Marine Conservation network sites for the Scotian Shelf-Bay of Fundy

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Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) has worked with partners and ocean users to develop a draft conservation network plan for the Scotian Shelf-Bay of Fundy Bioregion. This work led to the 2017 draft conservation network plan. The draft plan was updated after targeted consultations from 2021 to 2022. The latest draft reflects new science information on climate change, updated human-use activities (such as fisheries data), and feedback from consultations. This dataset includes the latest existing and proposed conservation sites in the Scotian Shelf-Bay of Fundy Bioregion. Existing sites: -Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) -Marine refuges -Migratory bird sanctuary, National Wildlife area and National Park with marine components Proposed sites: -Areas of Interest (AOIs) and their lead agency -Tier 1 sites are a higher priority for implementation because of their ecological characteristics and/or feasibility considerations, such as interest from Rightsholders, other levels of government, marine users and stakeholders. Some of these sites could be selected for advancement by 2030. The lead federal agency is specified for most Tier 1 sites. -Tier 2 sites are also important contributions to the conservation network, but will not be considered for advancement by 2030. Most of these sites require more research and information on ecological features and human uses before implementation. Proposed conservation sites: 1 Cobequid Bay 2 Southern Bight 3 Chignecto Bay 4 Salmon Rivers 5 Bay of Fundy Horse Mussel Aggregations 6 Maces Bay 7 Deadmans Harbour 8 Bocabec Bay – Midjic Bluff 9 Oak Bay 10 Tongue Shoal 11 Pendleton – Little L’Etete Passage 12 Simpsons Island – White Horse Island 13 Head Harbour Passage 14 Western Passage North 15 Western Passage South 16 South Campobello 17 The Wolves – Wolves Bank 18 Northwest Grand Manan 19 Long Island Bay – Great Duck Island 20 North of Nantucket Island 21 Grand Harbour 22 Seal Cove – Long Pond Bay 23 Southern Head 24 Three Islands 25 Old Proprietor Shoal – The Prong 26 Brier Island 27 Lurcher Shoal 28 Chebogue 29 Eel Bay 30 McNutts Island 31 Pemsɨk 32 LaHave Islands 33 Sambro Ledges – Prospect 34 Martinique Beach and Musquodoboit Harbour 35 St. Mary’s (Napu’saqnuk) River and Estuary 36 Country Island 37 Canso Ledges – Sugar Harbour Islands 38 MacNamaras Island 39 Fleur-de-Lis Coast 40 Bird Islands 41 Ingonish Bays 42 Aspy Bay 43 Bras d’Or Lake 44 Southwest Bank 45 Western Jordan Basin 46 Georges Bank 47 LaHave Basin 48 Scotian Gulf 49 Central Scotian Slope, Rise and Abyss 50 Emerald Basin Extension 51 Inner Shelf Sea Pen Field 52 Sable Island Bank North 53 Sable Island Bank South 54 Logan Canyon 55 Canso Bank and Channels 56 Misaine Bank and Laurentian Channel 57 Eastern Shoal 58 Cold Seeps Boundaries are preliminary and subject to change following public consultation.

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ConservationNetwork_geodatabase2025 Unknown https://api-proxy.edh-cde.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/catalogue/records/bb048082-bc05-4588-b4f0-492b1f1b8737/attachments/ConservationNetwork_ReseauDeConservation_geodatabase2025.zip
ConservationNetwork_Shapefile2025 ESRI Shape https://api-proxy.edh-cde.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/catalogue/records/bb048082-bc05-4588-b4f0-492b1f1b8737/attachments/ConservationNetwork_ReseauDeConservation_Shapefile2025.zip
Network_Metadata2025 CSV https://api-proxy.edh-cde.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/catalogue/records/bb048082-bc05-4588-b4f0-492b1f1b8737/attachments/Network_R%C3%A9seau_Metadata2025.csv
Conservation Network Ersi REST https://egisp.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/arcgis/rest/services/open_data_donnees_ouvertes/draft_conservation_network_sites/MapServer
Conservation Network Ersi REST https://egisp.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/arcgis/rest/services/open_data_donnees_ouvertes/draft_conservation_network_sites/MapServer
Marine protected area (MPA) network development HTML https://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/oceans/networks-reseaux/development-developpement-eng.html
Marine protected area (MPA) network development HTML https://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/oceans/networks-reseaux/development-developpement-fra.html
Developing the draft conservation network plan for the Scotian Shelf-Bay of Fundy HTML https://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/oceans/networks-reseaux/scotian-shelf-plateau-neo-ecossais-bay-baie-fundy/development-developpement-eng.html
Developing the draft conservation network plan for the Scotian Shelf-Bay of Fundy HTML https://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/oceans/networks-reseaux/scotian-shelf-plateau-neo-ecossais-bay-baie-fundy/development-developpement-fra.html
Draft conservation network sites for the Scotian Shelf-Bay of Fundy Bioregion HTML https://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/oceans/networks-reseaux/scotian-shelf-plateau-neo-ecossais-bay-baie-fundy/sites-eng.html
Draft conservation network sites for the Scotian Shelf-Bay of Fundy Bioregion HTML https://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/oceans/networks-reseaux/scotian-shelf-plateau-neo-ecossais-bay-baie-fundy/sites-fra.html

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