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**Warnings when planning human activities with defined ecosystem pressures in an MPA or Natura2000 site, or vice versa.
**Warnings when planning human activities with defined ecosystem pressures in an MPA or Natura2000 site, or vice versa.


== Data Sources ==
==Data Sources==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
To see the data sources used in this version of the game refer to the Baltic Sea edition table in [[Data sources#Baltic sea edition|data sources]] page.
!Layer name
!Main category
!Sub category
!Source
!Last update
|-
|Countries
|Management
|Governance
|adapted from <nowiki>http://www.naturalearthdata.com</nowiki>
|Jan/17
|-
|Populated places
|Management
|Governance
|<nowiki>http://www.naturalearthdata.com</nowiki> (for whole region)
|Oct/16
|-
|EEZ
|Management
|Governance
|<nowiki>http://www.marineregions.org/downloads.php#iceser</nowiki> (for whole region)
|Oct/16
|-
|Territorial Waters
|Management
|Governance
|<nowiki>http://www.marineregions.org/downloads.php#iceser</nowiki> (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
|<nowiki>https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/natura-9</nowiki>
|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
|}

Revision as of 12:49, 12 March 2020

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

To see the data sources used in this version of the game refer to the Baltic Sea edition table in data sources page.

This page was last edited on 12 March 2020, at 12:49. Content is available under GPLv3 unless otherwise noted.