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In Europe, many sectors of the economy are active in our coastal zones.

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Port operations, transport, fisheries, industry, energy and tourism.

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As a result, many policies have a maritime dimension, but most of them are still managed sector by sector.

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On the one hand, we are thinking about transport and therefore about ports,

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and on the other about the environment and therefore about tourism and nature reserves.

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These two sectors do not really see eye to eye.

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Along our coasts, competition for space between sectors is growing.

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So we need a coherent vision of the sea.

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The European Commission has proposed a new integrated approach.

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It's already received the support of the 155 maritime regions,

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which are part of the Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions.

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This approach takes all interactions into account and strengthens collaborations between sectors.

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And this can be done exceptionally by means of legislation.

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Hopefully, in most of the cases, by means of the voluntary approach,

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incentivising, creating the necessary means and the instruments,

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so that we will add value to the way we do things on the economic front,

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so that we maximise the potential that there is with regard to maritime affairs,

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but not doing so at the expense of the environmental dimension,

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which would be a fundamental pillar of a future maritime policy,

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and also seeing to it that the social aspects, the benefits that coastal communities can derive,

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the benefits that workers on board vessels and fishing vessels in particular can derive,

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are maximised to the fullest extent possible.

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The aim of the policy proposed by the European Commission

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is to benefit from the wealth offered by the sea in a sustainable manner.

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Let's look at a few examples of how this integrated policy is absolutely essential.

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The viability and sustainability of the transport and aquaculture sectors, for instance,

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depend on a number of converging factors.

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You cannot have a sustainable and a robust and a dynamic sector,

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like tourism or shipping or fisheries, if you're not sustainable.

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Tourists don't want to go and swim on a dirty beach.

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They don't want to go diving where there are no fish.

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And you don't want to be operating ships in ports and harbours that are dirty and that are contaminated.

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The impacts of human activities on coastal zones and marine ecosystems

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must be understood in a global manner, as must the role of oceans in regulating the climate.

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With a clear integrated maritime policy,

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the science community will have key focal areas to try and make a difference in.

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Also, the scientific community have called for an integrated ocean observatory network

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to gather the information and also an integrated database mechanism

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to assimilate and use that information and ultimately turn it into useful knowledge and useful products.

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The maritime sectors also need adequate training in order to guarantee high quality jobs and real career prospects.

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This means facilitating worker mobility within the maritime sector so as to develop untapped potential.

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The Commission, in cooperation with stakeholders,

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will promote the creation of certificates of excellence for seafarers.

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And it's also proposing some 30 other actions,

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ranging from measures to bolster the fight against illegal fishing to reducing air pollution in ports

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and ensuring greater harmonisation of maritime monitoring and supervision tools.

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An integrated maritime policy is thus gradually becoming a reality.