by developing EBMSP guidelines and identifying the data and knowledge needs for their implementation. The main output will be a flexible EB-MSP implementation process that will be applied and tested at Planning Sites (D1.1) and a best practice guidance (D1.2).

Report on the analysis of existing policies and institutions
Report on EBSA metrics

The scientific basis to define EBSAs, to be implemented in the designation of MPA networks, and connectivity criteria and metrics will be developed in WP2 with support of modelling tools developed and customised by WP6. Thereby WP2 will define the metrics (D2.1) for spatio-temporal quantification of conservation criteria. The results will be published in a report.

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (14)

Fishing activities within Spanish marine protected areas in the Mediterranean Sea

Author(s): María D. Castro-Cadenas, Martín Barreiros, Maria Bas, Miquel Ortega, Joachim Claudet, Marta Coll, Valerio Sbragaglia
Published in: Marine Policy, Issue 177, 2025, ISSN 0308-597X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.MARPOL.2025.106686

Identifying and prioritizing demersal fisheries restricted areas based on combined ecological and fisheries criteria: The western Mediterranean

Author(s): Ortega, Miquel; Castro-Cadenas, María D.; Steenbeek, Jeroen; Coll, Marta
Published in: Marine Policy, Issue 157, 2023, ISSN 0308-597X
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2023.105850

Current practices in marine systematic conservation planning: protocol for a global scoping review

Author(s): Fabbrizzi, Erika; Giakoumi, Sylvaine; Petza, Dimitra; Katsanevakis, Stelios; Domínguez Crisóstomo, Esther; Colloca, Francesco; Elliot, Michael; Flannery, Wesley; Galparsoro, Ibon; Kruse, Maren; Ben Lamine, Emna; McAteer, Ben; Stelzenmüller, Vanessa; Fraschetti, Simonetta
Published in: Crossref, 2023, ISSN 2732-5121
Publisher: Open research Europe
DOI: 10.12688/openreseurope.16300.1

Operationalising Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas criteria for ecosystem-based conservation and management: The Bay of Biscay case

Author(s): Olga Lukyanova, Sarai Pouso, Isabel García-Barón, Angel Borja, Maria Bas, Roland Cormier, Stelios Katsanevakis, Stefan Neuenfeldt, Vanessa Stelzenmüller, Ibon Galparsoro
Published in: Biological Conservation, Issue 308, 2025, ISSN 0006-3207
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.BIOCON.2025.111156

Managing marine resources sustainably – ecological, societal and governance connectivity, coherence and equivalence in complex marine transboundary regions

Author(s): Elliott, M., Borja, Á., Cormier, R.
Published in: Ocean & Coastal Management, 2023, ISSN 0964-5691
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/J.OCECOAMAN.2023.106875

Are Mediterranean marine threatened species at high risk by climate change?

Author(s): Chatzimentor, A., Doxa, A., Katsanevakis, S., & Mazaris, A. D.
Published in: Global Change Biology, 2022, ISSN 1365-2486
Publisher: Global Change Biology
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16577

Assessment tool addresses implementation challenges of ecosystem-based management principles in marine spatial planning processes

Author(s): Ibon Galparsoro, Natalia Montero, Gotzon Mandiola, Iratxe Menchaca, Ángel Borja, Wesley Flannery, Stelios Katsanevakis, Simonetta Fraschetti, Erika Fabbrizzi, Michael Elliott, Maria Bas, Steve Barnard, GerJan Piet, Sylvaine Giakoumi, Maren Kruse, Ben McAteer, Robert Mzungu Runya, Olga Lukyanova, Telmo Morato, Annaïk Van Gerven, Steven Degraer, Stefan Neuenfeldt, Vanessa Stelzenmüller
Published in: Communications Earth & Environment, Issue 6, 2025, ISSN 2662-4435
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/S43247-024-01975-7

Contribution of area-based fisheries management measures to fisheries sustainability and marine conservation: a global scoping review

Author(s): Petza, D., P. Anastopoulos, S. Kalogirou, M. Coll, S. Garzia, M. Kaiser, N. Koukourouvli, I. Lourdi, J. Rice, M. Sciberras and S. Katsanevakis
Published in: Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, Issue 33, 2023, ISSN 0960-3166
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s11160-023-09780-9

Marine Policy

Author(s): Ortega, Miquel; Castro-Cadenas, María D.; Steenbeek, Jeroen; Coll, Marta
Published in: instname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), 2023, ISSN 0308-597X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2023.105850

Dynamic marine spatial planning for conservation and fisheries benefits.

