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With a view to give access to exclusive rights of exploration and extraction of raw materials in geographically defined maritime regions, the Danish Agency for Spatial and Environmental Planning will carry out auctions as described in Danish Executive Order No. 1451 of 15 December 2009.
For the purpose of holding an auction 10 November 2010 the Danish Agency for Spatial and Environmental Planning hereby invites interested parties to select the maritime regions for which they request an auction. The parties are expected to base the selection of maritime areas on future requirements of raw materials.
Expressions of interest must reach the Agency for Spatial and Environmental Planning by 10 September 2010 at the latest.
Additional information about the auction and the expression of interest, incl. a form to be used when submitting the expression of interest can be found on the agency website, please click here
The 25 EMSAGG members meeting was held at FPS Economy, SMEs, Self-employed and Energy in Brussels, Belgium on 07 May 2010. The day included three presentations focussing on the exploration of the Hinderbank area, Belgian Sector, offered by:
Koen Degrendele’s presentation offered an overview of the The Hinderbanken Project. The presentation outlined the background to the project, the exploration area, including the size of the area, the location, depth and also how the extraction area contains several sandbanks from the Hinderbanken group. Koen Degrendele explained the project set-up – that is an informal Public Private Partnership, consisting of a group of projects; all individually management financed, yet with common goals.
Elias Van Quickelborne’s offered a presentation titled Flanders: Quest for Sand. The paper covered the coastal division associated with the Hinderbanken Project, including the role of marinas and fishing ports, hydrography and marine meteorology and also coastal protection. The presentation listed the current situation in terms of extraction volumes, the uses of extracted material and also projects which will start in the near future; such as the Zwin and Ostend projects and the integrated master-plan covering the rest of the Flemish Coast. The presentation concluded by explaining the ‘Quest for Sand’, the seismic surveys undertaken, vibrocores, the integration / interpretation of data, how extraction areas were defined, environmental impact assessments undertaken and also the extraction license granted.
The final paper was given by Marc Roche, FPS Economy, SMEs, Self-employed & Energy. Marc Roche’s paper focused on the seabed cartography of exploration zone 4 on the Belgian Continental Shelf. The presentation explained the context of the Hinderbanken Project, including an overview of the Belgian Continental Shelf. It offered detailed information on the surveys undertaken using the EM1002 & EM3002D sonars on board the (research vessel) Belgica and the results of these surveys including Bathymetry and derived products. The paper also outlined new extraction zones and their volumetric potential.
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(images courtesy Agency for Marine Services and Coast and FPS Economy, SMEs, self-employed & Energy)
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With a view to give access to exclusive rights of exploration and extraction of raw materials in geographically defined maritime regions, the Danish Agency for Spatial and Environmental Planning will carry out auctions as described in the Danish Executive Order No. 1451 of 15 December 2009.
For the purpose of holding an auction on 28 April 2010, the Danish Agency for Spatial and Environmental Planning hereby invite interested parties to select the maritime regions for which they request an auction to be held. Expressions of interest must reach the Agency for Spatial and Environmental Planning by 5 March 2010 at the latest.
Additional information about the auction and the expression of interest, incl. a form to be used when submitting the expression of interest can be found on the agency website: www.blst.dk.
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Website: http://www.waddensea-secretariat.org/news/events/otherconf.html
Place: Wilhelmshaven, GERMANY
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Website: http://www.chida.org/eng/News/View.asp?ID=168
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Website: http://www.dhigroup.com/mikebydhi2010.aspx
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Website: http://www.loicz.org/imperia/md/content/loicz/news/storm_surges_congress_2010.pdf
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Website: http://www.coastnet.org.uk/Littoral2010
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Website: http://www.climatedeltaconference.org
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Website: http://www.easonline.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=141&Itemid=141
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Place: Arendal, NORWAY
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Website: http://www.imr.no/om_havforskningsinstituttet/arrangementer/konferanser/ICZM_2011/en
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