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Baie de Seine Occidentale

Sea basin

Country

Habitats: coastal/offshore

Single MPA or MPA network

Designation type

 Size (km2)

North East Atlantic Ocean

France

Coastal

Single MPA

Natura 2000

443 km²

Main pressures on the environment

 

Fishing and Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing

Tourism and recreation

Climate change

Dredging and dumping

Best practices from this site

National authorities, scientific experts, sectoral groups and environmental actors were strongly involved in working groups for the development of governance measures. The co-management of the MPA with a committee of fishermen was key to improve the involvement of fishers in the MPA. The assessment of the conservation measures is carried out using a dashboard including indicators that also respond to others public policies (MSFD, OSPAR ...). This process resulted in the IUCN Green List label.

Contact
 

French Office for Biodiversity

Maella Sicard

maella.sicard@ofb.gouv.fr