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MARINE POLICY
Volume 155, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2023.105775
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Mapping tool; Recreational sailing; Physical characteristics; Social perception; Environmental impact; Wave climate conditions
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This study proposes a standard procedure to assess the physical, social and environmental nautical carrying capacity of anchoring areas. The methods have been applied to 318 anchoring areas along the coast of the Balearic Islands, confirming its usefulness as an environmental management tool.
The irregular distribution of marinas along the coast together with the natural attraction of some specific sites is leading to an over-capacity in many popular anchoring Mediterranean destinations during the summer season. This study proposes a standard procedure to assess the physical, social and environmental nautical carrying capacity of anchoring areas. Based on legislative restrictions and homogenous criteria, the anchoring sites are identified and the physical, social and environmental nautical carrying capacity is computed, thus establishing a range of distances between boats. The daily potential carrying capacity, considering the physical, social or environmental perspective, is assessed using an analysis of how suitable or safe a particular site is for anchoring. The physical, social and environmental saturation risk on the sandy seabed of each anchoring area is computed considering the relation between demand and the estimated physical, social and environmental carrying capacity, respectively. Methods have been applied to 318 anchoring areas along the coast of the Balearic Islands, confirming its usefulness as an environmental management tool.
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