As explained on the Configurations page, any MSP Challenge edition is configurable to fit your own requirements. The best way to do this is by editing the basic configuration file of a particular edition.
The Baltic Sea edition has a basic configuration with the following main parameters:
Era Timeline
| Era | Start | End |
|---|---|---|
| Era 1 | 2018 | 2026 |
| Era 2 | 2026 | 2034 |
| Era 3 | 2034 | 2042 |
| Era 4 | 2042 | 2050 |
Country Overview
- Nine countries with each two or three objectives:
- Yellow (Germany)
- Blue (Denmark)
- Purple (Sweden)
- Green (Finland)
- Red (Russia)
- Pink (Latvia)
- Estonia
- Lithuania
- Poland
Other settings
- Dataset as stipulated on the Data sources page. See the Baltic Sea edition table.
- Three background simulations:
- Ecopath-with-Ecosim ecosystem simulation, and predefined ecosystem pressures (noise, artificial substrate, surface disturbance, bottom disturbance, fishing efforts and protection from fishing activities) generated from different human activities.
- Shipping simulation, monthly ship traffic entering, leaving or within the Baltic Sea region.
- Energy simulation, existing offshore renewable energy areas, electricity cables and landing stations (landfall points) in the different countries. These simulate the curent energy flow of the existing infrastructure.
- Restrictions and errors:
- Errors when planning different physically-obstructing human activities on the same area, e.g. a wind farm on a shipping lane, or vice versa.
- Warnings when planning human activities with defined ecosystem pressures in an MPA or Natura2000 site, or vice versa.
Data Sources
| Layer name | Main category | Sub category | Source | Last update |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Countries | Management | Governance | adapted from http://www.naturalearthdata.com | Jan/17 |
| Populated places | Management | Governance | http://www.naturalearthdata.com (for whole region) | Oct/16 |
| EEZ | Management | Governance | http://www.marineregions.org/downloads.php#iceser (for whole region) | Oct/16 |
| Territorial Waters | Management | Governance | http://www.marineregions.org/downloads.php#iceser (for whole region) | Oct/16 |
| Bathymetry | Management | Environmental conditions | Helcom | Dec/16 |
| Sediment Type | Management | Environmental conditions | Helcom | Oct/17 |
| water temperature (at Sea bottom) | Management | Environmental conditions | Helcom | May/18 |
| Salinity | Management | Environmental conditions | Helcom (raster) | Jun/18 |
| Eutrophication Status | Management | Environmental conditions | Helcom, (period of 2007-2011) | Oct/17 |
| Ice Cover (Winter, summer) | Management | Environmental conditions | Helcom, (period of 2005-2009) | Oct/17 |
| wind resource density | Management | Environmental conditions | Ri.Se Scenarios | Oct/18 |
| wave resource density | Management | Environmental conditions | Ri.Se Scenarios | Oct/18 |
| Military Areas | Management | Restricted areas | Open street maps | Jun/16 |
| Elevation | (background) | (background) | Helcom | Aug/17 |
| Bathing sites | Activities | Recreation | Helcom | Dec/16 |
| Recreational fishing | Activities | Recreation | Helcom | Jun/16 |
| Finfish Mariculture | Activities | Aquaculture | Helcom | Oct/17 |
| Shellfish Mariculture | Activities | Aquaculture | Helcom | Sep/17 |
| Renewable Energy Sources - Operational | Activities | Energy | Helcom | Feb/17 |
| Potential Wind Farms (RI.SE) | Activities | Energy | RI.SE | Oct/18 |
| Oil platforms | Activities | Energy | Helcom | Oct/17 |
| Refinning Stations | Activities | Energy | Helcom (refinaries) | 2016 |
| Pipelines | Activities | Energy | Helcom | Updated in May 2018 (data from 2015) |
| Electricity Cables (from wind farms) | Activities | Energy | Helcom | Dec/18 |
| Transformers | Activities | Energy | Derived from the land grid | Dec/18 |
| Transmission lines (land grid) | Activities | Energy | Helcom | Dec/18 |
| Other Cables | Activities | Energy | Helcom | Dec/18 |
