Coastal Matters: The Failure of International Law to Protect Pacific Coast Salmon: Lessons For Marine Policy on the East Coast

Part of ACAP Humber Arm’s ongoing Coastal Matters Speaker Series

October 20th,  12:30 – 1:20pm

Room 2014, Forest Centre, Grenfell Campus

The Pacific Salmon Treaty between the United States and Canada has failed to adequately manage and conserve Pacific Coast Salmon.  A new international agreement that accounts for the uncertainties of climate change and binds stakeholders to implement the precautionary principle and ecosystem based management is needed.  ACAP Humber Arm invites you to join our next Coastal Matters presentation where Mason Goulden with the Marine and Environmental Law Institute, Dalhousie University will discuss the potential form of this new agreement and its implications for East Coast fisheries.

As with all Coastal Matters presentations this session is free of charge and open to the public. RSVP’s not required.  Tea and coffee will be available; feel free to bring your own bagged lunch.

ACAP Humber Arm wishes to thank Grenfell Campus for ongoing support of the Coastal Matter’s Speakers Series

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Nature NL October Public Lecture: The Next New Birds
Speaker: Ken Knowles

Thursday, October 20, 2016 at 7:30 pm
at the MUN Science Building, Room SN 2067

Four hundred species of birds have been seen in insular Newfoundland as of Aug. 2016. New species have been arriving since 1947 at the average rate of two or three a year, and this increase shows no signs of slowing down.

In this presentation Ken Knowles (Avid birder and Naturalist) will naively attempt to predict which species will show up next. What might the bird checklist consist of in the year 2040? By combining patterns of vagrancy, migratory and dispersal tendencies, range expansions, global warming and even future splits, it should be possible to forecast most, but never all, of our new arrivals.

Ken has been birding and photographing birds in Newfoundland for over 30 years. As well as birds, his nature interests include wildflowers, butterflies, and recently dragonflies. After a career as a Trombonist and Professor of Music at Memorial, he retired in 2004 in order to be free as a bird.

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The following is direct from the Species at Risk Secretariat:

On September 19, 2016, the Government of Canada posted seven draft policies on the Species at Risk Public Registry (sararegistry.gc.ca). These policies listed below support the predictable, clear and consistent implementation of the Species at Risk Act.  As an individual, community, or organization which may be directly affected by these policies, we wanted to notify you of the opportunity to provide input.

We would welcome any comments you may have and are particularly interested in your response to the following:

• Do you find the policies clear and understandable?
• Do you have any concerns or recommendations regarding these policies?

The seven draft policies include:

1. Policy on Critical Habitat Protection on Non-federal Lands
2. Policy on Protecting Critical Habitat with Conservation Agreements under Section 11 of the Species at Risk Act
3. Policy on Survival and Recovery
4. Policy Regarding the Identification of Anthropogenic Structures as Critical Habitat under the Species at Risk Act
5. Approach to the Identification of Critical Habitat under the Species at Risk Act when Habitat Loss and Degradation is not Believed to be a Significant Threat to the Survival or Recovery of the Species
6. Species at Risk Act Permitting Policy
7. Listing policy for Terrestrial Species at Risk

You are invited to submit your feedback to the Species at Risk Public Registry at the following address: ec.registrelep-sararegistry.ec@canada.ca by November 18, 2016.

 For your information, related to the seven draft policies, the Government of Canada also posted the following final documents:

1. Range Plan Guidance for Woodland Caribou, Boreal Population (Final)
2. The Species at Risk Act Policy Principles (Final)

 Should you have any questions regarding these materials, please contact us at the e-mail address provided above.

Thank you for taking the time to provide us with your input.

Yours sincerely,

Species at Risk Secretariat

Environment and Climate Change Canada  / Government of Canada

ec.secretariatdesep-sarsecretariat.ec@canada.ca

COINAtlantic Climate Forum co-sponsored with MEOPAR and Municipalities Newfoundland and Labrador.

The half-day meeting will be hosted in St. John’s, Newfoundland, on Tuesday October 4^thand will focus on climate change along the coast, with four presentations scheduled and a panel discussion on identifying knowledge gaps to conclude. A guided study tour of select communities of the Northern Avalon is scheduled for October 5^th, and a complete itinerary will be announced soon.

For more information and the complete agenda click here.

Coastal Matters: DFO Management of Aquaculture in Newfoundland and Labrador

Part of ACAP Humber Arm’s ongoing Coastal Matters Speaker Series

October 6th,  12:30 – 1:20pm

Room 2014, Forest Centre, Grenfell Campus

Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) is the lead federal regulatory authority for aquaculture in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. In conjunction with other federal and provincial regulators, DFO manages sustainable development of the aquaculture industry while also protecting fish and habitat that support commercial, recreational, or aboriginal fisheries.

ACAP Humber Arm invites you to join our next Coastal Matters presentation where Chris Hendry, Regional Aquaculture Coordinator with Fisheries and Oceans Canada – NL Region, will discuss the various regulatory tools DFO employs, with respect to its mandates, and how it fits with other regulators, followed by a Q&A with the audience.  This talk will take place 12:30 to 1:20pm, Thursday, Oct 6^th in room 2014 of the Forest Centre, Grenfell Campus, Corner Brook.

As with all Coastal Matters presentations this session is free of charge and open to the public. RSVP’s not required.  Tea and coffee will be available; feel free to bring your own bagged lunch.

ACAP Humber Arm wishes to thank Grenfell Campus for ongoing support of the Coastal Matter’s Speakers Series

This week, an independent “Expert Panel” appointed by the federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change launched its public review of federal environmental assessment processes.

The participation of environmental organizations in the review process is essential in ensuring that the Expert Panel hears the full story on how EA has gone off track and what needs to be done to build stronger, fairer environmental assessment and decision-making in Canada.

There is a lot of ground to cover – both literally and figuratively – in a short period of time, so we are reaching out to the regional networks now to ask for your help mobilizing, educating and assisting the public – through your network members – in participating in the review.

The Panel began its public consultations this week in Saskatoon and will continue its travelling road-show until mid-December. You can see the full calendar of public events, information about registration, and opportunities for online and snail-mail engagement, here: http://eareview-examenee.ca.

The Expert Panel sessions will be in St. John’s on Wednesday, October 5th, with public presentations to the Expert Panel on from 1:00-5:00 PM and a workshop for the public from 6:30-10:00 PM. Register here for the public presentation and here for the public workshop.

Presentations to the Panel from Indigenous people and organizations will be in Happy Valley-Goose Bay on Friday, October 7th from 9:00 AM-5:00 PM, with a “dialogue” session with Indigenous people the evening before (October 6th) from 7:00-10:00 PM. Register to do a presentation here and for the dialogue sessions register here.

For information about leading-edge environmental assessment, check out West Coast Environmental Law’s “12 Pillars of a Next-Generation Environmental Assessment Regime,” based on the consensus of 30 of Canada’s leading experts on EA.

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The Western Environment Centre is hosting a community garden open house this Saturday, September 17th and is welcoming the general public to come view the Blow Me Down Community garden and greenhouse. The event will take place at the community garden, off Lundrigan Drive and will run from 3 – 4:30 pm. Two workshops will also take place during this time: 1) How to grow Micogreens and 2) Growing Fall Greens in a Greenhouse. Workshops are $5 or free for Western Environment Centre members. Please RSVP to info@wecnl.ca for either workshop