Author(s): Vigo, M., Hermoso, V., Navarro, J., Sala-Coromina, J., Company, J. B., & Giakoumi, S.
Published in: Fish and Fisheries, 2024, ISSN 1467-2960
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/faf.12830

Spatial patterns of β-diversity under cumulative pressures in the Western Mediterranean Sea

Author(s): Pennino, G. M. Zurano, J. P. Hidalgo, M. Esteban, A. Veloy, C. Bellido, J. M. Coll, M.
Published in: Marine Environmental Research, Issue 195, 2024, ISSN 0141-1136
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2024.106347

The opportunity for climate action through climate-smart Marine Spatial Planning

Author(s): Ana M. Queirós, Talya ten Brink, Maria Bas, Christopher J. Sweeting, Sian McGuinness, Hugh Edwards, Elizabeth Talbot, Patrick Berg Sørdahl, Christian Lønborg, Shayna R. Deecker-Simon, Michael Elliott, Rafael Sardá, Jose A. Fernades-Salvador, Christina Pretty, Riku Varjopuro, Elina A. Virtanen, Elena Gissi, Katherine Yates, Andrea Morf, Catarina Frazão-Santos, Inne Withouck, Matthew Frost, Marta Coll, Kira Gee, Caitriona nic Aonghusa
Published in: npj Ocean Sustainability, Issue 4, 2025, ISSN 2731-426X
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/S44183-025-00129-2

Modelling seabirds biodiversity through Bayesian Spatial Beta regression models: A proxy to inform marine protected areas in the Mediterranean Sea

Author(s): Sarzo, B., J. Martínez-Minaya, M. Grazia Pennino, D. Conesa and M. Coll
Published in: Marine Environmental Research, 2023, ISSN 0141-1136
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2022.105860

Systematic evaluation of a spatially explicit ecosystem model to inform area-based management in the deep-sea

Author(s): Brito, J., Soszynski, A., Pham, C.K., Giacomello, E., Menezes, G., Steenbeek, J., Chagaris, D., Morato, T.
Published in: Ocean & Coastal Management, 2023, ISSN 0964-5691
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2023.106807

Thesis and dissertations (1)

Ecosystem modelling for the ocean decade - facing the challenge

Author(s): null null, Jeroen Steenbeek
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
DOI: 10.5821/DISSERTATION-2117-417801

Other (2)

Current practices in marine systematic conservation planning: protocol for a global scoping review- PRISMA-ScR Checklist

Author(s): Fabbrizzi, E., Giakoumi, S., Petza, D., Katsanevakis, S., Crisóstomo, E. D., Colloca, F., … Fraschetti, S.
Published in: 2023
Publisher: open science framework
DOI: 10.12688/openreseurope.16300.1

Assessing the potential of Other Effective area-based Conservation Measures (OECMs) for contributing to conservation targets: A global scoping review protocol

Author(s): Petza D, Amorim E, Ben Lamine E et al.
Published in: 2024, ISSN 2732-5121
Publisher: Open Research Europe
DOI: 10.12688/OPENRESEUROPE.16116.1

Book chapters (2)

A Synthesis of Anthropogenic Impacts and Solutions in Estuarine and Coastal Environments

Author(s): Elliott, M., Kennish, M.J.
Published in: Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science, 2024, ISSN 0346-251X
Publisher: Science Direct
DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-90798-9.00126-8

A review of the last twenty years of the maritime city. In Barcelona metròpoli empresa.

Author(s): Ortega, M.; Nogué, B., & Coll, M.
Published in: Issue Pp 109-125, 2023, ISBN 9788417870300
Publisher: Virus