| Potencial cables (RI.SE) | Activities | Energy | Ri.SE | Oct/18 |
| Dredging sites areas | Activities | Shipping | Helcom | Helcom date: 2018-01-15. updated in the game on 19/11/2018. |
| Depositing sites areas | Activities | Shipping | Helcom, removed areas under 0.250km2 | Helcom update a year ago, updated for the game on 19/11/2018 |
| Sand and Gravel extraction | Activities | Shipping | Helcom | Helcom date: 2018-01-15.added in the game on 19/11/2018. |
| Ports | Activities | Shipping | Helcom | Jan/17 |
| NO shipping zones | Activities | Shipping | Adapted from shapefiles received from Baltic Lines partner with draft plans of partners | Dec/18 |
| IMO routes | Activities | Shipping | Helcom, updated on 28/06/2018 | Dec/18 |
| National shipping lanes | Activities | Shipping | Adapted from shapefiles received from Baltic Lines partner with draft plans of partners | Dec/18 |
| Fairways | Activities | Shipping | Adapted from shapefiles received from Baltic Lines partner with draft plans of partners | Dec/18 |
| Passenger shipping density (static layer) | Activities | Shipping | Helcom (data from 2016) | Jan/2020 |
| Tanker shipping density (static layer) | Activities | Shipping | Helcom (data from 2016) | Jan/2020 |
| Container shipping density (static layer) | Activities | Shipping | Helcom (data from 2016) | Jan/2020 |
| Cargo shipping density (static layer) | Activities | Shipping | Helcom (data from 2016) | Jan/2020 |
| Shipping intensity (dynamic layer)) | Activities | Shipping | In game data comes from SEL (Shipping model) | NA |
| Shipping intensity (dynamic layer) | Activities | Shipping activity | Shipping simulation (SEL) - all ship types together | NA (simulated) |
| Ferry shipping intensity (dynamic layer) | Activities | Shipping activity | Shipping simulation (SEL) - ferry ship traffic only | NA (simulated) |
| Passenger shipping intensity (dynamic layer) | Activities | Shipping activity | Shipping simulation (SEL) - passenger ship traffic only | NA (simulated) |
| Tanker shipping intensity (dynamic layer) | Activities | Shipping activity | Shipping simulation (SEL) - tanker ship traffic only | NA (simulated) |
| Maintenance shipping intensity (dynamic layer) | Activities | Shipping activity | Shipping simulation (SEL) - maintenance ship traffic only | NA (simulated) |
| Cargo shipping intensity | Activities | Shipping activity | Shipping simulation (SEL) - cargo ship traffic only | NA (simulated) |
| Shipping risk | Activities | Shipping activity | Shipping simulation (SEL) - all ship types together | NA (simulated) |
| Marine Protected Areas | Ecology | Protected Areas | Helcom | Dec/17 |
| Natura 2000 sites | Ecology | Protected Areas | https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/natura-9 | Jan/19 (data from Mar/2019) |
| Unesco Sites | Ecology | Protected Areas | Helcom | Dec/17 |
| Baltic Sea Fisheries closure | Ecology | Protected Areas | Helcom | Oct/17 |
| Cod Fisheries closure | Ecology | Protected Areas | Helcom | Oct/17 |
| Breeding areas for birds | Ecology | Sensitive areas | Helcom (raster) | Oct/17 |
| Wintering areas for birds | Ecology | Sensitive areas | Helcom (raster) | Oct/17 |
| Cod Spawning areas | Ecology | Sensitive areas | Helcom (raster) | Oct/17 |
| Bottom disturbance | Ecology | Pressure | Pressure calculation (MEL) | NA |
| Artificial substrate | Ecology | Pressure | Pressure calculation (MEL) | NA |
| Noise | Ecology | Pressure | Pressure calculation (MEL) | NA |
| Surface disturbance | Ecology | Pressure | Pressure calculation (MEL) | NA |
| Protection against fishing | Ecology | Pressure | Pressure calculation (MEL) | NA |
| Fish | Ecology | Several species, according to regional relevance | EwE | NA |
| Mammals | Ecology | Several species, according to regional relevance | EwE | NA |
| Macrobenthos | Ecology | Several species, according to regional relevance | EwE | NA |
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