ACZISC REPORTS OF COASTAL ACTIVITIES, MINUTES, ANNUAL REPORTS

ACZISC Meeting Reports
and Other Publications

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ACZISC ANNUAL REPORTS

ACZISC COASTAL UPDATE E-NEWSLETTER

The Coastal Update is a monthly e-newsletter highlighting news, resources, events, and opportunities related to coastal and marine issues and ICOM. The Coastal Update is available at http://aczisc.dal.ca/update.htm. To receive the free monthly e-newsletter via email, email the ACZISC Secretariat

ACZISC MEETING MINUTES AND OTHER DOCUMENTS

The minutes of ACZISC meetings are a valuable source of information, both current and historical, on coastal activities in Atlantic Canada. The minutes of all ACZISC meetings from 1992, the year that the ACZISC was established, to date are available at http://aczisc.dal.ca/minutes in a searchable format.

The following are the minutes and other documents associated with recent ACZISC meetings. For additional information on the ACZISC Meetings, please email the ACZISC Secretariat.

ACZISC Meeting #61, 22-23 September 2010, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island (scheduled)
ACZISC Meeting #60, 12-13 May 2010, Halifax, Nova Scotia (revised dates)
ACZISC Meeting #59, 20-21 January 2010, Hugh John Flemming Forestry Centre, Fredericton, New Brunswick
- Coastal Activities in Atlantic Canada
- Draft Minutes
- Presentations:
  - Power Sharing in the Coastal Zone: Shifting Roles of Government in Community-based Coastal Management (89 KB - PDF) - an overview of the PhD thesis (University of Cardiff - 2009) by Larry Hildebrand
  - Finding, Getting, and Using Indicator Data for the Gulf of Maine (1.7 MB - PDF)
  - Overview of the State of Nova Scotia's Coast Report (1.2 MB - PDF)
  - New Brunswick's SDI Initiative - GeoNB (3.1 MB - PDF)
  - COINAtlantic Update (6.6 MB - PDF)

ACZISC Meeting #58, 23-24 September 2009, St. John's, Newfoundland
- Coastal Activities in Atlantic Canada
- Minutes
- Presentations:
  - Coastal Connections - Community Interactions (5.2 MB - PDF)
  - Canadian Healthy Oceans Network (CHONe): Biodiversity Science for Sustainability of Canada's Three Oceans (2.3 MB - PDF)
  - Newfoundland and Labrador's Ocean Technology Sector Strategy (1 MB - PDF)
  - COINAtlantic Update (1 MB - PDF)
  - Towards a Marine Cadastre - For an Integrated Management System (1.3 MB - PDF)
  - ACZISC's Web Presence: Draft Recommendations (1 MB - PDF)

ACZISC Meeting #57, 13-14 May 2009, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
- Coastal Activities in Atlantic Canada
- Minutes
- Presentations:
  - Nature Conservancy of Canada - Identifying and Protecting Important Natural Areas in the Maritimes (9 MB - PDF)
  - Prince Edward Island’s Acquisition of Lidar Data (19 MB - PDF)
  - COINAtlantic Update (1 MB - PDF)
  - Regional Vulnerability Assessments from a Geospatial Perspective (7 MB - PDF)
  - Planning Update for the Coastal Zone Canada 2010 Conference (600 KB - PDF)
  - Development of a Web Portal to Support ICOM Initiatives and State of the Environment Reporting in Atlantic Canada (300 KB - PDF)

ACZISC Meeting #56, 22-23 January 2009, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
- Coastal Activities in Atlantic Canada
- Minutes
- Presentations:
  - National Marine Conservation Areas of Canada (5 MB - PDF)
  - Planning Update for the Coastal Zone Canada 2010 Conference (6 MB - PDF)
  - COINAtlantic Online Demonstration
  - Environment Canada and the Canadian Coastal and Oceans Agenda; for information, email Larry Hildebrand, Environment Canada
  - Integrating Science and Planning Practice for Coastal Adaptation to Climate Change in the Halifax Regional Municipality; for information, email John Charles, HRM and Gavin Manson, Geological Survey of Canada – Atlantic

ACZISC Meeting #55, 24-25 September 2008, Fredericton, New Brunswick
- Coastal Activities in Atlantic Canada
- Minutes
- Presentations:
  - Update on the Southwest New Brunswick Bay of Fundy Marine Resources Planning (3.4 MB - PDF)
  - Update on the New Brunswick Coastal Areas Protection Policy (6 MB - PDF)
  - Using Risk Assessment for Integrated Management, including speaking notes in rhyme (7.6 MB - PPT)
  - Grand Banks Marine Representative Areas - Potential Area Identification for Parks Canada (to be posted at a later date)
  - COINAtlantic Concept (4 MB - PPT) and COINAtlantic Wireframe Demonstration (11 MB - PDF)
  - Managing and Administering Coastal and Marine Spaces - COINAtlantic Marine Cadastre Prototype (7.6 MB - PDF)

ACZISC Meeting #54, 14-15 May 2008, St. John's, Newfoundland
- Coastal Activities in Atlantic Canada
- Minutes
- Presentations:
  - Coastal and Ocean Policy Development: A Newfoundland and Labrador Perspective (1.7 MB - PDF)
  - COINAtlantic Concept (2.2 MB)
  - A Marine Cadastre (3 MB - PDF)
  - Assessment of the SmartBay Technology Demonstration Project: Presentation (320 KB - PDF) and Report (550 KB - PDF)
  - Academic Research and NRC Chairs in Atlantic Canada with a Focus on ICOM (384 KB)

