TY - JOUR T1 - Challenges in measuring indicators of progress for the Atlantic Action Plan A1 - Norton,Daniel A1 - Kalaydjian,Regis A1 - Hynes,Stephen A1 - Murillas,Arantza Maza A1 - Fernandez-Macho,Javier A1 - Flannery,Wesley A1 - Gonzalez Casimiro,Maria Pilar A1 - Marhadour,Agnès A1 - Kyriazi,Zacharoula A1 - Kelly,Christina A1 - Prellezo,Raul A1 - Escapa,Marta A1 - Quimbert,Erwann A1 - Ballantyne,Noel A1 - Corless,Rebecca A1 - Pafi,Maria A1 - Yaqi,Yang AD - Socio-Economic Marine Research Unit, Whitaker Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland AD - Ifremer, france AD - AZTI, Spain AD - University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, France AD - School of natural and Built Environment, Queen's University Belfats, Ireland AD - Interdisciplinary Centre of marine and Environmental research, Matosinhos, Portugal AD - Northern and Western Regional Assembly, Ireland UR - https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00743/85477/ DO - 10.15351/2373-8456.1144 N2 - The EU Atlantic Action Plan (AAP) has recently been updated and revised to support ‘blue growth’ along Europe’s western coastal regions. The revisions reflect recent challenges facing the Atlantic Arc maritime economies including the Covid-19 crisis, Brexit and the new requirements of the European Green Deal. This new revision, termed AAP 2.0, also addresses some of the weaknesses highlighted in the original Atlantic Action Plan particularly regarding identifying indicators that may be used to measure progress in the achievement of the Plan’s objectives. Using a database with comparable marine socio-economic data across the Atlantic regions, a number of indicators are identified that may be used to monitor progress of the AAP 2.0. Recent trends and spatial distributions across the Atlantic Arc region are shown for these indicators. The challenges in measuring progress are also highlighted, including where some AAP objectives and associated indicators may conflict with other EU policy aims and where the current monitoring framework can be bolstered with the inclusion of new indicators. Y1 - 2021/12 PB - Center for the Blue Economy JF - Journal of Ocean and Coastal Economics SN - 2373-8456 VL - 8 IS - 2 ID - 85477 ER -