New MPA.

[OldBlackDog]

Government of Canada and coastal First Nations announce progress to protect a large ecologically unique ocean area off the Pacific West Coast - Canada.ca

Today at the Fifth International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC5) in Vancouver, the Honourable Joyce Murray, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard together with the Council of the Haida Nation, Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council, Pacheedaht First Nation and Quatsino First...

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[Bryan Allen]

Wait for it people. Many more coming to an area that you fish.

 

[OldBlackDog]

This note is to inform you that the 30-days public consultation period for the proposed Tang.ɢwan – ḥačxwiqak – Tsig̱is Marine Protected Area (MPA) regulations will begin on February 18, 2023. The proposed regulation will be published to Canada Gazette, Part I.



The proposed Oceans Act regulations would designate an approximately 133,019 km2 area in the Offshore Pacific Bioregion as an MPA. The proposed MPA includes hydrothermal vents and seamounts, which have been identified as vulnerable, unique, and productive conservation features. The proposed regulations are designed to advance the following conservation objective:



· To conserve, protect and enhance understanding of unique seafloor features, including seamounts and hydrothermal vents, and the marine ecosystems they support in the MPA.



The regulations would establish a general prohibition against activities likely to disturb, damage, destroy, or remove any living marine organism or any part of its habitat from the MPA; with specific exceptions to the general prohibition to allow activities that are compatible with the above-noted conservation objective

 

[IronNoggin]

The regulations would establish a general prohibition against activities likely to disturb, damage, destroy, or remove any living marine organism or any part of its habitat from the MPA; with specific exceptions to the general prohibition to allow activities that are compatible with the above-noted conservation objective

Unless you happen to be a member of one of the signatory FN's that is...

 

[agentaqua]

Starts @ 18:40

Lawrence and Scottie Discuss Outdoor Shows and Industry concerns over Marine Protected Areas Live on CFN Feb 20 2023

Link to the Blue Fish Radio Show to hear Scottie Martin and me talk about the spring outdoor show season and concerns being voiced by the sport fishing industry

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