Canada | Federal government restarts consultations on MPAs in Bay of Fundy

After a two-year hiatus, the Trudeau government has restarted consultations to create more marine protected areas (MPAs) on the Scotian Shelf and Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans is seeking feedback on three identified candidate MPAs up for designation and an additional 31 potential conservation sites in the bioregion.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/feds-hit-reset-button-marine-protected-areas-ns-nb-1.6236329

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