Maritime Affairs

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Maritime Affairs
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what drives Maritime Affairs
Sustainable growth Governance
Integrated Maritime Policy
Maritime Affairs
Research
GMES
Environment
Fisheries
Transport
Economy
Energy
Security
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the context vertical drivers

• Marine Environment
• Maritime Transport (goods and people)
• Fisheries
• Other economic activities related to the seas and
  oceans (for competitiveness and growth)
• Maritime Security
• Energy
• Most are, or will become, subject to rules and
  regulations at many levels
• (international, regional, EU, national or even
  local)
• To ensure protection, safety, application of
  customs law, security, management and enforcement
  for fisheries, maritime border security etc.

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the context horizontal drivers

• These are aimed at integration, coordination,
  focus and support
• Integrated Maritime Policy (MPTF)
• integration, coordination
• Research (e.g. protection of marine environment,
  growth and competitiveness of maritime
  industries) support
• GMES (of DG ENTR) focus for governance

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the context marine environment

• Thematic Strategy on the Protection and
  Conservation of the Marine Environment (the
  Marine Strategy) aims to achieve good
  environmental status of EU marine waters by 2020.
• Is a Directive since December 2007
• Largest territorial expansion of EU environmental
  law
• Based on Marine Regions managed by MS (Med,
  Baltic, Northeast Atlantic, Black Sea)
• Requires detailed environmental assessments,
  definition of good environmental status
  (through indicators), targets, measures and
  monitoring programmes for each region
• Marine strategies (one per region) should ensure
  collective pressure from human activity within
  sustainable limits
• Science and technology is needed to implement the
  various stages
• Beyond EU waters, control and enforcement
  activities are foreseen
• Constitutes the environmental pillar of the new
  integrated maritime policy

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the context maritime transport

• 2001 Transport White Paper (EU Transport Policy
  for 2010 time to decide) with Action Programme
  of 60 measures
• Objective adapt transport policy to the needs
  of sustainable development from environmental and
  socio-economic viewpoints
• Mid-term review (2001-2006)
• Successes reinforcement of legal framework in
  maritime safety, promotion of intermodal
  transport (Marco Polo)
• Priorities mobility, protection (of the
  environment, of the citizen, of energy supply),
  innovation, international dimension
• Waterborne transport actions Common European
  Maritime Space White Paper (2008), EU ports
  policy (congestion, hinterlands, intermodal
  nodes), e-maritime systems (positioning,
  pre-arrival info, surveillance, e-services),
  inland waterways (rivers, canals)
• security issues minimum standards for maritime
  security, sea-side port protection

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the context fisheries

• The Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) is the EUs
  instrument for the management of fisheries
• 2002 Reform of CFP to ensure
• the sustainable development of fishing activities
  from an environmental and socio-economic
  viewpoint
• Improved and transparent scientific advice,
  increased participation of stakeholders
• Challenges
• Long term approach to fisheries management
• Balance resources with fleet capacity
  (overcapacity)
• Enforce the rules (e.g. limits on effort, quotas)
• Reduce adverse impacts to the marine ecosystem
• Make the sector economically viable

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the context maritime border security

• EU outer maritime border
• Illegal immigration, smuggling (plus saving lives
  at sea)
• Organised cross-border crime, terrorism (2nd and
  3rd pillar)
• JLS communication on EUROSUR
• integrated EU border surveillance system
• phased implementation 2008-2013
• start with southern maritime border
• major driver for maritime surveillance

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the context MPTF

• June 2006 Green paper Towards a future Maritime
  Policy for the Union A European vision for the
  oceans and the seas accompanied by 12 background
  papers
• October 2007 Blue Book and Action Plan
• Actions are a first step towards implementation
• Key objectives
• Sustainable use of the oceans
• Building a knowledge/innovation base for maritime
  policy
• Highest quality of life in coastal regions
• Promoting EU leadership in international maritime
  affairs
• Raising the visibility of Maritime Europe
• First round of tools for integration
• Integrated approach to data collection/processing/
  delivery (public data infrastructures to
  stimulate value-added services)
• Coordination of surveillance and monitoring
  activities (across sectors, across MS)
• Maritime Spatial planning (i.e. to address
  competing uses of coasts and seas)
• IPSC involved in the first 2.

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the context research

• 600MEuro funding for FP6 projects in the
  maritime sector (ERA-NETs, Space, Food,
  Transport, Environment, Energy, Policy Support,
  International Co-operation, Marie Curie,
  Infrastructures etc.)
• June 2008 Planned Commission Communication on a
  European Maritime Research Strategy
• objectives integrating marine science and
  technology, synergy between Member State
  research, integrating research-policy
  making-industrysociety
• using
• foresight mechanisms, cross-cutting calls,
  conferences, ERA-Nets, Maritime Days, links to EU
  financial instruments (EIB,FP7, Structural
  Funds), support for specialized infrastructures
  etc.
• next step Interservice group opening to all DGs
  starting in March 2008

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Maritime Affairs Unit what is there

• ECCAIRS, FISHREG, MASURE
• Impressive roster of skills (gt12 disciplines)
• Very strong policy impact (all actions) customer
  base includes FISH, TREN, EMSA, OLAF (for
  customs) and the MPTF
• Strong research component (for FISHREG, MASURE)
  14 FP6/FP7 projects, many peer-review
  publications
• Strong networking
• Staff mix (young, very high on visiting, too high
  on competitive)
• External finance (65 AAs, 35 SCAs)
• Sciences/Technologies involved

