Beaufort Sea Integrated Ocean Management Plan

The key features of the Beaufort Sea Integrated Ocean Management Plan include:

• Based on common vision;
• Strives to balance ecological conservation, human use and economic development;
• Based on agreed upon governance, conservation, social, cultural and economic objectives, management strategies, and indicators; and
• Provides overall coordination, coherence, and balance to the way the Beaufort Sea is managed.

The Beaufort Sea Integrated Ocean Management Plan is being developed collaboratively with our partners and other interested parties using both ecosystem-based and adaptive management approaches.

1. Defining and Assessing a Management Area
   • Ecosystem Overview and Assessment Report
   • Social, Cultural and Economic Overview and Assessment Report (pending)
2. Engaging affected interests
   • Development of the governance structure
   • Community and stakeholder consultations
3. Developing an Integrated Ocean Management Plan for the Beaufort Sea
   • Draft Plan being developed by the Secretariat in collaboration with the Working Groups
   • Synthesis of Overview and Assessment Reports
   • Vision is defined
   • Identification of sustainable development (governance, conservation, social, cultural, and economic) objectives, management strategies, and indictors.
   • Development of action plans that identify strategies needed to advance objectives, the agencies responsible for implementing component pieces of the plan, and indicators.
4. Receiving Endorsement of the Plan
   • Support from governance bodies
   • Support from local communities
   • Approval by the Minister of Fishers and Oceans Canada
5. Implementing the Plan
   • Responsible agencies will be encouraged to implement components of the Plan within their jurisdiction.
   
   
6. Monitoring and Evaluating Outcomes
   • Check if the Plan is working
   • Lessons learned
   • Revise plan to achieve goals and objectives