OldBlackDog
Well-Known Member
Marine Planning Initiatives Update Pacific Region, September 2018
Initiative
DFO Contact(s)
Area of Engagement
Known or Tentative Dates
1
Offshore Pacific Area of Interest
Joy Hillier (DFO Oceans)
Joy.Hillier@dfo- mpo.gc.ca
Offshore Pacific Advisory Committee (OPAC) established to provide a forum for broad engagement for review and development of the proposed MPA.
Bilateral engagement with WCVI and Haida Gwaii Indigenous governments is ongoing
OPAC Mtg #4: Nov 6-7 Previous
OPAC Mtg #3: May 3-4 OPAC Mig #2: Jan 16-17 OPAC Mtg #1: Sept 20, 2017
1-2 additional meetings are planned for Dec. 2018 - March 2019
2
Hecate Strait & Queen Charlotte Sound Glass Sponge Reefs MPA
Jacinthe Amyot (DFO Oceans) Jacinthe.Amyot@dfo- mpo.gc.ca
Hecate MPA Advisory Committee (HAC) to support the development of a management plan
First HAC meeting on hold; no dates set.
Progress has been made to establish a co-management arrangement with Indigenous governements in the area. A draft workplan indicating stakeholder engagement timeline will be develop this fall. More details to follow.
3
Northern Shelf Network Planning in the Northern Shelf Bioregion
DFO Co-Chair:
Sheila Creighton (DFO Oceans) Sheila.Creighton@dfo- mpo.gc.ca
IOM Manager: Libardo Amaya (DFO Oceans) Libardo.Amaya@dfo- mpo.gc.ca
Areas of high ecological and cultural value have emerged from the spatial analysis conducted by the MPA Technical Team (MPATT), the federal-Provincial-First Nations technical working group tasked with development of the MPA Network. After hosting 5 in- person stakeholder advisory committee meetings in May and June, committee members were given 4 weeks to provide additional input on the ecological, cultural and socio-economic features associated with each area, based on their own local knowledge. This input is being considered as MPATT works toward developing a draft
Meetings of the 5 Advisory Committees are anticipated to take place in late fall 2018 to discuss the draft MPA Network Scenario. Stakeholders will be given time over the winter months to review and comment on the scenario in detail.
Initiative
DFO Contact(s)
Area of Engagement
Known or Tentative Dates
Network scenario (map) that will be shared with advisory committee members later this fall.
4
Howe Sound Glass Sponge Reef Conservation Initiative
Aleria Ladwig (DFO Fisheries Management, Sustainable Fisheries Framework Unit) Aleria.Ladwig@dfo- mpo.gc.ca
A Multi-stakeholder workshop was held in July 2018 to consult on proposed mitigation measures to protect nine new glass sponge reefs found in Howe Sound. Significant feedback was received in support of protecting the reefs but there was debate over the size of the buffer zone required to do so. DFO’s technical team is now deliberating over the information they heard and preparing recommendations for the Minister.
The DFO technical team will be making their recommendation on the proposed mitigation measures to the Minister and RDG in the fall of 2018.
5
Rockfish Conservation Area Review
Lead: Jason Dunham (DFO Fisheries Management, Sustainable Fisheries Framework Unit) Jason.Dunham@dfo- mpo.gc.ca
Engagement: Neil Ladell (DFO Fisheries Management, Sustainable Fisheries Framework Unit) Neil.Ladell@dfo- mpo.gc.ca
Undertaking consultation through existing advisory processes and directed consultation with Indigenous communities
Directed engagement with First Nations began in Summer 2018; initially focusing on Norther Shelf Bioregion
Updates on RCA Review provided via Fishery Advisory Committees in fall/winter 2018-19
CSAS Regional Peer Review Process for risk assessment of permitted activities in winter 2018/19
6
Scott Islands marine National Wildlife Area (led by Environment and Climate Change Canada)
Amy Mar
On June 27th, 2018 Scott islands became the first marine National Wildlife Area under Canada’s Wildlife Act.
Fishing within the mNWA will continue to be managed by DFO.
To support the conservation objectives of the Scott Islands mNWA, DFO published a
Uncertain
Initiative
DFO Contact(s)
Area of Engagement
Known or Tentative Dates
Notice of Intent in Canada Gazette I on June 30, 2018 to signal DFO’s intention to develop Fisheries Act regulation to restrict certain fisheries that pose a risk to seabirds.
Under the Fisheries Act, the proposed regulation would:
(1) prohibit fishing of three
key forage fish species that serve as a food source for seabirds in the mNWA (Pacific sand lance, Pacific saury and North Pacific krill);
(2) prohibit groundfish bottom trawling within portions of the area consistent with the existing Variation Order 2018-110; and,
(3) restrict other fishing activities that would be deemed, based on best available science, to pose a risk to the conservation objectives of the PMA.
7
Gwaii Haanas National Marine Conservation Area
(led by Parks Canada and the Council of the Haida Nation)
TBD – in interim contact Amy Mar for more info
Hilary Thorpe of Parks Canada
Development of the integrated Land-Sea-People Management Plan underway by the Archipelago Management Board
Draft Marine Zoning Plan was shared as starting point for discussions with various fishing sector groups in early November
Public consultation on the Management Plan to take place early 2018
8
Southern Strait of Georgia NMCA
(led by Parks Canada)
James Gordon, Parks Canada
Lisa Joe, Parks Canada
Feasibility assessment underway
Proposed boundary released 2011
Consultations ongoing
Initiative
DFO Contact(s)
Area of Engagement
Known or Tentative Dates
1
Offshore Pacific Area of Interest
Joy Hillier (DFO Oceans)
Joy.Hillier@dfo- mpo.gc.ca
Offshore Pacific Advisory Committee (OPAC) established to provide a forum for broad engagement for review and development of the proposed MPA.
