Challenges to achieving greater and fairer stakeholder involvement in marine spatial planning as illustrated by the Lyme Bay scallop dredging closure

Marine spatial planning (MSP) is a tool for managing and improving marine environments. The field is dominated by natural scientists and has not been commonly associated with planning. This research analyzes the MSP literature to explore how planners can contribute to MSP research and practice. We organize the literature into eight themes, focusing on how planners may be able to contribute to MSP research and practice: ocean zoning, defining boundaries, planning in dynamic environments, stakeholder involvement, information needs, integrating ocean and land-use management, managing multiple and conflicting uses, and transboundary institutional structures. We conclude that planners have a lot to contribute in these eight areas.

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Six Flags Revisited: Coastal Zone Management or Marine Spatial Planning for Lake Champlain

Vermont Journal of Environmental Law ◽

10.2307/vermjenvilaw.13.3.489 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 13 (3) ◽

pp. 489 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

L. Kinvin Wroth

Keyword(s):

Coastal Zone ◽

Spatial Planning ◽

Coastal Zone Management ◽

Marine Spatial Planning ◽

Lake Champlain ◽

Zone Management

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Institutional integration in transboundary marine spatial planning: A theory-based evaluative framework for practice

Ocean & Coastal Management ◽

10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2020.105430 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 105430

Author(s):

Joseph Onwona Ansong ◽

Linda McElduff ◽

Heather Ritchie

Keyword(s):

Spatial Planning ◽

Marine Spatial Planning ◽

Institutional Integration

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Ocean data portals: Performing a new infrastructure for ocean governance

Environment and Planning D Society and Space ◽

10.1177/0263775818822829 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 37 (3) ◽

pp. 484-503 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Noëlle Boucquey ◽

Kevin St. Martin ◽

Luke Fairbanks ◽

Lisa M Campbell ◽

Sarah Wise

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Spatial Planning ◽

East Coast ◽

The United States ◽

Marine Spatial Planning ◽

Critical Cartography ◽

Third Phase ◽

Ocean Governance ◽

The World ◽

New Infrastructure

We are currently in what might be termed a “third phase” of ocean enclosures around the world. This phase has involved an unprecedented intensity of map-making that supports an emerging regime of ocean governance where resources are geocoded, multiple and disparate marine uses are weighed against each other, spatial tradeoffs are made, and exclusive rights to spaces and resources are established. The discourse and practice of marine spatial planning inform the contours of this emerging regime. This paper examines the infrastructure of marine spatial planning via two ocean data portals recently created to support marine spatial planning on the East Coast of the United States. Applying theories of ontological politics, critical cartography, and a critical conceptualization of “care,” we examine portal performances in order to link their organization and imaging practices with the ideological and ontological work these infrastructures do, particularly in relation to environmental and human community actors. We further examine how ocean ontologies may be made durable through portal use and repetition, but also how such performances can “slip,” thereby creating openings for enacting marine spatial planning differently. Our analysis reveals how portal infrastructures assemble, edit, and visualize data, and how it matters to the success of particular performances of marine spatial planning.

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