00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.803050 CaOODSP 20221107135124 cr ||||||||||| 150406s2015 oncd ob f000 0 eng d CaOODSP eng eng fre n-cn--- Fs70-5/2015-015E-PDF Freedman, Jonathan A. Design of ecological risk criteria for the integrated management of Canadian oceans [electronic resource] / Jonathan A. Freedman and Derrick T. de Kerckhove. Conception de critères de risque écologique pour la gestion intégrée des océans du Canada Ottawa : Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 2015. v, 31 p. : fig., graphs, tables. Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat research document, 1919-5044 ; 2015/015, National Capital Region "June 2015." Includes bibliographical references (p. 25-26). Ecological risk criteria (ERC) are used in Canada and around the world within risk assessment and management frameworks. The purpose of this Research Document is to evaluate and compare ERC risk categories and thresholds for use within the context of DFO’s ecosystem-based integrated oceans management (IOM) plan. In particular, we investigated how DFO’s 2006 ERC were aligned with existing categories and thresholds used within other existing frameworks, and the biological significance of each criterion. Within that context, we asked: how realistic is it to compartmentalize spectrums of risk into separate categories and thresholds; and, for nationally applicable ERC, how do we assign risk categories and thresholds that are general enough to be applied across a wide range of situations, geographic locations and scales, timings and human activities, yet specific enough to address complex ecological responses to environmental pressures? gccst Aquatic ecosystems gccst Risk management gccst Fisheries management De Kerckhove, Derrick Tupper, 1978- Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat. Research document (Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat) 1919-5044 ; 2015/015, National Capital Region (CaOODSP)9.507396 PDF 957 KB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2015/mpo-dfo/Fs70-5-2015-015-eng.pdf