Bilateral engagement with WCVI and Haida Gwaii Indigenous governments is ongoing
OPAC Mtg #4: Nov 6-7 Previous
OPAC Mtg #3: May 3-4 OPAC Mig #2: Jan 16-17 OPAC Mtg #1: Sept 20, 2017
1-2 additional meetings are planned for Dec. 2018 - March 2019
2
Hecate Strait & Queen Charlotte Sound Glass Sponge Reefs MPA
Jacinthe Amyot (DFO Oceans) Jacinthe.Amyot@dfo- mpo.gc.ca
Hecate MPA Advisory Committee (HAC) to support the development of a management plan
First HAC meeting on hold; no dates set.
Progress has been made to establish a co-management arrangement with Indigenous governements in the area. A draft workplan indicating stakeholder engagement timeline will be develop this fall. More details to follow.
3
Northern Shelf Network Planning in the Northern Shelf Bioregion
DFO Co-Chair:
Sheila Creighton (DFO Oceans) Sheila.Creighton@dfo- mpo.gc.ca
IOM Manager: Libardo Amaya (DFO Oceans) Libardo.Amaya@dfo- mpo.gc.ca
Areas of high ecological and cultural value have emerged from the spatial analysis conducted by the MPA Technical Team (MPATT), the federal-Provincial-First Nations technical working group tasked with development of the MPA Network. After hosting 5 in- person stakeholder advisory committee meetings in May and June, committee members were given 4 weeks to provide additional input on the ecological, cultural and socio-economic features associated with each area, based on their own local knowledge. This input is being considered as MPATT works toward developing a draft
Meetings of the 5 Advisory Committees are anticipated to take place in late fall 2018 to discuss the draft MPA Network Scenario. Stakeholders will be given time over the winter months to review and comment on the scenario in detail.
Initiative
DFO Contact(s)
Area of Engagement
Known or Tentative Dates
Network scenario (map) that will be shared with advisory committee members later this fall.
4
Howe Sound Glass Sponge Reef Conservation Initiative
Aleria Ladwig (DFO Fisheries Management, Sustainable Fisheries Framework Unit) Aleria.Ladwig@dfo- mpo.gc.ca
A Multi-stakeholder workshop was held in July 2018 to consult on proposed mitigation measures to protect nine new glass sponge reefs found in Howe Sound. Significant feedback was received in support of protecting the reefs but there was debate over the size of the buffer zone required to do so. DFO’s technical team is now deliberating over the information they heard and preparing recommendations for the Minister.
The DFO technical team will be making their recommendation on the proposed mitigation measures to the Minister and RDG in the fall of 2018.
5
Rockfish Conservation Area Review
Lead: Jason Dunham (DFO Fisheries Management, Sustainable Fisheries Framework Unit) Jason.Dunham@dfo- mpo.gc.ca
Engagement: Neil Ladell (DFO Fisheries Management, Sustainable Fisheries Framework Unit) Neil.Ladell@dfo- mpo.gc.ca
Undertaking consultation through existing advisory processes and directed consultation with Indigenous communities
Directed engagement with First Nations began in Summer 2018; initially focusing on Norther Shelf Bioregion
Updates on RCA Review provided via Fishery Advisory Committees in fall/winter 2018-19
CSAS Regional Peer Review Process for risk assessment of permitted activities in winter 2018/19
6
Scott Islands marine National Wildlife Area (led by Environment and Climate Change Canada)
Amy Mar
On June 27th, 2018 Scott islands became the first marine National Wildlife Area under Canada’s Wildlife Act.
Fishing within the mNWA will continue to be managed by DFO.
To support the conservation objectives of the Scott Islands mNWA, DFO published a
Uncertain
Initiative
DFO Contact(s)
Area of Engagement
Known or Tentative Dates
Notice of Intent in Canada Gazette I on June 30, 2018 to signal DFO’s intention to develop Fisheries Act regulation to restrict certain fisheries that pose a risk to seabirds.
Under the Fisheries Act, the proposed regulation would:
(1) prohibit fishing of three
key forage fish species that serve as a food source for seabirds in the mNWA (Pacific sand lance, Pacific saury and North Pacific krill);
(2) prohibit groundfish bottom trawling within portions of the area consistent with the existing Variation Order 2018-110; and,
(3) restrict other fishing activities that would be deemed, based on best available science, to pose a risk to the conservation objectives of the PMA.
7
Gwaii Haanas National Marine Conservation Area
(led by Parks Canada and the Council of the Haida Nation)
TBD – in interim contact Amy Mar for more info
Hilary Thorpe of Parks Canada
Development of the integrated Land-Sea-People Management Plan underway by the Archipelago Management Board
Draft Marine Zoning Plan was shared as starting point for discussions with various fishing sector groups in early November
Public consultation on the Management Plan to take place early 2018
8
Southern Strait of Georgia NMCA
(led by Parks Canada)
James Gordon, Parks Canada
Lisa Joe, Parks Canada
Feasibility assessment underway
Proposed boundary released 2011
Consultations ongoing