ACZISC MEETINGS

The minutes of ACZISC meetings are a valuable source of information, both current and historical, on coastal activities in Atlantic Canada. The minutes of all ACZISC meetings from 1992, the year that the ACZISC was established, to date are available at http://aczisc.dal.ca/minutes in a searchable format.

The following are the minutes and other documents associated with recent ACZISC meetings. For additional information on the ACZISC Meetings, please email the This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

• ACZISC Meeting #63, 18-19 May 2011, Fredericton, Brunswick (scheduled)

• ACZISC Meeting #62, 26-27 January 2011, St. John's, Newfoundland
  • Meeting Summary 
  • Presentations
    • Coral and Sponge Conservation in Canada (2 MB - PDF) 
    • Coastal and Ocean Management Strategy and Policy Framework for Newfoundland and Labrador: An Update (1 MB - PDF)
      

• ACZISC Meeting #61, 7 October 2010, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
  • Coastal Activities in Atlantic Canada
  • Minutes
  • Presentations
    • Agriculture Best Management Practices (BMPs) in Atlantic Canada (3 MB - PDF)
    • The Watershed Management Program in PEI (7 MB - PDF)
    • Public Perceptions of the Coast: Feedback on the State of the NS Coast Report (1 MB - PDF)

• ACZISC Meeting #60, 12-13 May 2010, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
  • Coastal Activities in Atlantic Canada
  • Minutes
  • Presentations:
    • State of the Gulf of Maine (1 MB - PDF)
    • Changing Climate in Atlantic Canada and Upcoming Regional Adaptation Collaborative (RAC) Projects (7 MB - PDF)
    • Stuck in the Mud: Tales of the Petitcodiac (8 MB - PDF)
    • Oceans Planning and Management: The Need for an Integrated Coastal and Marine Information System (5 MB - PDF)

• ACZISC Meeting #59, 20-21 January 2010, Hugh John Flemming Forestry Centre, Fredericton, New Brunswick  
  • Coastal Activities in Atlantic Canada
  • Minutes
  • Presentations:
    • Power Sharing in the Coastal Zone: Shifting Roles of Government in Community-based Coastal Management (89 KB - PDF) - an overview of the PhD thesis (University of Cardiff - 2009) by Larry Hildebrand
    • Finding, Getting, and Using Indicator Data for the Gulf of Maine (1.7 MB - PDF)
    • Overview of the State of Nova Scotia's Coast Report (1.2 MB - PDF)
    • New Brunswick's SDI Initiative - GeoNB (3.1 MB - PDF)
    • COINAtlantic Update (6.6 MB - PDF)

• ACZISC Meeting #58, 23-24 September 2009, St. John's, Newfoundland
  • Coastal Activities in Atlantic Canada
  • Minutes
  • Presentations:
    • Coastal Connections - Community Interactions (5.2 MB - PDF)
    • Canadian Healthy Oceans Network (CHONe): Biodiversity Science for Sustainability of Canada's Three Oceans (2.3 MB - PDF)
    • Newfoundland and Labrador's Ocean Technology Sector Strategy (1 MB - PDF)
    • COINAtlantic Update (1 MB - PDF)
    • Towards a Marine Cadastre - For an Integrated Management System (1.3 MB - PDF)
    • ACZISC's Web Presence: Draft Recommendations (1 MB - PDF)

• ACZISC Meeting #57, 13-14 May 2009, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
  • Coastal Activities in Atlantic Canada
  • Minutes
  • Presentations:
    • Nature Conservancy of Canada - Identifying and Protecting Important Natural Areas in the Maritimes (9 MB - PDF)
    • Prince Edward Island’s Acquisition of Lidar Data (19 MB - PDF)
    • COINAtlantic Update (1 MB - PDF)
    • Regional Vulnerability Assessments from a Geospatial Perspective (7 MB - PDF)
    • Planning Update for the Coastal Zone Canada 2010 Conference (600 KB - PDF)
    • Development of a Web Portal to Support ICOM Initiatives and State of the Environment Reporting in Atlantic Canada (300 KB - PDF)

