Area important for shipping#
Description#
It is a place of great interest for navigation, for example, because the area has relevant characteristics that facilitate or support it (sufficient depth, legal reserves…), or in an indirect way because the area can support and regulate pressures like noise, discharges, etc
MSFD Annex III Table 1 - Directive 2008/56/EC. (2008). Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 establishing a framework for community action in the field of marine environmental policy (Marine Strategy Framework Directive).
HD Annex III: CRITERIA FOR SELECTING SITES ELIGIBLE FOR IDENTIFICATION AS SITES OF COMMUNITY IMPORTANCE AND DESIGNATION AS SPECIAL AREAS OF CONSERVATION - HD Annex III - Council Directive 92/43/EEC. (1992). Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora. related to Annex III;
IMO PSSAs -
ACCOBAMS_CCH - ACCOBAMS-ECS-WK. (2017). Inputs to the ACCOBAMS ongoing effort to map human threats on cetaceans in the Mediterranean and Black Seas. ThreatReport, 31st ECS Conference (30th April 2017, Middelfart, Denmark).
DEVOTES indicators -