Sustainable Tourism and LNG

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Art MacKay, ACAP St. Croix

Sailing Uncertain Waters

Sustaining Tourism in the Passamaquoddy Area


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The Business 0f Tourism - Then


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The Business 0f Tourism - Now


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The Product


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Art MacKay, ACAP St. CroixHead Harbour Passage

The Touchstone


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Tourism - Key Marine Area

Whale & Bird Watching

Parks & Attractions


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The Engine


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Big Fleas have Little Fleas


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Biodiversity

60+

50-60

40-50

30-40

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Krill Swarms

Swarms

Area of concentration


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Nesting & Roosting

Principal Birds

Eagle Nest

Osprey Nest

Herring Gull Nesting

Herring & Greater Black-

backed Gull Roosting

Bonapartes Gull Roosting

Double-crested Cormorant


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Feeding Areas

Principal Birds

Herring Gull 100-10,000+

Black-backed Gull 100 -1,000+

Bonapartes Gull 300-500

Arctic Tern 50 - 500

Double-crested Cormorant 10 500

Northern Phalarope


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Harbour Porpoise

Species of Concern - The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada

Maine Nursery Area

Nursery Area

Mother-calf records

Generally distributedthroughout map area

Seals & Great Whales


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Seals & Great Whales

The Atlantic Right Whale is listed as an endangered species

Finback

Humpback

Minke

Atlantic Right

Harbour Seal

Probable Routethrough Right WhaleArea (inset)


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Scallop Fishing Areas


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Lobster Fishing Areas


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Herring Weir Sites


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Aquaculture

In Map Area

US sites 27

CDN sites - 26


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The Battle for SustainabilityPulp Mill Development

Pittston Oil Refinery Battle

Nuclear PowerUnsustainable fishing practices

Aquaculture

Near-shore nutrient loadingSewage

and nowFor Your edification and Enjoyment.


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LNG


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LNG in downtown

Bar Harbour

Th A f C


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The Area of Concern

ProbableAnchorage

ProbableTraffic Lane

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Exclusion Zone

Exclusion Zone = 2 miles

All activities cease within theexclusion zone during anchorageor passage. Protected by gunboats.

2 Miles ahead

1 Mile behind

1000 feet on either side

May be extended if Terror alertrises

E cl sion Zone


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Exclusion Zone

Exclusion Zone = 2 miles

All activities cease within theexclusion zone during anchorage

or passage.

2- 3 ships per week pass in andout resulting in a potential

downtime of30% 45% (110 165 days)

Potential anchorage Days to Fog

from May October (Green linesshow inner and outer daytimelimits)

20 days/month average

Navigation Risks


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Navigation Risks

Rips & Confused Water

Upwellings

Ebb slicks

Shoals of Concern

Whirlpool

24 feet at low water

Zone of Fire Risk


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Zone of Fire Risk

Fire Danger Zones

Red lines for 5 kilowatts/sq.m.Level allowed by FERC

Blue lines for 1.6 kilowatts/sq.m.Level at which humans are

affected


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Sustainable Tourism Requires

Choices

Coastal Zoning is a Beginning


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Coastal Zoning is a Beginning

The expansion of intensive urban and industrial activities beyond the SaintJohn Bay region should be viewed with caution in terms of the environmental

sensitivity of the Head and Mouth of Bay Regions.

Hunter & Associates, Coastal Zone Management Study, 1980

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