Marine Plan Partnership for the North Pacific Coast: Engagement and communication with stakeholders and the public

McGee, Gord; Byington, Josie; Bones, John; Cargill, Sally; Dickinson, Megan; Wozniak, Kelly; Pawluk, Kylee A.

doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104613

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“…The bioregion, approximately 100,000 square kilometres in size, is one of 13 ecologically defined bioregions in Canada's EEZ (Government of Canada 2011). It is the only bioregion (out of 4) in Pacific Canada that has an active MPA network planning process underway and one that involves multiple governments (McGee et al 2022;Reid et al 2022). There are 118 conservancies, ecological reserves, and parks with a marine component that are under the jurisdiction of the Provincial BC government through BC Parks (hereafter referred to as BC MPAs) and 6 Federal MPAs within the bioregion included in this analysis.…”

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Considering the implications of climate-induced species range shifts in marine protected areas planning

Whitney,

Cheung,

Ban

2023

FACETS

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Climate change is affecting the ocean, altering the biogeography of marine species. Yet marine protected area (MPA) planning still rarely incorporates projected species range shifts. We used the outputs of species distribution models fitted with biological and climate data as inputs to identify trends in occurrence for marine species in British Columbia (BC), Canada. We assessed and compared two ways of incorporating climate change projections into MPA planning. First, we overlaid 98 species with modelled distributions now and by the mid-21st century under two contrasting (“no mitigation” and “strong mitigation”) climate change scenarios with existing Provincial marine parks in BC, to ask which species could overlap with protected areas in the future. Second, we completed a spatial prioritization analysis using Marxan with the projected future species ranges as inputs, to ask where priority regions exist for the 98 marine species. We found that many BC marine parks will lose species in both climate scenarios that we analyzed, and that protecting 30% of important marine species will be challenging under the “no mitigation” climate change scenario. Challenges included the coarse resolution of the data and uncertainty in projecting species range shifts.

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Considering the implications of climate-induced species range shifts in marine protected areas planning

Whitney,

Cheung,

Ban

2023

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“…It has been proposed that official and informal mechanisms that facilitate the horizontal and vertical integration of policies across departments can be helpful to overcome the mentioned gaps in the management of the Bay of Fundy, Canada [68,70]. McGee et al (2022) proposed that advisory committees with representations from regional and sub-regional interests are critical to successfully engage a diverse set of stakeholders in the planning process [71]. In this regard, an MaPP organisation was recently established in British Columbia as the first national government in Canada to achieve a collaborative MSP with different provinces.…”

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Soft vs. Hard Sustainability Approach in Marine Spatial Planning: Challenges and Solutions

Rezaei,

Contestabile,

Vicinanza

et al. 2024

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Hitherto, over 50% of countries with marine waters have established MSPs or launched related legal actions. However, there are still conceptual and practical challenges to be overcome in the development of MSP. In this study, we investigate two main approaches in MSP (hard vs. soft sustainability) through reports, published manuscripts and meeting proceedings in seven pioneering countries (Belgium, Netherlands, Norway, Germany, United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada). We highlight the gaps, challenges, and solutions in each of these approaches. From our findings, there are four common challenges in both soft and hard sustainability approaches as follows: (i) the political framework and inconsistent support of MSP efforts, (ii) insufficient knowledge on social dimensions, (iii) insufficient stakeholder engagement in the diversity of stakeholder’s groups or in their contribution to the planning process from the initial steps, and (iv) finding a balance between environmental conservation and economic growth. We recommend that future studies should investigate how MSP can become more adaptive to long-term environmental and economic targets, how effective involving socioeconomic strata is in MSP, and how decision-making tools could help to cover the gaps in MSP. Furthermore, public forums are suggested to be developed to facilitate the systematic sharing of MSP experiences worldwide.

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“…In the Pacific region of Canada, existing and ongoing MSP and MPA processes have added to the complexity of fisheries management. Although these processes are meant to provide clarity on competing ocean uses (McGee et al 2022) and important protection for vulnerable habitats or species (DFO 2014), they can lead to increased conflict when some groups feel that their interests are not being considered in these processes and their outcomes (Bennett et al 2020b).…”

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Commercial fisher perceptions illuminate a need for social justice considerations in navigating climate change impacts on fisheries systems

Harper¹,

Burt²,

Nelson³

et al. 2023

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Marine Plan Partnership for the North Pacific Coast: Engagement and communication with stakeholders and the public

Cited by 6 publications

References 10 publications

Considering the implications of climate-induced species range shifts in marine protected areas planning

Considering the implications of climate-induced species range shifts in marine protected areas planning

Soft vs. Hard Sustainability Approach in Marine Spatial Planning: Challenges and Solutions

Commercial fisher perceptions illuminate a need for social justice considerations in navigating climate change impacts on fisheries systems

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