1. ACLS/Nichols/2001 How Well Will We Govern It? It’s Our Ocean:

2. ACLS/Nichols/2001 Our Track Record Arctic Jurisdiction Atlantic Cod Fishery Burnt Church Atlantic Accords Law of the Sea? Oceans Act ?

3. ACLS/Nichols/2001 Governance ? - Listening - Learning - Leading - Liaison

4. ACLS/Nichols/2001 Governance is not just about Monitoring and Enforcement

5. ACLS/Nichols/2001 Governance is about Allocating Rights to Resources Within Society

6. ACLS/Nichols/2001 Governance is about Setting Rules and Regulations for How Resources will be Used

7. ACLS/Nichols/2001 Governance is also about the Inclusive Institutional Structures needed to Prevent and Adjudicate Disputes

8. ACLS/Nichols/2001 Allocation Regulation Enforcement Adjudication Spatial Information Spatial Information Governance

9. ACLS/Nichols/2001 [McLaughlin & Nichols, 1992] Sources Datasets & Metadata Policies & Standards Networks & Access Mechanisms Users Institutional Arrangements Information Technologies Value-Added Data Requirements Part of the Marine Geo-Spatial Data Infrastructure (MGDI) McLaughlin/Nichols(1993)

10. ACLS/Nichols/2001 Good Governance in Canada’s Offshore: The Use, Value, and Potential of Marine Boundary Information GEOIDE Network Centres of Excellence Project Social Sciences and Humanities Project September 2000-February 2002

11. ACLS/Nichols/2001 A Multi-Disciplinary Team Sue Nichols, Project Leader, UNB Gilles Paquet, U of Ottawa - Governance Larry Felt, Memorial - Community Impacts Wade Locke, Memorial - Economic Requirements Ted McDorman, U of Victoria - International Law Anne LaForest, UNB - Water Law John Hughes-Clarke, UNB - Ocean Mapping Michael Sutherland, UNB - Graduate Student Liaison 8 graduate students and 2 undergrad assistants in 3 universities Partners: Service New Brunswick Coastal and Ocean Management, DFO Centre for Property Studies Canadian Hydrographic Service, DFO CARIS GeoConnections

12. ACLS/Nichols/2001 Evaluate Marine Boundary Requirements for Good Governance of the Canada’s Oceans Investigate Spatial Data Uncertainty Enhance Prototype Geomatics Technologies Communicate Results to Decision Makers Project Objectives

13. ACLS/Nichols/2001 Case Study 1: Delimitation of The Extended Continental Shelf Boundary

14. ACLS/Nichols/2001 Case Study 2: New Brunswick Marine Administrative Boundaries ?

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16. Some of the Technical Issues Equidistance? Base Line Points? Closing lines? Islands, Rocks And Low Tide Elevations? WHICH COASTLINE?

17. ACLS/Nichols/2001 1km Special scallop zone J.Hughes-Clarke, OMG Case Study 3: Proposed Musquash Marine Proctected Area

18. ACLS/Nichols/2001 Navigation Rights Fishin g Rights Mineral Rights Development Rights Air Space Rights Water Column Rights Disposal Rights Access Rights Seabed Use Rights

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20. Traditional Fishers Aboriginal Groups Upland Owners Aquaculture Industry Provincial Departments Federal Departments Coastal Communities Public Recreation & Access Petroleum & Pipeline Companies Municipalities

21. ACLS/Nichols/2001 Governance ? - Listening - Learning - Co-Leading - Liaison

22. ACLS/Nichols/2001 How Well Will We Govern It? It’s Our Ocean: