Backgrounder
March 2019
Canada's coastal areas are vital to the livelihood of countless Indigenous and coastal communities. They are home to culturally and economically important fisheries, attract tourism and recreation, and allow the import and export of goods through responsible shipping. Under the Oceans Protection Plan, Fisheries and Oceans Canada is working with Indigenous and coastal communities, in addition to regional stakeholders, to develop and implement a Coastal Environmental Baseline Program.
The Coastal Environmental Baseline Program is a $50.8 million initiative focusing on the state of six marine ecosystems with high or increasing vessel traffic and coastline development, including: the Port of Vancouver, BC; the Port of Prince Rupert, BC; the Lower St. Lawrence Estuary, QC; the Port of Saint John, NB; Placentia Bay, NL; and Iqaluit, NU.
The following organizations will receive funding under the Coastal Environmental Baseline Program for research initiatives in the Port of Saint John:
