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DFO Maritimes Region Regional Context and Experience in MPA Establishment Presentation to the National Advisory Panel on MPA Standards May 4, 2018 Maxine Westhead A/Director, Oceans Management Outline 1) Regional context Maritimes Region

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DFO Maritimes Region

Regional Context and Experience in MPA Establishment

Presentation to the National Advisory Panel on MPA Standards

May 4, 2018 Maxine Westhead A/Director, Oceans Management

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Outline

1) Regional context

  • Maritimes Region boundary
  • Indigenous communities
  • Marine industries

2) Maritimes Region experience in establishing MPAs

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Nick Hawkins

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DFO Maritimes Region

  • Two provinces
  • U.S. border/

Gulf of Maine

  • Gulf Region
  • NL Region
  • Indigenous

communities

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Indigenous Communities

Maritimes and Gulf Regions

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Commercial Fishing

  • Harvesters in Maritimes Region land

approximately $1.3 billion worth of landings per year, in recent years (just over 40% of Canadian total)

  • Lobster is the highest value fishery with over

$800 million in landings

  • Approximately 75 commercial species

harvested

  • Maritimes Region has just over 1/3 of the

country’s fishing licence holders

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Scott Leslie Nick Hawkins Scott Leslie

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Commercial Fishing Footprint

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http://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/departments/10/aquaculture/content/masmp.html

Other Marine Industries

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  • Aquaculture
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Other Marine Industries

  • Aquaculture

https://novascotia.ca/fish/aquaculture/site-mapping-tool/

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Other Marine Industries

  • Aquaculture
  • Oil and gas
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Other Marine Industries

  • Aquaculture
  • Oil and gas
  • Shipping
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Other Marine Industries

  • Aquaculture
  • Oil and gas
  • Shipping
  • Tourism and

recreation

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Other Marine Industries

  • Aquaculture
  • Oil and gas
  • Shipping
  • Tourism and

recreation

  • Marine

renewables

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Other Marine Industries

  • Aquaculture
  • Oil and gas
  • Shipping
  • Tourism and

recreation

  • Marine

renewables

  • Telecom
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Creating MPAs in the Maritimes Region

  • High protection standards despite

intensive human use

  • What does this look like?

– High protection zone – Compatible activities “zoned-in” – High-impact activities prohibited

  • How is it achieved?

– Compile available information – Establish scientific basis for decision- making – Find “common ground” through rigorous multi-sector consultation processes

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Musquash Estuary The Gully

  • St. Anns Bank
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Benefits of Protection Standards

  • Having clear minimum protection standards for MPAs

in Canada would:

– Clarify what MPAs are and why they are being created – Reduce uncertainty and confusion surrounding the MPA establishment process, particularly for industry sectors – Speed up the MPA establishment process – Better align Canada’s MPA establishment processes with recognized best practice in protected area design – Maximize ecological benefits of MPAs

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Maxine Westhead A/Director, Oceans Management Ecosystems Management Branch Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Maritimes Region maxine.westhead@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

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