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Miramichi River
Since 1989 the Miramichi River Environmental Assessment Committee (MREAC) has worked towards the continual improvement of environmental quality of the Miramichi River ecosystem. As a community based organization MREAC has consulted and coordinated the promotion of sustainable development practices within the Miramichi watershed bringing together a wide spectrum of regional stakeholders. Amongst its projects MREAC has already been tracking data related to the closure and possible reopening of the shellfish harvesting area in the Miramichi estuary for a number of years. The use of GIS in this and many other of MREAC’s programs would greatly enhance its ability to address its mandate and community needs.Several communities along the Miramichi Inner Bay and upriver to the City of Miramichi, including First Nation Communities, are principally involved in commercial fishing. The limitations imposed by the shellfish closure line are significant as demonstrated by experiences on the Bay of Fundy where economic benefits of opening formerly closed clam flats far outweighs the investment in time and resources (pers. comm. Mr. Kevin LeBlanc, Eastern Charlotte Waterways). MREAC is anxious to address the problems of water quality in cooperation with stakeholders in the commercial fishing and other community sectors. MREAC will target the creation of a Memorandum of Understanding wherein it will take the early lead of environmental/health monitoring to conditionally open up to 34 square kilometers that is currently closed to shellfish harvesting. In the longer term MREAC will, with its partners in this program, target a complete opening of this area.
Primary Partner:
The Sustainable Communities Initiative
Ottawa,
Ontario;
Funding From GeoConnections: $30,000.00 ( 49.18 %)
Estimated Inception Date: 2001
Estimated Completion Date: ,
Deliverables from this project benefitted the following provinces: New Brunswick;