Marine protected area (MPA) network development (English, HTML)

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Publisher-reported update

2025-11-05

Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) has worked with partners and ocean users to develop a draft conservation network plan for the Scotian Shelf-Bay of Fundy Bioregion. This work led to the 2017 draft conservation network plan. The draft plan was updated after targeted consultations from 2021 to 2022. The latest draft reflects new science information on climate change, updated human-use activities (such as fisheries data), and feedback from consultations. This dataset includes the latest existing and proposed conservation sites in the Scotian Shelf-Bay of Fundy Bioregion. Existing sites: -Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) -Marine refuges -Migratory bird sanctuary, National Wildlife area and National Park with marine components Proposed sites: -Areas of Interest (AOIs) and their lead agency -Tier 1 sites are a higher priority for implementation because of their ecological characteristics and/or feasibility considerations, such as interest from Rightsholders, other levels of government, marine users and stakeholders. Some of these sites could be selected for advancement by 2030. The lead federal agency is specified for most Tier 1 sites. -Tier 2 sites are also important contributions to…

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