State of the Pacific Ocean 2007
Marine Ecosystems, Strategy 3Abstract This report is the ninth in an annual series describing the state of physical, biological, and selected fishery resources of Pacific Canadian marine ecosystems. This region has seen dramatic changes in atmospheric and oceanic conditions…
Managing Pacific salmon for ecosystem values: ecosystem indicators and the Wild Salmon Policy
Ecosystem Indicators, Habitat, Literature Review, Strategy 3, Strategy ThreeAbstract Canada's Wild Salmon Policy (WSP) was released in June 2005 with a goal to restore and maintain healthy and diverse salmon populations and their habitats. Strategy 3, Action Step 3.1 aims to include ecosystem values in decision-making…
State of the Pacific Ocean 2011
Marine Ecosystems, Strategy 3Summary This report summarizes the thirteenth annual workshop on the state of physical, biological, and selected fishery resources of Canadian Pacific marine ecosystems. The region supports important resident and migratory populations of invertebrates,…
Science-based Ecosystem Approaches under Canada’s Wild Salmon Policy (WSP)
EBM, Ecosystem-based Management, Strategy 3DFO Wild Salmon Policy: ecosystem values and indicators workshop March 21 & 22, 2007, Vancouver, BC
Ecosystem Indicators, Strategy 3, Strategy ThreeAbstract Canada's Policy for the Conservation of Wild Pacific Salmon (WSP) sets the framework for conserving wild Pacific salmon populations in BC and the Yukon. The WSP includes six strategies, the second and third of which are about habitat…
Advisory: implementing the habitat and ecosystem components of DFO’s Wild Salmon Policy
Ecosystem Indicators, Habitat Indicators, Implementation Framework, Strategy 2, Strategy 3, Strategy Three, Strategy Two, Wild Pacific SalmonAbstract This advisory is intended to assist the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and their implementation partners in executing the habitat and ecosystem components of the Wild Salmon Policy. The challenge for the Minister in developing an…
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…
Okanagan Water Supply and Demand Project: Phase 2 Summary Report
Strategy 3, Water ManagementExecutive Summary: Overview The Canadian Okanagan Basin (the Basin), in the southern interior of British Columbia, is the subject of the Okanagan Water Supply and Demand Project. Because of relatively high rates of water use, variable water…
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…