• ACZISC Meeting #56, 22-23 January 2009, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
  • Coastal Activities in Atlantic Canada
  • Minutes
  • Presentations:
    • National Marine Conservation Areas of Canada (5 MB - PDF)
    • Planning Update for the Coastal Zone Canada 2010 Conference (6 MB - PDF)
    • COINAtlantic Online Demonstration
    • Environment Canada and the Canadian Coastal and Oceans Agenda; for information, email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , Environment Canada
    • Integrating Science and Planning Practice for Coastal Adaptation to Climate Change in the Halifax Regional Municipality; for information, email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , HRM and This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , Geological Survey of Canada – Atlantic

• ACZISC Meeting #55, 24-25 September 2008, Fredericton, New Brunswick
  • Coastal Activities in Atlantic Canada
  • Minutes
  • Presentations:
    • Update on the Southwest New Brunswick Bay of Fundy Marine Resources Planning (3.4 MB - PDF)
    • Update on the New Brunswick Coastal Areas Protection Policy (6 MB - PDF)
    • Using Risk Assessment for Integrated Management, including speaking notes in rhyme (7.6 MB - PPT)
    • Grand Banks Marine Representative Areas - Potential Area Identification for Parks Canada (to be posted at a later date)
    • COINAtlantic Concept (4 MB - PPT) and COINAtlantic Wireframe Demonstration (11 MB - PDF)
    • Managing and Administering Coastal and Marine Spaces - COINAtlantic Marine Cadastre Prototype (7.6 MB - PDF)

• ACZISC Meeting #54, 14-15 May 2008, St. John's, Newfoundland
  • Coastal Activities in Atlantic Canada
  • Minutes
  • Presentations:
    • Coastal and Ocean Policy Development: A Newfoundland and Labrador Perspective (1.7 MB - PDF)
    • COINAtlantic Concept (2.2 MB)
    • A Marine Cadastre (3 MB - PDF)
    • Assessment of the SmartBay Technology Demonstration Project: Presentation (320 KB - PDF) and Report (550 KB - PDF)
    • Academic Research and NRC Chairs in Atlantic Canada with a Focus on ICOM (384 KB)

• ACZISC Meeting #53, 23-24 January 2008, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
  
  • Coastal Activities in Atlantic Canada
  • Minutes
  • Presentations:
    • GeoConnections - A Brief Overview (1.3 MB - PDF)
    • COINAtlantic Update (1 MB - PDF)
    • Watershed Planning and Management - Implementation on Prince Edward Island (5 MB - PDF)
    • Coastal Zone Disaster Management Decision Support System (15.5 MB - PDF); see http://www.geonet-tech.com for additional information, including animations

• ACZISC Meeting #52, 19-20 September 2007, Halifax, Nova Scotia
  
  • Coastal Activities in Atlantic Canada
  • Minutes
  • Presentations:
    • Inner Bay of Fundy Salmon Presence Assessment Tool (SPAT) (13 MB - PDF)
    • Nova Scotia's Proposed Coastal Management Framework (1.5 MB - PDF)
    • Tidal Energy (8.7 MB - PDF)
    • Geoscience for Oceans Management: Implementing Canada's National Marine Mapping Strategy (15 MB - PDF)

• ACZISC Meeting #51, 30-31 May 2007, Fredericton, New Brunswick
  
  • Coastal Activities in Atlantic Canada
  • Minutes
  • Presentations:
    • A New Approach to Marine Resources Management: the Southwest New Brunswick Marine Resources Planning Initiative (2.6 MB)
    • Boundary Delimitation in Marine Protected Areas: A Report on the Boundaries Session at the SAMPAA VI Conference (2.8 MB)
    • An Overview of the National Workshop on Coastal Management Areas (147 KB)