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Maritime Affairs Unit policy support

• Fisheries management, fisheries economics, data
  quality, fisheries enforcement (monitoring
  campaigns, electronic reporting systems, data
  exchange, best practices, training)
• Maritime surveillance (ship detection, vessel
  traffic patterns) and data infrastructures
  (integrating across sectors, maritime borders,
  maritime safety and security, monitoring marine
  pollution for oil spills)
• Maritime accident reporting
• Port security implementation
• Monitoring and risk analysis for containers to
  detect customs fraud and other illegal activities

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Maritime Affairs Unit research

• Modelling for fisheries management (e.g. fish
  population, bio-economic, harvest control rules),
  cost of fisheries management, common research
  infrastructures, fisheries enforcement
  techniques (e.g. origin assignment, predictions
  of catch and quota uptakes), cost of enforcement,
  ecosystem approach management
• Innovative maritime surveillance systems and
  concepts (e.g. satellite AIS, use of UAVs,
  further automation of sensor data analysis,
  maritime surveillance technology platform
  (validate industry solutions, pilot new
  technologies)
• Ship inspection technologies, underwater
  technologies, safety risk assessment for ports,
  autonomous surveillance
• Risk analysis for the containerized goods supply
  chain

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Case Research in maritime surveillance, ship and
oil spills
Research Ship / oil detection in satellite
images Integration of vessel traffic data
Systems interoperability Communication,
distributed systems Novel sensors New
satellite sensors UAVs
Policy support Fisheries control Maritime
borders control Marine (oil) pollution Maritime
safety (risks) Supply line security Spatial
planning Maritime governance Maritime
security Outside EU
Clients FISH, CFCA JLS, Frontex ENV,
EMSA TREN RELEX MPTF MPTF Council, EDA RELEX,
DEV, FAO

• a cluster of research lines
• contributes as a whole to different policy lines
  / clients
• on the themes security, safety, resource
  protection, sustainable growth

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Possible cross-Institute activities

• Support
• Oil pollution response (with IES)
• Research
• Global emissions (with IES)
• Security of energy supply (with IE)
• Arctic shipping (with IES)
• (these three relate to global maritime routes)
• Monitoring aquaculture (with IHCP)

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Networking

• Fisheries enforcement
• All EU Fisheries Control authorities ( FMCs,
  Coast Guards, MS Inspection Services, Joint
  Inspections)
• NEAFC (Northeast Atlantic Fisheries Commission)
• Maritime surveillance
• FRONTEX (e.g. EPN project)
• Monitoring Maritime Pollution
• EGEMP (European Group of Experts on Monitoring
  Maritime Pollution)
• Container monitoring and risk analysis
• MA (Mutual assistance between customs
  administrations)
• Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
• Freesub.net (Marie Curie training network)
• ECCAIRS co-operative network
• EU transport authorities, EU accident
  investigation bodies, EU transport agencies,
  non-EU authorities etc
• Fisheries management
• STECF (Scientific, Technical and Economic
  Committee on Fisheries) for scientific advice,
  including SGECA for economic data
• EU Fisheries Research institutes in the context
  of the DCR (Data Collection Regulation)
• ICES (International Council for the Exploration
  of the Sea), ICES/WGAGFM (WG on genetics)
• FAO/GFCM (General Fisheries Commission for the
  Mediterranean)

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Our key partners in the EU

• TREN.G (Maritime Transport, Logistics,
  Innovation), TREN.J (Security Protection of
  persons, assets and facilities, TREN.I (Air
  Transport)
• EMSA (European Maritime Safety Agency)
• EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency)
• OLAF.C (Operational Intelligence)
• JLS.B (Immigration, Asylum and Borders)
• FRONTEX (RD, Operations)
• EDA (for maritime surveillance)
• FISH.A (Conservation Policy), FISH.E (for
  economic analysis), FISH.D (Control and
  Enforcement)
• CFCA (Community Fisheries Control Agency)
• MPTF (Maritime Policy Task Force)
• RTD.H (Transport)
• National Authorities / Regional Organizations /
  Industry / International Organizations

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Detailed view of activities

• See Table of all areas and their dimensions
  (protection, security, research, policy support)

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port operations
vessel inspections
autonomous surveillance
accident reporting
underwater technologies
transport safety
container monitoring
VDS development
routes analysis
surveillance solutions
pollution detection
surveillance technologies
crisis response
data integration
L-T monitoring
port security
VMS anti-tampering
pollution networking
security
protection
critical routes
STECF
border security
origin assignment
management risk
enforcement costs
management cost
data analysis
stock assessment
e-logbooks
modelling
fisheries campaigns
spatial planning
data collection
training
fisheries socio-economics
remote areas
data infrastructures
energy carriage
data quality
global emissions
energy efficiency
arctic shipping
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the way ahead

• Reduce pressure from AAs and gradually change the
  staff mix to put more resources on institutional
  research
• Identify areas where more research effort is
  needed (e.g. maritime surveillance research
  cluster, sea side port protection, analysis of
  trade patterns, bio-economic modelling,
  socio-economic impact assessments)
• Consolidate some activities, prioritize and focus
  some others
• Take advantage of new opportunities (like the
  trend for more Navy-civilian collaboration and
  information sharing across sectors in general)
• Contribute to research for important
  cross-cutting themes (like global emissions from
  shipping, maritime energy carriage, etc.)