Broad Spectrum of Support for Pncima

Developing an integrated plan for Pncima has the support of many:

FIRST NATIONS – Coastal First Nations and Fisheries and Oceans Canada have signed an agreement to formally work together to develop a comprehensive marine plan for Pncima. See Memorandum of Understanding.

LOCAL COMMUNITIES – Hundreds of communities in BC came together and passed a resolution at the recent Convention urging the Government of Canada and the Government of British Columbia to immediately commit to increased engagement and collaboration in an integrated Oceans Management Planning Process for Pncima. Click to read resolution on Pncima from the 2008 Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM) meeting.

BC PUBLIC – New opinion polling research has revealed that the BC public is not only in support of enhanced government action to protect the ocean, but that they are demanding it. Click to read press release on polling.

In addition, the key science and legislative/policy pieces are in place:

SCIENCE – The initial resource assessments and baseline data have been compiled:
- Ecosystem Overview: Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area by Fisheries and Oceans Canada
- Marine Use Analysis of the Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area by Fisheries and Oceans Canada
- State of the Ocean in Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area by David Suzuki Foundation, Living Oceans Society, Sierra Club BC & CPAWS-BC 

POLICY, LEGISLATION & MANDATE - Canada’s Federal Oceans Act, 1997, was the world’s first comprehensive oceans legislation ever passed. Integrated management, defined in the Act, is a modern way of managing our oceans and protecting our ocean-based economies. Pncima has been identified as the pilot project for the Pacific Coast of Canada. Click to see Oceans Act.