• ACZISC Meeting #50, 24-25 January 2007, St. John's, Newfoundland
  
  • Coastal Activities in Atlantic Canada
  • Minutes
  • Presentations:
    • Integrated Coastal and Ocean Management Policy Developments in Newfoundland and Labrador (650 KB)
    • SmartBay Update (3.2 MB)
    • The GeoBase Initiative and the National Hydro Network Project (4.6 MB)
    • Geo-Names - Marine Features (1.6 MB)
    • Progress on Large Ocean Management Areas in Newfoundland and Labrador (4.2 MB)
    • Update on the MPA Program in Newfoundland and Labrador (4.1 MB)
    • One Ocean (1.5 MB)
    • COINAtlantic Status Report (120 KB)

ACZISC Meeting #49, 27-28 September 2006, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

• • Coastal Activities in Atlantic Canada
  • Minutes
  • Presentations:
    • Introduction to the Canada Centre for Cadastral Management and Marine Cadastre: Underpinning Sustainable Development and Resource Management (1.1 MB)
    • The Impacts of Sea-Level Rise and Climate Change on the Coastal Zone of Southeastern New Brunswick (15 MB), and the associated Pointe-du-Chêne Flooding Simulation (1.5 MB) and Reconstruction of the Storm of 5 March, 1971 (7 MB)
    • Northumberland Strait Ecosystem and Overview: Progress Report (280 KB)

• ACZISC Meeting #48, 31 May - 1 June 2006, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
  
  • Coastal Activities in Atlantic Canada
  • Minutes
  • Presentations:
    • COINAtlantic - Sustaining the Regional Access Point to Atlantic Canada’s Coastal Geospatial Assets and Initiatives, a white paper on Practical Steps Forward for COINAtlantic (60 KB)
    • Towards COINAtlantic (2.2 MB)
    • An Atlas of Human Activities for the Scotian Shelf: Reflections on the Past, Present and Future Possibilities (8 MB)
    • Challenges of a Dynamic Ocean Use Atlas (300 KB)
    • Gulf of St. Lawrence Integrated Management Initiative - GoSLIM (1.8 MB)
    • Gulf of Maine EcoSystem Indicator Partnership - ESIP (460 KB)
    • The Ocean Technology Sector In Atlantic Canada (360 KB)

• ACZISC Meeting #47, 25-26 January 2006, Fredericton, New Brunswick
  
  • Coastal Activities in Atlantic Canada
  • Minutes
  • Presentations:
    • Eastern Scotian Shelf Integrated Management (ESSIM) Initiative: Information and Data Sharing Requirements (2.6 MB)
    • St. Lawrence Global Observatory - SLGO (1 MB)
    • Creating a SmartBay in Placentia Bay, Newfoundland (1 MB)
    • COINAtlantic - Technical Approaches for a Sustainable Geospatial Infrastructure (2.2 MB)
    • National Land and Water Information System - NLWIS (2.9 MB)
    • Quoddy - Protecting an International Treasure (4.8 MB)
    • Serving GIS Data to non-GIS Users with CARIS OpenCite (1.2 MB)

• ACZISC Meeting #46, 21-22 September 2005, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Coastal Activities in Atlantic Canada
  • Minutes
    
  • Presentations:
    • Integrated Management Planning in Placentia Bay - with photos (4.4 MB) - mostly text (851 KB)
    • Creating A SmartBay - Technology Solutions for Integrated Management in Placentia Bay
      
    • Management of Wastes from Seafood Processing (590 KB)
    • Fish By-Products Availability and Utilization (242 KB)
    • Coastal Planning in the Coast of Bays - with photos (1.7 MB) - mostly text (472 KB)

• ACZISC Meeting #45, 18-19 May 2005, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
  • Coastal Activities in Atlantic Canada
    
  • Minutes
    
  • Presentation:
    • A Vision for a Prince Edward Island Climate Change / Sea-Level Rise Project

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