“The PNCIMA process is going to take an ecosystem-based management approach to marine spatial planning that will include some zoning measures and take into account provisioning, regulating, cultural, and supportive ecosystem services. “
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PNCIMA
The Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area (pronounced pin-SEE-ma). Designated by Fisheries and Oceans Canada to undergo a marine planning process, it encompasses 88, 000 km2 and stretches from the Canada-Alaska border in the north, to Brooks peninsula on Northwest Vancouver Island, and Quadra Island and Bute Inlet in the south.
Ecosystem
An ecosystem is the web of life and includes the interactions and interconnectedness between different parts of this web. Humans are now members of most ecosystems, and certainly those of PNCIMA.
Ecosystem Services
Ecosystem services are those products and processes the ecosystem provides, such as the life support system for us and other species. Some examples are the food we eat, the air we breathe, even the view that we wake up to every morning. Ecosystem services do not cost anything as nature provides them, although many people make a living from them.
Ecosystem-based Management (EBM)
Ecosystem-based management is a way of managing our activities to maintain the overall health, abundance and resilience of the ecosystem we are working in so that it can continue to provide services to both humans and other species. Different from other approaches to management in that it takes a holistic view that includes all activities that are occurring in an area and in adjacent areas.
Marine Spatial Planning (MSP)
Marine Spatial Planning is a process through which the physical space of a marine area is analyzed so that decisions can be made about what human activities happen where - based on a set of ecological, economic and social objectives agreed upon at the beginning of the process.
Integrated Management
In the context of marine spatial planning, it is when the process includes decision makers from all sectors and among levels of government so that decisions are agreed to and implemented across the board.
Ocean zoning
Tool that can be used in marine spatial planning to delineate specific regions or times within regions for certain activities or uses. These are then displayed as a set of regulations on a map.
Marine Protected Area (MPA)
A Marine Protected Area is an area reserved to ensure its continued health, or to rebuild the health of an aspect of an ecosystem, whether that is a habitat, a species, or a unique feature. Uses that are compatible with the goals of this can be included. This is a tool that can be used in marine spatial planning ideally in association with other types of ocean zoning such as buffer zones.
In other words… “The PNCIMA process is going to get together different sectors, governments, and interested people within this region to agree on some objectives for how to keep our ocean home healthy, supporting and resilient for the people as well as the other species that live here. Based on these objectives we will make some decisions on how to manage what we do within the PNCIMA."
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