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Impediments to achieving integrated marine management across borders: The case of the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive

Cavallo, Marianna; Borja, Ángel; Elliott, Michael; Quintino, Victor; Touza, Julia

Authors

Marianna Cavallo

Ángel Borja

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Professor Mike Elliott Mike.Elliott@hull.ac.uk
Emeritus Professor of Estuarine and Coastal Sciences/ Research Professor, Institute of Estuarine and Coastal Studies

Victor Quintino

Julia Touza



Abstract

© 2019 Elsevier Ltd Several initiatives have been taken worldwide to promote international coordination and integrated approach in marine management. At the European level, ten years after the adoption of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), the Member State strategies still present some ecological, economic and social challenges. This review identifies the minor, intermediate and major impediments (respectively defined as ‘bottlenecks, showstoppers and train-wrecks’) to marine management, resulting from a 4-year analysis of national, regional and European reports. Most of the problems are linked to the resistance of countries to collaborate and to the inability to integrate the work already carried out under other pieces of legislation. The European countries will need to better integrate and coordinate their actions in marine management in the second cycle of the MSFD, in order to achieve its final goal of Good Environmental Status as well as the objectives of other environmental policies.

Citation

Cavallo, M., Borja, Á., Elliott, M., Quintino, V., & Touza, J. (2019). Impediments to achieving integrated marine management across borders: The case of the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive. Marine Policy, 103, 68-73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2019.02.033

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Feb 21, 2019
Online Publication Date Mar 1, 2019
Publication Date 2019-05
Deposit Date May 31, 2022
Journal Marine Policy
Print ISSN 0308-597x
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 103
Pages 68-73
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2019.02.033
Keywords International cooperation; Regional coherence; Integrated management; Marine strategy framework directive
Public URL https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/1363991
Related Public URLs https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/142942/