00000nam 2200000zi 4500 9.886554 CaOODSP 20221107171442 m o d f cr |n||||||||| 200429t20202020oncbd ob f000 0 eng d CaOODSP eng rda CaOODSP n-cn-qu n-cnm-- Fs70-5/2020-007E-PDF Benoît, H. P. (Hugues Pascal) author. An assessment to support decisions on authorizing scientific surveys with bottom-contacting gears in protected areas in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence / Hugues P. Benoît, Natalie C. Asselin, Tobie Surette and Cédric Juillet. Ottawa ON : Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat, 2020. ©2020 1 online resource (xi, 80 pages) : maps (some colour), charts (some colour). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Research document, 1919-5044 ; 2020/007 "April 2020." Title from cover. Issued also in French under title: Évaluation visant à soutenir les décisions liées à l’autorisation des relevés scientifiques avec des engins entrant en contact avec le fond dans des zones benthiques protégées dans l’estuaire et le golfe du Saint-Laurent. Includes bibliographical references (pages 27-32). "Canada is rapidly increasing the number of protected areas in its coastal and marine waters to meet international conservation targets. This has created an urgent need for approaches to determine which human activities will be allowed within these areas in light of site-specific conservation objectives and monitoring requirements. Scientific activities contribute information that can support conservation-related management decision-making within protected areas and in the broader ecosystem (e.g., advice for sustainable fisheries, species recovery, and ecosystem status). However, these same scientific activities can harm organisms, populations, assemblages and habitats within protected areas and therefore can hinder the achievement of conservation objectives. Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s (DFO) national Framework to support decisions on authorizing scientific surveys with bottom-contacting gears in protected areas with defined benthic conservation objectives guides the evaluation of ongoing recurrent scientific activities (surveys), within protected areas. The Framework evaluates four main elements: 1) the potential impact of recurring survey activities within protected areas, 2) potential mitigation measures to reduce their impact, 3) benefits of survey activities to the management of protected areas and 4) potential consequences to the scientific understanding and management of species and communities in the broader ecosystem caused by excluding sampling in protected areas"--Abstract, page xi. Marine parks and reserves Saint Lawrence, Gulf of. Marine parks and reserves Québec (Province) Saint Lawrence River Estuary. Benthos Conservation Saint Lawrence, Gulf of. Benthos Conservation Québec (Province) Saint Lawrence River Estuary. Ecological surveys Environmental aspects Saint Lawrence, Gulf of. Ecological surveys Environmental aspects Québec (Province) Saint Lawrence River Estuary. Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Quebec and Gulf Regions. Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat. Évaluation visant à soutenir les décisions liées à l’autorisation des relevés scientifiques avec des engins entrant en contact avec le fond dans des zones benthiques protégées dans l’estuaire et le golfe du Saint-Laurent / (CaOODSP)9.886561 Research document (Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat) 1919-5044 ; 2020/007. (CaOODSP)9.507396 PDF 4.16 MB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2020/mpo-dfo/fs70-5/Fs70-5-2020-007-eng.pdf