AQUA 102 Management and Convservation
Definitions Week 10 100% Verified
Management - ANSWER the administration and organization of resources and their
uses by a government body
• it is governments that usually affect how humans interact with oceans and marine
resources from a legal standpoint.
• One of the main purposes of government is to exact directives that its constituents are
intended to follow (otherwise there will be consequences).
Law - ANSWER When these directives are agreed upon through the government
legislative process, they become law.
• Laws are often codified with the term 'Act'.
Policy - ANSWER incorporates flexible plans set forth by government (although often
originating outside government) to achieve specific goals.
-Policies are not usually enforceable or mandated by law, but they form the beginnings
of what a law may become.
-If we were to think of laws and regulations as a blossoming political tree, policy
(sometimes referred to as strategy as well) would be the seed.
Regulations - ANSWER As part of society, we are expected to follow rules of conduct
to ensure the implementation of laws - we do this by adhering to regulations
Levels of government in Canada - ANSWER Municipal, Provinicial, Federal
Municipal (local/rural areas) - ANSWER Drinking and wastewater, monitoring lakes,
rivers, reservoirs
, Provincial - ANSWER Infrastructure for treatment plants and dams, pollution control,
FW and diadromous fisheries regulations, FW throughout province
Federal (national) - ANSWER All other fisheries, national parks, boundary waters with
the US, navigation in marine waters
-Within the federal government, there are 20 different departments and agencies with
water-related responsibilities
-Ex. Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change, Fisheries and Oceans,
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research, Transport Canada and Parks Canada
Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) - ANSWER Most referred to when speaking
about management of oceans in Canada
• Safeguarding the oceans and its resources, ensuring healthy and sustainable
ecosystems maintained, supporting economic activities such as fisheries and
aquaculture
• Sets sustainable fishery guidelines based on scientific research, evaluates the risks of
aquaculture development relative to the economic benefits that will result
• Canadian Coast Guard
Fishery-independent surveys - ANSWER DFO utilizes to help inform fisheries stock
assessments
• Throughout the Canadian oceans, DFO regularly estimates the abundance of fish
species directly (e.g., target species) or indirectly (e.g., prey species) relevant to
fisheries.
• Conducted outside of the fisheries
• The advantage is that sampling is representative of the entire population (and not just
those individuals being caught within a fisheries) and is therefore more comprehensive
and informative, while being less complicated by sampling bias.
• The surveys can also be used to conduct research relating to the biology of the
species (e.g., percentage of population that is mature), which further informs stock
assessments
Canadian East Coast cod fishery - ANSWER • Atlantic cod are a groundfish (i.e., they
Definitions Week 10 100% Verified
Management - ANSWER the administration and organization of resources and their
uses by a government body
• it is governments that usually affect how humans interact with oceans and marine
resources from a legal standpoint.
• One of the main purposes of government is to exact directives that its constituents are
intended to follow (otherwise there will be consequences).
Law - ANSWER When these directives are agreed upon through the government
legislative process, they become law.
• Laws are often codified with the term 'Act'.
Policy - ANSWER incorporates flexible plans set forth by government (although often
originating outside government) to achieve specific goals.
-Policies are not usually enforceable or mandated by law, but they form the beginnings
of what a law may become.
-If we were to think of laws and regulations as a blossoming political tree, policy
(sometimes referred to as strategy as well) would be the seed.
Regulations - ANSWER As part of society, we are expected to follow rules of conduct
to ensure the implementation of laws - we do this by adhering to regulations
Levels of government in Canada - ANSWER Municipal, Provinicial, Federal
Municipal (local/rural areas) - ANSWER Drinking and wastewater, monitoring lakes,
rivers, reservoirs
, Provincial - ANSWER Infrastructure for treatment plants and dams, pollution control,
FW and diadromous fisheries regulations, FW throughout province
Federal (national) - ANSWER All other fisheries, national parks, boundary waters with
the US, navigation in marine waters
-Within the federal government, there are 20 different departments and agencies with
water-related responsibilities
-Ex. Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change, Fisheries and Oceans,
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research, Transport Canada and Parks Canada
Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) - ANSWER Most referred to when speaking
about management of oceans in Canada
• Safeguarding the oceans and its resources, ensuring healthy and sustainable
ecosystems maintained, supporting economic activities such as fisheries and
aquaculture
• Sets sustainable fishery guidelines based on scientific research, evaluates the risks of
aquaculture development relative to the economic benefits that will result
• Canadian Coast Guard
Fishery-independent surveys - ANSWER DFO utilizes to help inform fisheries stock
assessments
• Throughout the Canadian oceans, DFO regularly estimates the abundance of fish
species directly (e.g., target species) or indirectly (e.g., prey species) relevant to
fisheries.
• Conducted outside of the fisheries
• The advantage is that sampling is representative of the entire population (and not just
those individuals being caught within a fisheries) and is therefore more comprehensive
and informative, while being less complicated by sampling bias.
• The surveys can also be used to conduct research relating to the biology of the
species (e.g., percentage of population that is mature), which further informs stock
assessments
Canadian East Coast cod fishery - ANSWER • Atlantic cod are a groundfish (i.e., they
