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

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/