Ecological Risk Assessment Framework (ERAF) feasibility and suitability evaluation based on a subset of Significant Ecological Components (SEC) from the Endeavour Hydrothermal Vents Marine Protected Area (EHV MPA.)

Ecological Risk Assessment Framework (ERAF) feasibility and suitability evaluation based on a subset of Significant Ecological Components (SEC) from the Endeavour Hydrothermal Vents Marine Protected Area (EHV MPA.) The Pacific Region ERAF provides a comprehensive approach for assessing all threats to marine ecosystems by evaluating cumulative risk from multiple activities to multiple ecosystem components for ecosystem-based management (EBM), improving upon international and national best practices in risk assessment that focus solely on single activities (e.g., ERAFs for assessing fisheries impacts) or single ecosystem-components (e.g., habitat-based risk assessments). This project applies the Level 2 Risk Assessment framework (O et al. 2015) to the Endeavour Hydrothermal Vents Marine Protected Area (EHV MPA) to determine the relative risk to the EHV MPA ecosystem from anthropogenic activities. 2023-07-13 Fisheries and Oceans Canada Miriam.O@dfo-mpo.gc.ca Nature and EnvironmentEHV MPAERAFEBMEndeavour Hydrothermal Vents Marine Protected AreaEcosystem Risk Assessment FrameworkEcosystem-based ManagementERAF Pilot ProjectPacific Endeavour Hydrothermal Vents MPA ERAF MetadataDOC https://api-proxy.edh.azure.cloud.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/catalogue/records/124afded-0d75-472e-a216-ca63741debfd/attachments/ehv_mpa_eraf_metadata.docx Endeavour Hydrothermal Vents MPA ERAF MetadataDOC https://api-proxy.edh.azure.cloud.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/catalogue/records/124afded-0d75-472e-a216-ca63741debfd/attachments/ehv_mpa_eraf_metadata_fr.docx Endeavour Hydrothermal Vents MPA ERAF MetadataHTML https://api-proxy.edh.azure.cloud.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/catalogue/records/124afded-0d75-472e-a216-ca63741debfd/attachments/ehv_mpa_eraf_metadata.htm Endeavour Hydrothermal Vents MPA ERAF MetadataHTML https://api-proxy.edh.azure.cloud.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/catalogue/records/124afded-0d75-472e-a216-ca63741debfd/attachments/ehv_mpa_eraf_metadata_fr.htm Endeavour Hydrothermal Vents MPA SEC Risk Scoring TableCSV https://api-proxy.edh.azure.cloud.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/catalogue/records/124afded-0d75-472e-a216-ca63741debfd/attachments/ehv_erafscores_rinput_aug2017.csv Endeavour Hydrothermal Vents MPA SEC Risk Scoring TableCSV https://api-proxy.edh.azure.cloud.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/catalogue/records/124afded-0d75-472e-a216-ca63741debfd/attachments/ehv_erafscores_rinput_aug2017_fr.csv Endeavour Hydrothermal Vents MPA ERAF Uncertainty Propagation Code for Level 2 Risk AnalysisHTML https://api-proxy.edh.azure.cloud.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/catalogue/records/124afded-0d75-472e-a216-ca63741debfd/attachments/ehv_eraf_risk_calculations_and_figures_final.htm Endeavour Hydrothermal Vents MPA ERAF Uncertainty Propagation Code for Level 2 Risk AnalysisHTML https://api-proxy.edh.azure.cloud.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/catalogue/records/124afded-0d75-472e-a216-ca63741debfd/attachments/ehv_eraf_risk_calculations_and_figures_final_fr_comments-.htm

The Pacific Region ERAF provides a comprehensive approach for assessing all threats to marine ecosystems by evaluating cumulative risk from multiple activities to multiple ecosystem components for ecosystem-based management (EBM), improving upon international and national best practices in risk assessment that focus solely on single activities (e.g., ERAFs for assessing fisheries impacts) or single ecosystem-components (e.g., habitat-based risk assessments). This project applies the Level 2 Risk Assessment framework (O et al. 2015) to the Endeavour Hydrothermal Vents Marine Protected Area (EHV MPA) to determine the relative risk to the EHV MPA ecosystem from anthropogenic activities.

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Electronic Mail Address: Miriam.O@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

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