DEBATE
16.00‐17.00
6 00
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Moderator: Gert Verreet
Panel:
E b Olsen
Esben
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Institute of Marine Research in Norway, member of Marine Board‐ESF working group
on MPAs
Geert Raeymaeckers
FOD Federal Public Service Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment of the Belgian
Marine Environment Policy administration
Haitze Siemers
European Commission: Maritime Policy Baltic and North Sea, Maritime affairs and
fisheries
Marijn Rabaut
University of Ghent : department Marine Biology; member of Marine Board‐ESF
working
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g p on MPAs
Thomas Rammelt
NGO: Stichting De Noordzee
Statements questionnaire:
THE NORTH SEA, FIELD LAB FOR MARINE PROTECTION
Statement 1: MPAs are important tools to operationalise/implement EAM
Totally agree
Agree
Disagree
Totally disagree
Statements Questionnaire :
2% 3%
No opinion
Have your say and get involved on MPAs!
49%
46%
Statements questionnaire:
THE NORTH SEA, FIELD LAB FOR MARINE PROTECTION
Statement 2: We possess all the information (e.g. the accurate distribution
of marine species and habitats) we need to reach “ecological coherence” of
MPAs in the North Sea
Totally agree
Agree
Disagree
10%
Totally disagree
9%
9%
26%
46%
Statements questionnaire:
THE NORTH SEA, FIELD LAB FOR MARINE PROTECTION
No opinion
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marine species and habitats) we need to reach “ecological
Totally agree
Agree
coherence”
of MPAs
in theDisagree
North SeaTotally disagree No opinion
5%
22%
29%
11%
33%
Statements questionnaire:
THE NORTH SEA, FIELD LAB FOR MARINE PROTECTION
Statement
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resilience and reduce vulnerability
of marine
ecosystems to anthropogenic
The network of MPAs
proposed
for
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North Sea is
pressure and climate change
representative and coherent across National boundaries.
Totally agree
Agree
Disagree
Totally disagree
3% 2%
2%
42%
Statements questionnaire:
THE NORTH SEA, FIELD LAB FOR MARINE PROTECTION
51%
No opinion
Statement 3: The network of MPAs proposed
for the North
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modern conservation efforts (EAM)
and reduce vulnerability of marine ecosystems to anthropogenic
Totallyand
agree
Agree
Disagree Totally disagree No opinion
pressure
climate
change.
change
3%
3%
7%
39%
48%
Statements questionnaire:
THE NORTH SEA, FIELD LAB FOR MARINE PROTECTION
Statement
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of MPAs proposed
for adequately
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and coherent
Statement
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in the North Sea
Reducing impacts on ecosystem engineers using (no‐take) MPAs
is a powerful tool in modern conservation efforts (EAM).
Totally agree
Agree
Disagree
18%
Totally disagree
6%
15%
16%
45%
Statements questionnaire:
THE NORTH SEA, FIELD LAB FOR MARINE PROTECTION
No opinion
Statement
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The network
impacts
of MPAs
on ecosystem
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engineers
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Sea
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services
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into
account
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of MPA
priority setting
network
design
the network of MPAs in the North Sea
Totally agree
Agree
2%
Disagree
Totally disagree
10%
30%
12%
46%
Statements questionnaire:
THE NORTH SEA, FIELD LAB FOR MARINE PROTECTION
No opinion