Vast marine conservation reserve, bigger than P.E.I., to protect B.C. central coast
The reserve covers about 6,700 square kilometres and will allow most fishing to continue under Indigenous and federal co-management.
- On Friday, the federal government and six coastal First Nations announced a new marine conservation reserve on British Columbia's central coast, protecting the Great Bear Sea ecosystem spanning an area larger than Prince Edward Island.
- Named Mia-yaltwa Ha lidzogm hoon, meaning "realm of the salmon, home of the salmon," the reserve results from an agreement between provincial, federal, and Indigenous partners securing First Nations a key stewardship role.
- Spanning around 6,700 sq. km, the reserve includes glass sponge reefs and migrating humpbacks; it becomes the sixth marine conservation area in Canada and the second in British Columbia after the Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve, which covers around 1,500 sq. km.
- Parks Canada and the Fisheries Department will oversee operations with Indigenous partners, allowing all fisheries except bottom trawling to continue while supporting tourism and coastal communities through a collective management board and zoning plan.
- Federal Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin stated this project supports Canada's goal to conserve 30 per cent of marine and coastal waters by 2030, with official establishment under the Canada National Marine Conservation Areas Act expected to take several years.
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First Nations, B.C., Canada establish marine conservation reserve
An enormous national marine conservation reserve is being established on British Columbia’s central coast, spanning an area larger than Prince Edward Island. The protected area, named Mia-yaltwa Ha’lidzogm hoon, is the result of an agreement between six coastal First Nations and the provincial and federal governments. An official says the area is around 6700 sq. km and will be operated by Parks Canada along with its Indigenous and federal partne…
New protected marine reserve, larger than P.E.I., to be established on B.C.'s Central Coast
The reserve is within the Great Bear Sea, a diverse marine ecosystem that covers more than half of B.C.'s coast and includes glass sponge reefs, salmon, killer whales and migrating humpbacks.
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Vast marine conservation reserve, bigger than P.E.I., to protect B.C. central coast
An enormous national marine conservation reserve is being established on British Columbia's central coast, spanning an area larger than Prince Edward Island.
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National ObserverGreat Bear Sea waters move closer to federal protection
A stretch of ocean off BC’s central coast, where salmon, herring, whales, sea otters and some of the province’s largest kelp beds share waters with fishing boats and coastal communities, is moving toward federal protection.
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