1 / 7

Oceans & Coastal Management

Oceans & Coastal Management. Climate Change Considerations for the Oceans & Coastal Management Program – DFO Maritimes. Overview. Role of OCMD Intergovernmental Coordination Development of Integrated Management Plans State of the Environment Reporting Conservation Planning & Management.

tyra
Download Presentation

Oceans & Coastal Management

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript


  1. Oceans & Coastal Management Climate Change Considerations for the Oceans & Coastal Management Program – DFO Maritimes

  2. Overview • Role of OCMD • Intergovernmental Coordination • Development of Integrated Management Plans • State of the Environment Reporting • Conservation Planning & Management

  3. Oceans & Coastal Management Mandate • promote the understanding, conservation, and optimum use of coastal and offshore resources for the benefit of present and future generations in Maritime communities • development and implementation of effective IM throughout the coastal and offshore waters of the Maritimes Region • lead the design and implementation of an ecologically representative network of protected areas for the coastal and offshore waters of the Maritimes Region • to establish and effectively manage Oceans Act Marine Protected Area (MPAs) in the Maritimes Region

  4. Intergovernmental Coordination • Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment • Ecosystem Indicator Partnership • Climate Change Network • Regional Committee on Coastal and Ocean Management (RCCOM) • 2009 State of Nova Scotia’s Coast Report • Development of federal-provincial MOUs

  5. Integrated Management Planning in the Maritimes • Eastern Scotian Shelf Integrated Management (ESSIM) Initiative • Southwest New Brunswick Marine Resources Planning Initiative • Bras d’Or Lakes Collaborative Environmental Planning Initiative (CEPI) • Marine and Coastal Spatial Planning

  6. State of the Environment Reporting • Gulf of Maine and Scotian Shelf State of the Environment Reporting • Web-based • Context document • Theme papers • DPSIR framework

  7. MPA and Conservation Planning & Management • Bioregional Network of MPAs • National Framework • Federal and Provincial partners and mechanisms • Existing MPA Management and Monitoring • Gully MPA • Musquash MPA • Coral Conservation Areas

More Related