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Canadian Council of Fisheries and Aquaculture Ministers (CCFAM) Report on Canada’s Network of Marine Protected Areas, June 2017

Canadian Council of Fisheries and Aquaculture Ministers (CCFAM) Report on Canada’s Network of Marine Protected Areas, June 2017

Canadian Council of Fisheries and Aquaculture Ministers (CCFAM) Report on Canada’s Network of Marine Protected Areas, June 2017 (PDF, 1.94 MB)

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Benefits of MPAs and MPA Networks

Endeavour hydrothermal vents. Description follows.

Orange sea pen (Pennatulacea)
Ellen Kenchington

In general terms, individual MPAs are a part of the marine environment (including the oceanic and Great Lakes bioregions in the Canadian context) that is managed “to achieve long-term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values”.Footnote 10 A carefully selected and well-designed MPA can provide localized, site-specific benefits that may:

A strategically designed MPA network may enhance the benefits of individual MPAs by scaling benefits up to the bioregional level in order to:

A variety of federal and provincial/territorial MPA designations contribute to MPA networks.Footnote 11

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