00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.842593 CaOODSP 20250129094505 cr ||||||||||| 170829s2017 oncb ob f000 0 eng d CaOODSP eng eng fre n-cn--- n-cn-nl Fs70-5/2017-013E-PDF Identification and descriptions of ecologically and biologically significant areas in the Newfoundland and Labrador shelves bioregion [electronic resource] / N.J. Wells ... [et al.]. Ottawa : Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat, 2017. v, 87 p. : col. maps Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat (CSAS), research document, 1919-5044 ; 2017/013, Newfoundland and Labrador Region Cover title. “July 2017.” Includes bibliographical references (p. 20-21). “The Oceans Act (1997) commits Canada to maintaining biological diversity and productivity in the marine environment. A key component of this is to identify areas that are considered to be ecologically or biologically significant. Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) has developed guidelines on the criteria that are to be used to identify Ecologically and Biologically Significant Areas (EBSAs) within Canada’s waters. These criteria were applied to the Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Shelves Bioregion, north of the Placentia Bay-Grand Banks (PBGB) Large Ocean Management Area (LOMA) to facilitate the identification of candidate EBSAs. An EBSA Steering Committee, comprised of experts in oceanography, ecosystem structure and function, taxa-specific life histories and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) guided this process by advising or aiding in the identification, collection, processing and analysis of data layers, as well as participating in the final selection of candidate EBSAs. A peer review meeting was held October 23-25, 2012 during which the candidate EBSAs were reviewed and the final EBSAs were agreed upon and delineated. A total of fifteen EBSAs were identified within the study area; three of these areas are considered to be primarily coastal areas; seven are in offshore areas; four EBSAs straddle coastal and offshore areas; and one is a transitory EBSA that follows the southern extent of pack ice"--Abstract, p. v. Includes abstract in French. gccst Aquatic ecosystems gccst Biological diversity gccst Habitats Wells, N. J. Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat. Research document (Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat) 1919-5044 ; 2017/013, Newfoundland and Labrador Region (CaOODSP)9.507396 PDF 10.79 MB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/mpo-dfo/Fs70-5-2017-013-eng.pdf