Marine Cumulative Effects

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1 Paul Nicklen/National Geographic Stock / WWF-Canada Marine Cumulative Effects Mike Ambach WWF-Canada: Prince Rupert Apr 17, 2014 Cathryn Clarke-Murray, PhD Marine Science Officer, WWF- Canada Adding On: Smithers, April

2 Overview Outline Cumulative Effects Framework / Marine CE in Pacific Applications and Next Steps Marine Planning Partnership (MaPP) Skeena River Estuary PRIORIOTIES COLLABORATION 2

3 Mike Ambach / WWF-Canada Single activity Multiple stressors Transportation Shipping Vessel Strikes Oil Spill Noise Vessel Strikes Oil Spill Contaminants Contaminants Noise Ecological Components Multiple Impacts 3

4 Mike Ambach / WWF-Canada Cumulative activities Single stressor e Fueling Wastewater Urban Runoff Industrial Runoff ants Sediment Contaminants (PCBs) 4

5 Cumulative ecosystem Coastal Development Industry Fishing Residential Land Use Shoreline Armoring, Overwater Structures Toxic Contaminants (point source) Overfishing Toxic Contaminants (non-point source) Scientific perspectives on cumulative effects in marine ecosystems Eelgrass (juv) (juv) (egg, lar) Kelp (juv) Megan E. Mach, Rebecca Goldman Martone (Center for Ocean Solutions, CA, USA) Cathryn Clarke Murray (WWF-Canada) Dungeness Crab Salmon Orca Herring Harbor Seal Rockfish Adapted from Samhouri and Levin (2012) 5

6 Cumulative Impacts in Pacific Ban, N., Alidina, H., and Ardron, J Cumulative impact mapping: Advances, relevance and limitations to marine management and conservation, using Canada s Pacific waters as a case study. Marine Policy 34:

7 Pacific Cumulative Impacts Ban et al 2010 Marine Policy 7

8 Methods Habitat-based Marine, Coastal and Land human activities Example: how sensitive is X habitat to Y activity? Vulnerability matrix Activities and Uses Ecosystems Benthic - Biotic - Biogenic Suspension Kelp Seagrass Feeding Estuaries Reefs Aquaculture: Shellfish * Fisheries, Commercial: demersal destructive * Fisheries: Traditional Use, non-destructive * Industry: Marine based forestry operations * Industry: Marine based mining operations * Marine Transportation: Commercial Ferries,Cruise Ships, Cargo Ships, Commercial Fishing, Recreational Vessels and Small Freight 0.2* Recreation and Tourism: Kayaking * 8

9 Priorities & Collaboration 1. Groundtruthing vulnerability scores with local knowledge and expertise 2. Spatial data on proposed activities digitizing pipeline routes by hand 3. Data sharing protocols among actors in the region 4. Technical capacity across marine & freshwater 5. Research and data on species interaction 9

10 Mike Ambach / WWF-Canada Scenarios 1. Current baseline 2. Climate change 3. Proposed developments 4. Climate + Development 10

11 Applications: MaPP

12 Applications: 12

13 MaPP Cumulative Effects Assessment Framework Inventory and evaluate existing data sets Conduct baseline studies to complement existing data Collaboratively identify potential impacts and thresholds Develop prevention and mitigation strategies Monitor trigger federal and provincial mngmt actions. Identification of regional values, limits of acceptable change to those values, and the mechanisms for their protection 13

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15 Marine Planning Portal data layers including Administrative Species & Habitats Marine Uses Supports some interactivity Platform for modelling of alternative scenarios (link) 15

16 Cumulative Impacts in Pacific 16

17 MaPP Timelines Public Consultation Revision Sign-off Haida Gwaii North Vancouver Island Central Coast North Coast now now soon real soon 17

18 Applications: Skeena Estuary 18

19 CE in the Skeena Estuary 19

20 Priorities & Collaboration 1. Use a common language to identify approaches that fill those gaps 2. More inland / marine coordination at both technical level (info + data sharing) and conceptual approach level 3. Industry engagement outside EA box? 4. Financing mechanism to embed Cumulative Effects into appropriate governance structures 5. Space to ground Cumulative Effects in the Northwest 20

21 Grounding Cumulative Effects in the Skeena Estuary A one-day workshop designed to focus on the science and policy tools available to help decision makers take action on cumulative effects in the Skeena Estuary. We are in the process of finalizing knowledge experts and structure for the day. Mike Ambach mambach@wwfcanada.org James Casey jcasey@wwfcanada.org 21

22 Thank you wwf.ca 22

23 CE in the Skeena Estuary 23