Building Awareness and Capacity: An Action Plan for Continued Sustainable Development 2001-2003
Environmental Management, Marine Ecosystems, Natural Resources, Sustainable Development StrategySummary This Fisheries and Oceans Canada report assesses the department's progress on sustainable development and then presents four themes for action: new forms of governance and shared stewardship; knowledge and technology for sustainable…
Climate Change Impacts and Vulnerabilities in Canada’s Pacific Marine Ecosystems
Adaptation, Climate Change, Marine Ecosystems, Review, Synthesis, Vulnerability AssessmentSummary Canada's Pacific marine ecosystems, which lie adjacent to the coast of British Columbia, are rich, extraordinarily productive, and highly textured with conditions that vary considerably on different scales of time and space. This marine…
Canada’s State of the Oceans Report, 2012
Climate Change, Hypoxia, Marine Ecosystems, Ocean Acidification, Strategy 3Summary Introduction The Centre of Expertise on State of the Oceans Reporting created this national report for the final stage of the Health of the Oceans Initiative (HOTO) under which it was first funded. It consists of highlights from the…
State of physical, biological, and selected fishery resources of Pacific Canadian marine ecosystems in 2009
Marine Ecosystems, Strategy 3Abstract Monitoring the physical and biological oceanographic conditions and fishery resources of the Pacific Region is done semi-regularly by a number of government departments, to understand the natural variability of these ecosystems and…
State of physical, biological, and selected fishery resources of Pacific Canadian marine ecosystems
Marine Ecosystems, Strategy 3Abstract Despite continuing increases in overall global water temperatures, the waters off the Pacific coast of Canada were the coldest in 50 years, and the cooling extended far into the Pacific Ocean and south along the American coast. Near-shore…