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Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s draft National Framework for Canada’s Network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) provides strategic direction for MPA design that will be composed of a number of bioregional networks. This is an important step towards meeting Canada’s domestic and international commitments to establish a national network of marine protected areas by 2012.

The National Framework outlines the proposed overarching vision and goals of the national network; establishes the network components, design properties, and eligibility criteria for which areas will contribute to the network; describes the proposed network governance structure; and provides the direction necessary to promote national consistency in bioregional network planning. The document has been drafted in collaboration with a federal-provincial-territorial government Oceans Task Group that reports to the Canadian Council of Fisheries and Aquaculture Ministers.

The current November 2010 version is posted for public review and comment. Click here to access the draft and tell DFO what you think about the framework. The closing date for input is 3 February 2011.