MASTS Marine Planning and Governance Open Forum

The MASTS Marine Planning and Governance forum are pleased to host an open forum session featuring talks and live discussion.

Chairs and forum co-convenors: Rachel Shucksmith (UHI-Shetland) and Sinead Sheridan (NatureScot).

This Forum is a centre for dialogue across the marine planning community and offers expertise, knowledge exchange and collaboration. By addressing the complex and wide-ranging research needed to support marine planning activities in Scotland, the Forum draws diverse expertise from a variety of stakeholders.

Speakers and Talks

Rebecca Kavanagh (Queen's University Belfast) - Navigating ambiguity in Marine Governance: Co-existence & Co-Location

Kerstin Joyce (Nordregio) - How can offshore wind energy and fisheries sustainably coexist in Nordic Seas? – The Nordic Green Meets Blue project”

Kirsty Wright (ScotGov) - Rationale, drivers and development of the "Good Practice Guidance: Assessing fisheries displacement by other licensed marine activities"

The talks will be recorded, however the Q&A and discussion afterwards is not. The recordings will eventually be on the MASTS YouTube Channel.