ACZISC Meeting #53, 23-24 January 2008, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
- Coastal Activities in Atlantic Canada
- Minutes
- Presentations:
  - GeoConnections - A Brief Overview (1.3 MB - PDF)
  - COINAtlantic Update (1 MB - PDF)
  - Watershed Planning and Management - Implementation on Prince Edward Island (5 MB - PDF)
  - Coastal Zone Disaster Management Decision Support System (15.5 MB - PDF); see http://www.geonet-tech.com for additional information, including animations

ACZISC Meeting #52, 19-20 September 2007, Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Coastal Activities in Atlantic Canada
- Minutes
- Presentations:
  - Inner Bay of Fundy Salmon Presence Assessment Tool (SPAT) (13 MB - PDF)
  - Nova Scotia's Proposed Coastal Management Framework (1.5 MB - PDF)
  - Tidal Energy (8.7 MB - PDF)
  - Geoscience for Oceans Management: Implementing Canada's National Marine Mapping Strategy (15 MB - PDF)

ACZISC Meeting #51, 30-31 May 2007, Fredericton, New Brunswick

ACZISC Meeting #50, 24-25 January 2007, St. John's, Newfoundland
- Coastal Activities in Atlantic Canada
- Minutes
- Presentations:
  - Integrated Coastal and Ocean Management Policy Developments in Newfoundland and Labrador (650 KB)
  - SmartBay Update (3.2 MB)
  - The GeoBase Initiative and the National Hydro Network Project (4.6 MB)
  - Geo-Names - Marine Features (1.6 MB)
  - Progress on Large Ocean Management Areas in Newfoundland and Labrador (4.2 MB)
  - Update on the MPA Program in Newfoundland and Labrador (4.1 MB)
  - One Ocean (1.5 MB)
  - COINAtlantic Status Report (120 KB)

ACZISC Meeting #49, 27-28 September 2006, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

Coastal Activities in Atlantic Canada
Minutes
Presentations:
- Introduction to the Canada Centre for Cadastral Management and Marine Cadastre: Underpinning Sustainable Development and Resource Management (1.1 MB)
- The Impacts of Sea-Level Rise and Climate Change on the Coastal Zone of Southeastern New Brunswick (15 MB), and the associated Pointe-du-Chêne Flooding Simulation (1.5 MB) and Reconstruction of the Storm of 5 March, 1971 (7 MB)
- Northumberland Strait Ecosystem and Overview: Progress Report (280 KB)

ACZISC Meeting #48, 31 May - 1 June 2006, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
- Coastal Activities in Atlantic Canada
- Minutes
- Presentations:
  - COINAtlantic - Sustaining the Regional Access Point to Atlantic Canada’s Coastal Geospatial Assets and Initiatives, a white paper on Practical Steps Forward for COINAtlantic (60 KB)
  - Towards COINAtlantic (2.2 MB)
  - An Atlas of Human Activities for the Scotian Shelf: Reflections on the Past, Present and Future Possibilities (8 MB)
  - Challenges of a Dynamic Ocean Use Atlas (300 KB)
  - Gulf of St. Lawrence Integrated Management Initiative - GoSLIM (1.8 MB)
  - Gulf of Maine EcoSystem Indicator Partnership - ESIP (460 KB)
  - The Ocean Technology Sector In Atlantic Canada (360 KB)

ACZISC Meeting #47, 25-26 January 2006, Fredericton, New Brunswick
- Coastal Activities in Atlantic Canada
- Minutes
- Presentations:

ACZISC Meeting #46, 21-22 September 2005, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
- Coastal Activities in Atlantic Canada
- Minutes
- Presentations:
  - Integrated Management Planning in Placentia Bay - with photos (4.4 MB) - mostly text (851 KB)
  - Creating A SmartBay - Technology Solutions for Integrated Management in Placentia Bay
  - Management of Wastes from Seafood Processing (590 KB)
  - Fish By-Products Availability and Utilization (242 KB)
  - Coastal Planning in the Coast of Bays - with photos (1.7 MB) - mostly text (472 KB)

ACZISC Meeting #45, 18-19 May 2005, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

NOTE: The minutes of previous ACZISC meetings are available at http://aczisc.dal.ca/minutes.

COINATLANTIC - COASTAL AND OCEAN INFORMATION NETWORK

Publications related to COINAtlantic, including the COINAtlantic Concept and User Need Reports. Note: Click on Admin and use the "Search' function to locate other documents related to COINAtlantic.

ACZISC WORKSHOP REPORTS

Large Marine Ecozone Boundary Workshop: Report of the Workshop held on 12 September 2003 at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, and the Background Brief prepared for the Workshop

Collaborative Opportunities in the Delivery of Metadata: Report of the ACZISC/GeoConnections Metadata Workshop held on 21-22 August 2000 at the Nova Scotia Geomatics Centre, Amherst, Nova Scotia

Natural Disasters in the Coastal Zone and their Mitigation: Rising Sea Level, Hurricanes, Storm Surges and Erosion: Report of the Workshop held on 7 April 1999 at Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick

Atlantic Provinces Coastal Mapping Workshop: Report of the Workshop held on 30 September 1998 at the Nova Scotia Geomatics Centre, Amherst, Nova Scotia.

Coastal Mapping Federal Program Review: Report of the Meeting held on 25 February 1998 in Halifax, Nova Scotia

Coastal Mapping Workshop: Report of the Workshop held on 29 May 1996 at Environment Canada, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

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