The measure refers to the human activities in the marine environment mentioned/listed in art. 8 of Directive 2014/89/EU establishing a framework for maritime spatial planning. The measure does not cover military activities. The measure implementation involves preparatory activities for amending/adapting national legislation if necessary, public and sectoral consultations, and legislation adaptation.

This measure aims to fulfilling Romania's obligations since the adoption of the Maritime Spatial Planning Directive, which involves the coordination between all projects / activities of socio-economic development of the coastal area with the objectives of protection and conservation of habitats and species from marine protected areas. Actions required to implement this measure: 1. Adoption of a Joint Action Program concerning the objectives of socio-economic development included in the Zonal Urban Plans and those for the protection and conservation of marine protected areas through an Agreement between local administrative authorities, economic agents with coastal development interests and custodians / protected area administrators. 2. Personal training and acquisition of software required for spatial maritime planning by decision-making authorities; 3. The use (for the purpose of Maritime Spatial Planning) of decision-making tools, which facilitates the choice of the best options for the use of maritime space, taking into account the interactions between the socio-economic activities; 4. Public consultations with authorities responsible for maritime spatial planning in order to avoid conflicts of interest.

The measure refers to: 1. Gather as detailed information as possible on changes in the structure and functions of benthic ecosystems adjacent to areas where marine aquaculture activities take place. 2. Limitation of activities related to marine aquaculture that may have an impact on species and / or habitats of high conservation value, rare and / or endangered.

This measure is mandatory in the context in which Romania must comply, as a signatory to the Convention on Biodiversity and the launch of the European Union Biodiversity Strategy for 2020 (UEBD2020), with their requirements. They set out the activities to be undertaken by the Member States in the following period: - Creating ecosystem services maps - Assess the state of marine ecosystems and their services - Evaluate, by 2020, from an economic point of view, these services - Integrate ecosystem values ??into their EU accounting and reporting systems. The main actions to be taken to implement this measure are: 1. Identifying the types of services (eg, production, regulation, cultural, support) and prioritizing them; 2. Identifying the most appropriate methodologies for accounting valuation of types of services; 3. Training of custodians / managers of protected areas and also of economic agents regarding the evaluation of ecosystem services, local environmental authorities (APM) with attributions in the field of regulation of activities 4. Creating maps of the identified ecosystem services; 5. Development of a national system for the payment of ecosystem services and reinvestment of monetary value in ecological protection / restoration / reconstruction and long-term maintenance of ecosystem services.

The aim of the measure is to encourage small-scale coastal fishing, thereby promoting the use of technological innovations (e.g. more selective fishing techniques) that do not increase fishing effort.

The measure implies to identify the areas where this type of trawling is allowed (the criteria used will be established by the Joint Working Groups) and aims to reduce damage to benthic habitats.

The measure includes control components (after establishing the authorized areas for the use of longline fishing gear and those where they are prohibited, control operations should be carried out to monitor compliance) and monitoring and research components to assess the impact of their use on the ecosystem (depending on this assessment, the measure could be modified in terms of use requirements, when necessary).

The measure concerns the improvement of the control functions of the competent authorities for the control of the requirements set out in Regulation (EU) No 182/2011. 1380/2013 for turbot nets used in the fisheries sector (material, mesh size and thickness).

The measure aims at re-evaluating and, where necessary, modifying existing prohibition periods and zones (extension, change of periods, change of fishing zones, etc.) taking into account changes in environmental conditions.