DFO Gulf Region Risk Management Framework Implementation

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DFO Gulf RegionRisk Management Framework
Implementation

• Canadian Environmental Network (RCEN) and
  Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) Workshop
• November 5th 6th, 2007
• Gatineau, QC

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Tracadie-Sheila
Gulf Region
Prince Edward Island
New Brunswick
Charlottetown
Moncton
Sydney
Sussex
Antigonish
St. Andrews
Maritimes Region
Dartmouth
Nova Scotia
Yarmouth
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Overview

• Risk Management Framework Implementation with
  Provincial Partners
• NGO Partnerships
• Collaborative Initiatives with NGOs Others

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RMF Implementation with Provincial and Federal
Partners

• MoUs on fish habitat management with Provinces of
  NS and PEI
• One-window delivery processes for regulatory
  review of development proposals in NB, NS and PEI
• Joint development of technical guidelines and
  operational statements in NB, NS and PEI
• Joint compliance/effectiveness monitoring for
  low-medium risk developments

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RMF Implementation with Provincial Partners

• Collaboration on Certification Process for NB
  foresters
• Fed/Prov Working committees Forestry, Mining,
  Transportation, Agriculture
• Ad hoc sub-committees to deal with issues or
  activities, (e.g. nutrient enrichment,
  eutrophication)

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NGO/DFO Partnerships

• Partnering with conservation organisations
• Ducks Unlimited Canada BMPs, impoundment
  management guidelines
• Atlantic Salmon Federation workshop on watershed
  management, stewardship initiatives
• Partnering with Watershed groups
• Miramichi Watershed Management Committee
• Trout River PEI Environmental Committee

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Initiatives through Partnerships

• Removing dams and improving fish passage in the
  Miramichi watershed.

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NGO/DFO Partnerships

• Community conservation groups
• Ecological restoration to address habitat
  fragmentation, sedimentation and erosion,
  pollution, riparian zone impacts and habitat
  restoration
• Community Aquatic Monitoring Program

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NGO/DFO Partnerships

• Partnering with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada,
  the provinces, and other NGOs on the development
  of a Riparian Health Management Strategy for
  Atlantic Canada.

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NGO/DFO Partnerships
before
after

• Effectiveness monitoring for habitat restoration
  structures in the maritime provinces (e.g.
  bioengineering, digger logs, deflectors)

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Summary

• RMF implementation facilitated by strong working
  relationships with Maritime provinces
• Strengthened partnerships with conservation NGOs
  have enabled DFO to broaden its involvement with
  these groups
• Community conservation groups key to
  implementation of habitat enhancement and
  restoration initiatives