The following are documents and document sources/libraries which relate to integrated coastal and ocean management (ICOM) or the management of information required to achieve this dynamic process; the documents are either downloadable or may be ordered from the designated contacts. Several documents are also referenced in the ACZISC Coastal Update e-newsletter section of the ACZISC website.
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Hyperlinks to non-ACZISC websites and documents do not imply any official endorsement of or responsibility for the opinions, ideas, data or products presented at these locations, or guarantee the validity of the information provided. The sole purpose of links to non-ACZISC websites is to indicate information available on related topics.
The documents are organized as follows:
ACZISC PUBLICATIONS, including the Coastal Update e-newsletter, Coastal Activities in Atlantic Canada, presentations, minutes of ACZISC meetings, and Annual Reports
DOCUMENTS RE ICOM
DOCUMENTS RE MAPPING AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
ECONOMIC STUDIES OF COASTAL AND MARINE RESOURCES
NEWSLETTERS AND JOURNALS
BIBLIOGRAPHIES
MISCELLANEOUS
DOCUMENTS RE ICOM:
- Analysis of Public Perceptions of Canadian Coastal and Ocean Management Policy and Practice
- Author: Scott Coffen-Smout (1997)
- Baseline 2000: The Status of Integrated Coastal Management as an International Practice
- Produced for the Coastal Zone Canada Association in 2000 and updated regularly, Baseline 2000 includes a listing of the ICM efforts around the world. To obtain a copy of the ICM initiatives in Canada, email Larry Hildebrand.
- British Columbia's Coast Sustainability Strategy
- The strategy focuses on economic diversification in the coastal areas, particularly opportunities for First Nation communities.
- Coastal Challenges: A Guide to Coastal and Marine Issues
- Published by the US National Safety Council
- Commonwealth of Australia Coastal Policy
- Published in by the Government of Australia in 1995
- Consequence Analysis of Storm Surge in the Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island Area
- Prepared by the Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Emergency Preparedness
- Consolidated Acts and Regulations of Canada
- Including the Oceans Act (1996), the Coastal Fisheries Protection Act (1985), and the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (1999)
- Key documents of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance
- Signed in Ramsar, Iran in 1971
- Environment Canada - Atlantic Region Publications
- Including the 1994 State of the Environment Report in the Atlantic Region, Climate Change and Climate Variability in Atlantic Canada and the Environmental Funding Guide: A Quick Reference of Available Programs in the Atlantic Region
- European Code of Conduct for Coastal Zones
- Officially adopted by the Council of Europe Ministers in April 1999
- Fundy Issues
- Fact Sheets, produced by BOFEP, the Bay of Fundy Ecosystem Partnership
- FAO Guidelines for Integrated coastal area management and agriculture, forestry and fisheries
- Published in 1998
- Global Warming Publications from the EPA, the US Environmental Protection Agency
- Includes Waste Management Reports, Sea Level Rise Reports, Reference Material, Position Papers, Outreach Material, International Material, Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reports, Conference Reports
- Habitat Lost: Taking the Pulse of Estuaries in the Canadian Gulf of Maine
- For information on obtaining a copy, email the CCNB, the Conservation Council of New Brunswick
- Impacts of Sea-Level Rise and Climate Change on the Coastal Zone of Southeastern New Brunswick
- A 3-year study to quantify the impacts of climate change on the coastal zone of Southeastern New Brunswick. The executive summary is available in PDF format at http://www.adaptation.nrcan.gc.ca/projdb/final_coastal_e.php (English) and http://adaptation.nrcan.gc.ca/projdb/final_coastal_f.php (French). To obtain a paper copy of the summary, including the full report on CD, email Gary.Lines@ec.gc.ca.
- Implementing Canada's National Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities, Canada’s first National Report to the Global Programme of Action
- Marine Ecozone Boundaries in Atlantic Canada
- Summary Report of a Workshop on Large Marine Ecozone Boundaries in Atlantic Canada, held on 12 September 2003 at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia and a Background Brief prepared for the Workshop
- New Brunswick Coastal Areas Protection Policy
- Designed to establish province-wide standards for the management and the development of coastal areas. Released in 2002.
