Report of the Strategic Initiative Group on Marine Spatial Planning (STIGMSP)

The Strategic Initiative Group on Marine Spatial Planning (STIGMSP) met at the ICES Secretariat in Copenhagen on 20–21 June 2011. The meeting was co-chaired by Eugene Nixon (ACOM) and Erik Olsen (SCICOM) and had a total of 12 participants. The economic status was presented, and at present DKK ~45 000 remain of the initial SIF allocation to the SIASM. The main issues of the meeting was to track progress on the issues raised at the previous STIGMSP meeting in 2010 and the WKCMSP in No-vember 2010 and to plan for future activities and start an initial discussion on how to bring the SIASM to an end