Canada at a crossroad :The imperative for realigning ocean policy with ocean science
Canada's ocean ecosystem health and functioning is critical to sustaining a strong maritime economy and resilient coastal communities. Yet despite the importance of Canada's oceans and coasts, federal ocean policy and management have diverged substantially from marine science in the past d...
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ftuvicpubl:oai:dspace.library.uvic.ca:1828/9227 2023-05-15T15:22:37+02:00 Canada at a crossroad :The imperative for realigning ocean policy with ocean science Bailey, Megan Favaro, Brett Otto, Sarah Charles, Anthony Devillers, Rodolphe Metaxas, Anna Tyedmers, Peter Ban, Natalie C. Mason, Taylor Hoover, Carie Duck, Thomas J. Fanning, Lucia Milley, Chris Cisneros-Montemayor, Andrés M. Pauly, Daniel Cheung, William W.L. Cullis-Suzuki, Sarika Teh, Louise Sumaila, U. Rashid 2016 application/pdf https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2015.10.002 https://dspace.library.uvic.ca//handle/1828/9227 en eng Marine Policy Bailey, M., Favaro,B., Otto, S.P., Charles, A., Devillers, R., Metaxas, … Sumaila, U.R. (2016). Canada at a crossroad: The imperative for realigning ocean policy with ocean science. Marine Policy, 63, 53-60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2015.10.002 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2015.10.002 https://dspace.library.uvic.ca//handle/1828/9227 Federal policy Fisheries Act Canada Ocean science Species at Risk Act Evidence-based policies Marine management Science communication Article 2016 ftuvicpubl https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2015.10.002 2022-05-19T06:11:19Z Canada's ocean ecosystem health and functioning is critical to sustaining a strong maritime economy and resilient coastal communities. Yet despite the importance of Canada's oceans and coasts, federal ocean policy and management have diverged substantially from marine science in the past decade. In this paper, key areas where this is apparent are reviewed: failure to fully implement the Oceans Act, alterations to habitat protections historically afforded under Canada's Fisheries Act, and lack of federal leadership on marine species at risk. Additionally, the capacity of the federal government to conduct and communicate ocean science has been eroded of late, and this situation poses a significant threat to current and future oceans public policy. On the eve of a federal election, these disconcerting threats are described and a set of recommendations to address them is developed. These trends are analyzed and summarized so that Canadians understand ongoing changes to the health of Canada's oceans and the role that their elected officials can play in addressing or ignoring them. Additionally, we urge the incoming Canadian government, regardless of political persuasion, to consider the changes we have documented and commit to aligning federal ocean policy with ocean science to ensure the health of Canada's oceans and ocean dependent communities. This is a product of the OceanCanada Partnership funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada (Ban, Bailey, Charles, Cheung, Cisneros-Montemayor, Hoover, Sumaila, Teh). Favaro acknowledges funding from the Liber Ero Fellowship Program. Charles acknowledges funding support from SSHRC through the Community Conservation Research Network. Pauly and Sumaila thank the Sea Around Us. Cheung and Cisneros-Montemayor thank the Nippon Foundation-UBC Nereus Program. Hoover acknowledges funding from ArcticNet. Faculty Reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper ArcticNet University of Victoria (Canada): UVicDSpace Canada Marine Policy 63 53 60 |
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Canada's ocean ecosystem health and functioning is critical to sustaining a strong maritime economy and resilient coastal communities. Yet despite the importance of Canada's oceans and coasts, federal ocean policy and management have diverged substantially from marine science in the past decade. In this paper, key areas where this is apparent are reviewed: failure to fully implement the Oceans Act, alterations to habitat protections historically afforded under Canada's Fisheries Act, and lack of federal leadership on marine species at risk. Additionally, the capacity of the federal government to conduct and communicate ocean science has been eroded of late, and this situation poses a significant threat to current and future oceans public policy. On the eve of a federal election, these disconcerting threats are described and a set of recommendations to address them is developed. These trends are analyzed and summarized so that Canadians understand ongoing changes to the health of Canada's oceans and the role that their elected officials can play in addressing or ignoring them. Additionally, we urge the incoming Canadian government, regardless of political persuasion, to consider the changes we have documented and commit to aligning federal ocean policy with ocean science to ensure the health of Canada's oceans and ocean dependent communities. This is a product of the OceanCanada Partnership funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada (Ban, Bailey, Charles, Cheung, Cisneros-Montemayor, Hoover, Sumaila, Teh). Favaro acknowledges funding from the Liber Ero Fellowship Program. Charles acknowledges funding support from SSHRC through the Community Conservation Research Network. Pauly and Sumaila thank the Sea Around Us. Cheung and Cisneros-Montemayor thank the Nippon Foundation-UBC Nereus Program. Hoover acknowledges funding from ArcticNet. Faculty Reviewed |
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Bailey, Megan Favaro, Brett Otto, Sarah Charles, Anthony Devillers, Rodolphe Metaxas, Anna Tyedmers, Peter Ban, Natalie C. Mason, Taylor Hoover, Carie Duck, Thomas J. Fanning, Lucia Milley, Chris Cisneros-Montemayor, Andrés M. Pauly, Daniel Cheung, William W.L. Cullis-Suzuki, Sarika Teh, Louise Sumaila, U. Rashid |
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Canada at a crossroad :The imperative for realigning ocean policy with ocean science |
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Bailey, M., Favaro,B., Otto, S.P., Charles, A., Devillers, R., Metaxas, … Sumaila, U.R. (2016). Canada at a crossroad: The imperative for realigning ocean policy with ocean science. Marine Policy, 63, 53-60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2015.10.002 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2015.10.002 https://dspace.library.uvic.ca//handle/1828/9227 |
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