- Oceans & Coastal Resources: A Briefing Book
- Compiled by the US Congressional Research Service, a branch of the Library of Congress (1997)
- Overview of Current Governance in the Bay of Fundy / Gulf of Maine:
Transboundary Collaborative Arrangements and Initiatives
- Prepared for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans by the ACZISC Secretariat and the Marine & Environmental Law Institute of Dalhousie University (2006)
- Parks Canada Agency Library
- Includes Acts and Regulations, Policies, Manuals, Guidelines and Reports
- Power Sharing in the Coastal Zone - Shifting Roles of Government in Community-based Coastal Management
- PhD thesis (University of Cardiff - 2009) by Larry Hildebrand
- Reports of the Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence Coalition on Sustainability
- Available from http://www.coalition-sgsl.ca/archives.php
- Research information from Public Safety Canada
- A Canadian Disaster Database and several reports on emergency management
- The Role of Indicators in Integrated Coastal Management
- Presentations at: an International Workshop held on 29 April - 1 May 2002 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; a preparatory meeting to the testing phase held on 12-13 July 2005 in Paris, France; and a progress workshop on the testing phase held on 23 January 2006 in Paris
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DOCUMENTS RE MAPPING AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT:
- Analysis of Canadian Ocean Mapping Capability and Capacity
- To obtain a copy of the study carried out by the Canadian Centre for Marine Communications (CCMC), with the assistance of the Canadian Hydrographic Service, email Bill Carter, School of Ocean Technology, Marine Institute.
- Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure
- Key documents, studies and reports, including Geospatial Information Needs for Integrated Land/Marine Management (IL/MM): Workshop Report
- Canadian Marine IT Directory
- A listing of over 100 Canadian companies actively involved in the development and commercialization of marine information technology (IT) products and services.
- FAO Fisheries Technical Papers
- - The application of remote sensing technology to marine fisheries: an introductory manual
- - Geographic information systems, remote sensing and mapping for the development and management of marine aquaculture
- - Geographical information systems - Applications to marine fisheries
- - Marine resource mapping: an introductory manual
- GIS for Coastal Zone Management
- Includes updated and edited presentations first made to the CoastGIS’01 Conference held in Halifax, Nova Scotia and chapters commissioned by the editors
- Infrastructures for Sharing Geographic Information Among Environmental Agencies (1997)
- A thesis by John D. Evans, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- MGDI: An Information Infrastructure to Support Integrated Coastal Management in Canada
- MGDI - a ‘spatial data infrastructure’ comprising a system of data/information products and enabling technologies that are critical to sustainable development and management of coastal, ocean and freshwater areas
- Procedures Manual for the Preparation of Coastal Resource Inventories
- For information on obtaining a copy, email Joan O'Brien, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador Region
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ECONOMIC STUDIES OF COASTAL AND MARINE RESOURCES:
NEW BRUNSWICK:
- The Economic Value of Marine-Related Resources in New Brunswick - for the 1995-1997 period / La valeur économique des ressources associées à la mer au Nouveau-Brunswick - pour la période 1995-1997
- Published in May 2000 - available online in English and French
NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR:
- Estimating the Value of the Marine, Coastal and Oceans Resources of Newfoundland and Labrador - for the 2001-2004 Period
- Published in 2008 (update of the 2002 report) - available online
- Estimating the Value of the Marine, Coastal and Oceans Resources of Newfoundland and Labrador - for the 1997-1999 Period
- Published in March 2002 - available online
NOVA SCOTIA:
- Economic Impact of the Nova Scotia Ocean Sector - for the period 2002-2006 / Incidence économique du secteur de l’océan de la Nouvelle-Écosse - pour la période 2002-2006
- Published in 2009 (update of the 2005 report) - available online in English and French
- Economic Value of the Nova Scotia Ocean Sector - for the period 1996-2001 / Valeur économique du secteur de l’océan en Nouvelle-Écosse - pour la période 1996-2001
- Published in 2005 - available online in English and French
- Estimating the Economic Value of Coastal and Ocean Resources: The Case of Nova Scotia - for 1994
- Published in 1998 - available online. A Report Synopsis is available.
