PROJECT STUDY:
Managing Marine Space
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• ENERGY
•FISHING AND FISH FARMING
•ENVIRONMENT PROTECTED AND CONSEVATION AREAS
•BUNKERING AREAS
•MARINAS AND MOORING AREAS
•DREDGING - DUMPING AREAS AND LAND RECLAMATION
•TOURISM
•OTHER ACTIVITIES
•TRANSPORTATION
Base Maps
BA Chart 36
British Admiralty Chart 194
BA Chart 177
Energy
Ħas Saptan Fuelling Dolphin: Underground installation linked to Valetta
fuelling Dolphins.
LPG Installation
Disused
Delimara Power Station:
31 March Installation
San Lucian Oil Co. Ltd
Mediterranean Offshore
Bunkering Company
Limited (MOBC):
Grand
Harbour
Liquigas Limited
Oiltanking Malta Limited:
4 tank farms of 535,000 cu mt.
Marsaxlokk Bay
Marsa Power Station:
Marsa Fueling Dolphin:
Underground installation linked to
Valetta fuelling Dolphins
Fishing &
Fish Farming
-Fisheries Management Zone (FMZ) established by EU
Council Regulation (Council Regulation (EC) No 813/2004 of
26.04.2004) on joining the EU.
King Prawns
-FMZ is 25 NM which protects the fishing resources and Eco
System
Red Mullet
-Artisanal Fishing:- is carried out all around Malta
limited to the boat size.
(Interview with fisherman at Marsaxlokk).
Some Lampuki line trails
Malta Mariculture
AJD Tuna
Pisciculture
Malta Fishfarming
Fish and Fish`
Aquaculture Centre
http://www.faocopemed.org/old_copemed/vldocs/0000174/maltafisheries.pdf
Fishing trial with fish aggregating
devises (kannizzati) - Not 59 of 2010
Reserved for fishing – No
Anchoring - Not 12 of 2012
Offshore Farm`
Environment Protected/Conservation
Areas
Birds Directive
Natura 2000
Directive 2009/147/EC of the
European Parliament and of the
council of 30 November 2009
Notice to Mariners No 4 of 2009
Habitats Directive
Sites (pSCI, SCI,SAC)
Posedonia
Protected under the Flora,
Fauna and Natural Habitat
Protection Regulations
(S.L.504.73)
Xlendi/Karwela
Tug Rozi/P29
Maerl
Imperial Eagle
Bristol Beaufighter
Tug Boats
Natura 2000
Habitats Directive
Sites (pSCI, SCI,SAC)
Blenheim Bomber
Legislation in Force: The Filfla Reserve Act, 1988
(Act XV of 1988) and G.N. 173 of 1990
Wrecks,
Conservation areas
Notice to Mariners No 5
of 2008
Um El Faraud
Maerl – Red
Coralline Algae
Maerl Grounds
Annnex to Aquaculture study for Malta March 2012 – MMRA Downloads
Bunkering Areas
All bunkering services and activities are
strictly regulated by the Dangerous Cargo
Ships, Marine Terminals and Facilities
and Bunkering Regulations (S.L. 499.12).
Total Bunker operations 2011
Within Ports = 125 (decreasing)
Within Territorial Waters = 2964 (Increasing)
2004 2005 2006 2007
2008 2009 2010 2011
Waiting Area
http://www.transport.gov.mt/admin/uploads/files/TM%20bunkering%20areas.pdf
Marinas-Mooring Areas
Commercial berthing
Manoel Island
Fishermen
Small craft
Yachting
Msida/Ta Xbiex
Ferry
Marsaxlokk
Maritime Squadron
Proposed Marina
Birzebugia
Kalkara Marina
Cruise liners
Grand Harbour Marina
http://www.timesofmalta.
com/articles/view/201208
09/local/more-berthingspaces-for-yachts.432212
Freeport
Dredging-Dumping at Sea
& Land Reclamation
Disused Spoil
Grounds
Land reclaimed in
the past?
Hilton
Spoil Ground
Smart City
http://www.mepa.org.mt/waste-disposalatsea
Variety of tourism activities
Specific attractions:
Dingli Cliffs
Comino and Blue Lagoon
Ghajn Tuffieha
Dwejra and Azure Window
Source: http://wirtizzejtun.com/about/tourist-information/
Source: http://mappery.com/Maltese-Islands-Dive-Sites-Map
Other Areas
Reverse Osmoses
Wrecks
Swimmer Zones
Cables
Sewage outfalls
Port approaches
Military Area
Ferry route
http://www.transport.gov.mt/por
ts-marinas/maritime-leisureactivities/safety-at-sea
Project of “Sicily – Malta” Interconnector
Location
Country
Malta
Italy
General direction
north-south-north
From
Magħtab, Naxxarin Malta
Passes through
Malta Channel
To
Ragusa in Sicily, Italy
Technical information
Type
Submarine cable
undeground cable
Total length
120 km (75 mi)
Power rating
200 MW
AC Voltage
220 kV
•Through this planning permit, which was approved by MEPA in April, as of next year,
Enemalta will be in a position to start the process of shutting off and decommissioning
the Marsa Power Station. The cost of the interconnector project is €200 million.
•“The project will also ensure that the Island’s local generating plant could be used
more optimally to reduce emissions and improve local air quality,” MEPA said.
•At the present time the electricity generated at the Delimara Power Station is 571MW,
with the interconnector it will be increased to 685MW. The interconnector could, in an
emergency, boost the power by an extra 100 megawatts for an additional hour.
Published on Tuesday, 24, July, 2012 at 18:12 in Malta News
Complex Situation
Transportation

The total number of vessels within a 20NM radius around
the coastline of Malta is estimated to be 65,668 vessels

(an average of 180 passing/calling vessels per day)
Ship Calls at Malta freeport
2,500
Ship Calls
Ship call
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
0
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
Year
Reference: Contingency Planning, A case study for Malta, Malta
Transport Center, 17 November 2010, Gabrielle Galea
Total vessel volume (10nm) in
Malta
Coast shipping routes(All
vessels)
Thank You!
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