Working with Indigenous People to Protect Canadas Pacific Ocean - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

National Advisory Panel on MPA Standards April 6, 2018

Oceans Program Pacific Region Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Working with Indigenous People to Protect Canada’s Pacific Ocean

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Presentation Outline

• BC Context
• Working with First Nations on the West

Coast

• Oceans Act Marine Protected Areas
• Pacific North Coast Integrated

Management Area Plan

• Emerging Interest in Co-Management
• Questions

BC Context: Federal MPAs and Bioregions of Canada’s Pacific Coast

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Working with First Nations on the West Coast

• First Nations are integral partners on DFO’s Oceans files

– Collaborative Governance for SGaan Kinghlas – Bowie Seamount MPA Memorandum of Understanding (2007) – Collaborative Governance for Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area (PNCIMA) – Engagement on proposed Oceans Act MPAs (Areas of Interest)

• DFO also works collaboratively with First Nations in

supporting:

– Gwaii Haanas National Marine Conservation Area (NMCA): Archipelago Management Board (Parks Canada) – Scott Islands Proposed Marine National Wildlife Area ( ECCC) – Proposed Southern Strait of Georgia NMCA (Parks Canada) – West Coast Aquatic Management Board (2001-) – Other Marine Conservation Measures

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Oceans Act Marine Protected Areas

• Endeavour Hydrothermal

Vents MPA – designated 2003

– 1998; Area of Interest announced. – Consulted with Nuu-Chah-Nulth First Nation Chiefs. – First Oceans Act MPA in Canada.

• SGaan Kinghlas-Bowie

Seamount MPA – designated 2008

– 1997: designated as the SGaan Kinghlas Haida Protected Area by the Council of the Haida Nation (CHN). – 2007: CHN & DFO sign a Memorandum of Understanding – MOU commits to cooperative planning & management of the area and establishment of a Management Board.

Oceans Act Marine Protected Areas

• Hecate Strait/Queen Charlotte Sound

Glass Sponge Reefs Marine Protected Area – designated 2017 – 2010- Area of Interest announced & Advisory Committee established. – Extensive consultation with Indigenous Groups and Stakeholders. – Dec 2017 added to Canada’s tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites- nominated by Central Coast First Nations.

• Offshore Pacific Area of Interest

– May 2017: Area of Interest announced~140,000km2 – Consultation/engagement with 17 Vancouver Island First Nations & Council of Haida Nation – Oct 2017: Fishery Closure put in place – Targeting 2020 for MPA designation

Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area Plan

• Strategic document for the

planning and ecosystem-based management of marine resources in the area.

• Plan collaboratively developed

with BC and 11 First Nations pursuant to a Collaborative Governance MOU (2008)

• Current implementation

priorities:

– Collaborative Governance for Plan Implementation – MPA Network Planning in the Northern Shelf Bioregion

Emerging Interest in Co-Management

SGaan Kinghlas-Bowie Seamount MPA Management Board

• Relationship continues to evolve-finalising the

management plan for the MPA, reviewing activity requests

Hecate Strait/QCS Sponge Reef MPA

• Engaging Central & North Coast First Nations on a

collaborative governance and management arrangement.

• Collaborating with Central Coast First Nations and

CPAWS to support First Nation’s nomination as a World Heritage Site.

Offshore Pacific Area of Interest

• Strong interest from some First Nations in

collaboratively managing the Area upon designation.

Northern Shelf Bioregion:

• Governance arrangements for collaborative

implementation of PNCIMA plan and other marine planning initiatives in the NSB

Questions?

Brigid Payne A/Director, Oceans Ecosystems Management Branch Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Pacific Region brigid.payne@dfo-mpo.gc.ca