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND:
- The Value of the Ocean Sector to the Economy of Prince Edward Island - for the period 1997-1999 / La valeur du secteur océanique pour l’économie de l’Île-du-Prince-Édouard - pour la période 1997-1999
- Published in March 2002 - available online in English and French
OTHER:
- The Ocean Technology Sector in Atlantic Canada / Le secteur des technologies océanologiques du Canada atlantique
- Volume 1: Profile and Impact - deals with the economic importance of the industry in the region and its principal markets - February 2006 / Volume 1 : Profil et retombées - traite de l’importance économique de l’industrie dans la région et des principaux marchés - février 2006
- Volume 2: Potential Public Sector Demand - focuses on business opportunities with the federal government and procurements by individual departments and agencies - May 2006 / Volume 2 : Demande potentielle du secteur public - axée sur les possibilités d’affaires avec le gouvernement fédéral et les achats effectués par chaque ministère et organisme - mai 2006
- Economic Study of Canada's Marine and Ocean Industries
- Published in 2001 - available online in PDF format from Strategis
- Estimation de la valeur économique des industries associées au domaine maritime au Québec
- Published in April 2002 - available online in French only
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NEWSLETTERS AND JOURNALS:
- ACZISC Coastal Update Newsletter
- To receive the free monthly newsletter via email, email the ACZISC Secretariat
- Atlantic CoastWatch
- The newsletter of the Sustainable Development Institute
- Canadian Ocean Science Newsletter
- From the Canadian National Committee for SCOR (Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research)
- Coastal Management Journal and The Coastal Society Bulletin
- Publications of The Coastal Society
- Coastal Services
- NOAA's bimonthly magazine for coastal resource managers in the U.S.
- The EMAN Monitor
- Newsletter of the Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network
- Estuaries and Coasts
- Journal of the Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation
- e-Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science
- Focuses on environmental, biological, ecological and fishery aspects of living marine resources and ecosystems of the Northwest Atlantic
- Fundy Tidings Newsletter
- Quarterly Newsletter of the Bay of Fundy Ecosystem Partnership (BoFEP)
- Gulf of Maine Times
- The newsletter of the Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment
- IUCN Newsletters
- Published by the World Conservation Union and its Commissions
- Journal of Coastal Research
- An official publication of The Coastal Education and Research Foundation
- Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science
- Contains open-access, free-of-charge peer-reviewed scientific papers. Published by the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization.
- Marine Geodesy
- An International Journal of Ocean Surveys, Mapping, and Sensing
- MEAM, Marine Ecosystems and Management
- Quarterly information service on marine ecosystem-based management
- MPA News
- International news and analysis on Marine Protected Areas
- oneFish Newsletter
- Includes recent fisheries news, forthcoming events and job vacancies
- The SGSLCS Messenger / Le Messager, the newsletter of the Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence Coalition on Sustainability
- To subscribe, email the SGSLCS Coordinator
- St. Lawrence Observatory News / Nouvelles de l'Observatoire du Saint-Laurent
- The OSL is mandated to diffuse and present marine science information on the marine environment and coastal zones.
- Trio
- The quarterly newsletter of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC)
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BIBLIOGRAPHIES:
- Bibliography of Coastal Zone Guidelines - 1999
- Developed by the Expert Working Group on Integrated Coastal Zone Management of the Ramsar Scientific and Technical Review Panel (STRP)
- Canadian Climate Impacts and Adaptation Research Network (C-CIARN) Archives
- C-CIARN products, including workshop and conference reports, posters and other communication products
- ICM Resources
- Global Web Service on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands
- ICZM Bibliography
- The European Commission
- Marine Boundary Bibliography
- Marine Boundary Working Group (MBWG) of the U.S. Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC)
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MISCELLANEOUS:
- Managing Collaborative Arrangements: A Guide for Regional Managers
- The ACZISC is one of the case studies in this report produced by the Treasury Board of Canada.
- Using Horizontal Tools to Work Across Boundaries: Lessons Learned and Signposts for Success
- The ACZISC is one of the case studies in this report produced by the Canadian Centre for Management Development (CCMD).
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