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Fisheries committee  As far as I'm aware, they're fine. I haven't heard any arguments that counter them, but it's not an issue that I've looked at in any detail.

November 30th, 2017Committee meeting

Dr. Natalie Ban

Fisheries committee  Yes, I do.

November 30th, 2017Committee meeting

Dr. Natalie Ban

Fisheries committee  I don't know the details I know they are currently protected under fisheries closures, which are much easier to undo than marine protected areas. That might be one of the reasons. They do allow different activities within them. I don't know the specific rationale of Fisheries an

November 30th, 2017Committee meeting

Dr. Natalie Ban

Fisheries committee  Yes, I think that's a pretty thorough list. I would go by the idea that those things that should be prohibited are the ones that damage the structural integrity of those ecosystems. The list you provided is what that is. You might need to look at other types of fishing gear to se

November 30th, 2017Committee meeting

Dr. Natalie Ban

Fisheries committee  There are a lot of linkages between the different depths in the ocean. Even if you're only protecting the benthic system, only the sea floor from fishing, some of the activities that happen in the water column, in the top part of the water, have the potential to affect the integr

November 30th, 2017Committee meeting

Dr. Natalie Ban

Fisheries committee  Sure. One of the advantages of large areas is that they do encompass more species, just by virtue of the area being larger, so you're going to be protecting more spaces, more species, and more types of habitats. You're also going to be protecting more of the continuity and the c

November 30th, 2017Committee meeting

Dr. Natalie Ban

Fisheries committee  That would really depend on the species. Let me go back to the example for rockfish that I mentioned. Rockfish, for example, are fish that have a closed swim bladder. When they get pulled from the depth, where they live, say, 40, 60, even 30 metres, their swim bladder expands and

November 30th, 2017Committee meeting

Dr. Natalie Ban

Fisheries committee  I believe that all of the ocean stakeholders should be involved in management of marine protected areas. My point about indigenous peoples was that they do have constitutional rights in Canada that are protected, which make them particularly important to engage at the level of a

November 30th, 2017Committee meeting

Dr. Natalie Ban

Fisheries committee  As far as I understand, that's exactly what is happening with those sponge reef MPAs. I don't think shipping is restricted there because it does just, as you say, pass over the surface of the area. It would really depend on the purpose of the MPA and whether noise from shipping

November 30th, 2017Committee meeting

Dr. Natalie Ban

Fisheries committee  Sure, and I will send along one of the scientific papers used for that. For example—let me just look it up—there was a paper by Ellis and colleagues in 2012 that was examining the discharge drilling waste from oil and gas and some of the problems that it has for benthic communit

November 30th, 2017Committee meeting

Dr. Natalie Ban

Fisheries committee  In the long run, especially with the problems of climate change, I think we need to move towards a fossil fuel-free system, so in the long run I would say, yes. In the short run, I think we need to be more practical to see how we can change towards an economy that does not rely o

November 30th, 2017Committee meeting

Dr. Natalie Ban

Fisheries committee  I have a couple of ideas on that, which I'm sure my colleagues can add to. The first is that you're striving for compliance rather than enforcement, ideally. You want people who are using the ocean to know where those MPAs are. That's relatively easy for commercial fisheries be

November 30th, 2017Committee meeting

Dr. Natalie Ban

Fisheries committee  Good morning. It's an honour to have been invited to present to you today. I've been working on the science of marine conservation for about the past 14 years, with a focus on the design and effectiveness of marine protected areas, or MPAs. I also presented to this committee bac

November 30th, 2017Committee meeting

Dr. Natalie Ban