ACLS/Nichols/2001How Well Will We Govern It?

It’s Our Ocean:

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Our Track Record

• Arctic Jurisdiction

• Atlantic Cod Fishery

• Burnt Church

• Atlantic Accords

• Law of the Sea?

• Oceans Act?

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Governance ?

- Listening

- Learning

- Leading

- Liaison

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Governance is not just about Monitoring and Enforcement

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Governance isabout AllocatingRights to ResourcesWithin Society

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Governance is about Setting Rules and Regulationsfor How Resources will be Used

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Governance is

also about the

Inclusive Institutional

Structures needed

to Prevent and Adjudicate Disputes

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AllocationAllocation

RegulationRegulation

EnforcementEnforcement

AdjudicationAdjudicationSpatialInformation

SpatialInformation

Governance

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[McLaughlin & Nichols, 1992]

Sources

Datasets &Metadata

Policies &Standards

Networks &Access

Mechanisms

Users

InstitutionalArrangements

InformationTechnologies

Value-Added Data Requirements

Part of the Marine Geo-Spatial Data Infrastructure (MGDI) McLaughlin/Nichols(1993)

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Good Governance in Canada’s Offshore: The Use, Value, and Potential of Marine Boundary Information

GEOIDE Network Centres of Excellence Project

• Social Sciences and Humanities Project

• September 2000-February 2002

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A Multi-Disciplinary Team

Sue Nichols, Project Leader, UNB

Gilles Paquet, U of Ottawa - Governance

Larry Felt, Memorial - Community Impacts

Wade Locke, Memorial - Economic Requirements

Ted McDorman, U of Victoria - International Law

Anne LaForest, UNB - Water Law

John Hughes-Clarke, UNB - Ocean Mapping

Michael Sutherland, UNB - Graduate Student Liaison

8 graduate students and 2 undergrad assistants in 3 universities

Partners:Service New BrunswickCoastal and Ocean Management, DFOCentre for Property StudiesCanadian Hydrographic Service, DFOCARISGeoConnections

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• Evaluate Marine Boundary Requirements for Good

Governance of the Canada’s Oceans

• Investigate Spatial Data Uncertainty

• Enhance Prototype Geomatics Technologies

• Communicate Results to Decision Makers

Project Objectives

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Case Study 1: Delimitation ofThe Extended Continental Shelf Boundary

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Case Study 2: New Brunswick Marine Administrative Boundaries

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Some of the Technical Issues

Equidistance?

Base LinePoints?

Closing lines?

Islands, RocksAnd Low TideElevations?

WHICH COASTLINE?

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1km

Special scallop zone

J.Hughes-Clarke, OMG

Case Study 3: ProposedMusquash Marine Proctected Area

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NavigationRights

Fishing

Rights

MineralRights

DevelopmentRights

Air SpaceRights

Water ColumnRights

DisposalRights

AccessRights

Seabed UseRights

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TraditionalFishers

AboriginalGroups

UplandOwners

AquacultureIndustry

ProvincialDepartments

FederalDepartments

CoastalCommunities

PublicRecreation& Access

Petroleum &Pipeline

Companies

Municipalities

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Governance ?

- Listening

- Learning

- Co-Leading

- Liaison

ACLS/Nichols/2001How Well Will We Govern It?

It’s Our Ocean: