Prioritization of key ecosystem components based on the risk of harm from human activities within the Placentia Bay/Grand Banks Large Ocean Management Area / by L.E. Park, L.A. Beresford, and E. Kissler. : Fs22-6/4-2011E

Canada’s Oceans Act calls for the Integrated Management of all activities in or affecting estuarine, coastal and marine waters. For Large Ocean Management Areas, it is important to set manageable conservation objectives. Within the Placentia Bay/Grand Banks, this process started with the identification of ninety-four key ecosystem components which were ranked high, medium or low, based on the ecological significance of the component, without reference to the associated level of risk resulting from human activities. These key ecosystem components, flagged as conservation priorities (CPs), were further prioritized based on an analysis of the level of risk from human activities. This analysis followed a three-phase methodology which identifies key activities/stressors for each CP, and produces a numerical score for the interaction between each key activity/stressor and the CP. This allowed the CPs to be ranked based on a relative analysis of the cumulative risk of harm from human activities and associated stressors.

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