Ecological Risk Assessment Framework (ERAF) feasibility and suitability evaluation based on a subset of Significant Ecological Components (SEC) from the Hecate Strait - Queen Charlotte Sound Glass Sponge Reefs Marine Protected Area (HS-QCS MPA).

Ecological Risk Assessment Framework (ERAF) feasibility and suitability evaluation based on a subset of Significant Ecological Components (SEC) from the Hecate Strait - Queen Charlotte Sound Glass Sponge Reefs Marine Protected Area (HS-QCS 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 Hecate Strait - Queen Charlotte Sound Glass Sponge Reefs Marine Protected Area (HS-QCS MPA) to determine the relative risk to the HS-QCS MPA ecosystem from anthropogenic activities. 2023-07-13 Fisheries and Oceans Canada joanne.lessard@dfo-mpo.gc.ca Nature and EnvironmentERAFEBMPacific North Coast Integrated Management AreaEcosystem Risk Assessment Framework HS-QCS MPA ERAF DataCSV https://api-proxy.edh.azure.cloud.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/catalogue/records/45e3f790-8831-4ea6-abc2-b7208b31dd11/attachments/hs-qcs_input_file_v8_wstressortype_reviewed.csv HS-QCS MPA ERAF DataCSV https://api-proxy.edh.azure.cloud.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/catalogue/records/45e3f790-8831-4ea6-abc2-b7208b31dd11/attachments/hs-qcs_input_file_v8_wstressortype_reviewed_fr.csv HS-QCS MPA ERAF MetadataHTML https://api-proxy.edh.azure.cloud.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/catalogue/records/45e3f790-8831-4ea6-abc2-b7208b31dd11/attachments/hs-qcs-metadata-for-translation.htm HS-QCS MPA ERAF MetadataHTML https://api-proxy.edh.azure.cloud.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/catalogue/records/45e3f790-8831-4ea6-abc2-b7208b31dd11/attachments/hs-qcs-metadata-for-translation-edited_fr.htm HS-QCS MPA ERAF Risk AnalysisHTML https://api-proxy.edh.azure.cloud.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/catalogue/records/45e3f790-8831-4ea6-abc2-b7208b31dd11/attachments/hsqcs_eraf_risk_calculations_and_figures_r.htm HS-QCS MPA ERAF Risk AnalysisHTML https://api-proxy.edh.azure.cloud.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/catalogue/records/45e3f790-8831-4ea6-abc2-b7208b31dd11/attachments/hsqcs_eraf_risk_calculations_and_figures_fr.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 Hecate Strait - Queen Charlotte Sound Glass Sponge Reefs Marine Protected Area (HS-QCS MPA) to determine the relative risk to the HS-QCS MPA ecosystem from anthropogenic activities.

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Electronic Mail Address: joanne.lessard@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

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