Daily Archives: Friday,June 15, 2018

Person in row boat

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Weather

  • Visibility: 14 Miles
  • Wind: 20-25 knts NW
  • Sky: Partly Cloudy
  • Water: 1-2 meter waves with white caps

Boats/Visitors/Sightings

  • An average number of ecotour boats
  • There was a man who arrived close to the reserve in a row boat. Upon talking to him I learned that he rowed here all the way from Port Angeles and was headed to Victoria, but the tide pushed him to Race Rocks instead. After rowing around the reserve for a few minutes, he headed on to Victoria.

Bird Notes

  • Noticed a sudden rise in number of immature gulls. Photographs below.

Marine Mammals

  • The latest elephant seal count is at 5 males and 1 female.
  • There are two California Sea Lion young ones around the jetty, with an adult (presumably the mother).

Federal Government Report on Healthy Oceans

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Committee report No. 14- FOPO (42-1) House of Commons

HEALTHY OCEANS, VIBRANT COASTAL COMMUNITIES: STRENGTHENING THE OCEANS ACT MARINE PROTECTED AREAS’ ESTABLISHMENT PROCESS — Report of the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans … Bernadette Jordan Chair

Ed note: After two unsuccessful attempts to finalize the MPA designation for Race Rocks, I find it interesting to see this committee report  so I have included the table of contents here , to see the complete document see this PDF FILE:   included in the report are 25 recommendations.(.foporp14-e)

Link to the work done by the Race Rocks MPA advisory Board  in two rounds of meetings– 1998-2010

TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF MEMBERS

MANDATE

LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS

HEALTHY OCEANS, VIBRANT COASTAL COMMUNITIES: STRENGTHENING THE OCEANS ACT MARINE PROTECTED AREAS’ ESTABLISHMENT PROCESS

CONSERVATION OF MARINE BIODIVERSITY

A. International Commitments

B. Canadian Priorities

C. Protected Areas: Definitions and Guidelines

D. Oceans Act Marine Protected Areas

COMMITTEE’S STUDY

CURRENT CRITERIA AND PROCESS USED TO IDENTIFY AND ESTABLISH OCEANS ACT MARINE PROTECTED AREAS

A.  Precautionary Approach

B. Science-Based Decision-Making

1.   Selecting Areas of Interest

2. Community-driven Protection

3. Establishing a Marine Protected Area

4. Zones of Protection

C. Transparency With Regard to Consultations

D. Indigenous Considerations

1. Indigenous Rights and Interests

2. Co-Management

E. Plan to Achieve Canada’s Marine Conservation Targets

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF MARINE PROTECTED AREAS

A. A Precautionary Ocean Management Tool

1. Creating Resilience

2. Lacking Data

3. Spill-over Effects

B. Maximizing Marine Biodiversity Benefits

SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF MARINE PROTECTED AREAS

A. Impacts on the Fishing Industry

1. Means of Assessing Cost

2. Concentrating Fishing Efforts

B. Impacts on Subsistence Harvesting by Indigenous Peoples

C. Impacts on the Shipping Industry

D. Performance Assessments

ENHANCING THE OCEANS ACT MARINE PROTECTED AREAS’ ESTABLISHMENT PROCESS

A. Transparency: Ensuring a Comprehensive Consultation Process

1. Consultation Capacity

2.   Consultation Inclusiveness and Sharing of Information

2.1   Consultation Length

2.2      Providing Relevant Information

2.3      Marine Conservation Led by Resource Users

2.4      Terminology and Concurrent Processes

2.5      Process Improvements

3. Public Comment Periods and Proposed Regulations

B. Role of Science: Ensuring Science-Based Decision-Making

C. Protection Standards: Ensuring Marine Biodiversity Benefits

D. Recognizing Community and Indigenous Conserved Areas

E. An Integrated Process: Marine Planning

1.   Planning Frameworks and Partnerships

2. Integrated Marine Planning Processes

F. Enforcement and Management

CONCLUSION

GLOSSARY

APPENDIX A: LIST OF WITNESSES

APPENDIX B: LIST OF BRIEFS

APPENDIX C: TRAVEL TO CANADA – WEST COAST From May 28 to June 2, 2017

APPENDIX D: TRAVEL TO CANADA – EAST COAST From October 16 to 20, 2017

REQUEST FOR GOVERNMENT RESPONSE

SUPPLEMENTARY OPINION OF THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY OF CANADA

SUPPLEMENTARY OPINION OF THE NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF CANADA