Fisheries and Oceans Canada's Maritimes Region ecosystem-based management framework for sustainable management / by Alida Bundy, Sondra L. Eger, Robert L. Stephenson, Maxine Westhead, the Maritimes ecosystem-based...: Fs97-6/3716E-PDF

"Fisheries and Oceans Canada's Maritimes Region Ecosystem-Based Management (EBM) Framework version 1.0 articulates a comprehensive suite of core objectives and values based on Canadian policies and international agreements. One unique strength of this Framework comes from considering management issues and problems across Governance, Ecological, Economic and Social and Cultural Pillars and objectives. It provides a common tool for assessing the Department's national and regional progress on legislative commitments, mandate letter priorities, and various policies that require full consideration of the four pillars of sustainability. It will be useful in developing advice that addresses the consequences of potential management scenarios, including the identification and quantification of trade-offs. It is anticipated that the EBM framework, because of its holistic nature, will provide a common basis for further development of Integrated Management, Marine Planning and Blue Economy. While it was designed primarily for use in support of management planning, it will also be useful in internal departmental program and project planning. A second unique strength of this Framework is the collaborative, participatory process through which it was developed. The collaborative development process that spanned 2019-2024 included workshops and interdisciplinary task groups that brought together Fisheries and Oceans Canada staff from multiple sectors, Indigenous participants and leading Social Science and Humanities (SSH) academics for each of the four pillars of the EBM Framework. On-going work with Indigenous organizations is exploring how to strengthen the Framework with Indigenous values and ways of knowing and whether there are common values and principles underpinning both EBM and Indigenous knowledge systems that can serve as a bridge toward co-governance. Overall, this process has expanded EBM thinking across DFO sectors and provides the foundation for EBM in DFO"--Abstract, page vi.

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