This report published produced by Enfusion and Jim Claydon for Wales Wildlife Link aimed to assess how marine planning could be used as an effective tool to help deliver the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). It looked at

• How the MSFD descriptors could be linked with MSP objectives
• Reviewed what progress had been made with existing MSP’s on meeting MSFD objectives
• Review existing plans to see to what extent they meeting MSFD targets
• Review how marine planning can meet MPA network requirements
• Identify actions the marine planning authorities can adopt to meeting GES by 2020