Coastal Environmental Baseline Program: Key facts

The Coastal Environmental Baseline Program infographic describes key facts about the program. The infographic is divided into 4 sections, each describing a different element or statistic of the program.

National considerations are the principles that govern the program, and are listed as follows:

• address community concerns
• coverage along all 3 ocean coasts
• include local communities in regional program design and implementation
• data meet national and international standards and are publicly accessible

Current sites and number of projects at each site are represented by a map of Canada with the location of each site pinned, along with the name and number of projects

• Port of Prince Rupert, located on the North Coast of British Columbia, has 9 projects
• Port of Vancouver, located on the south coast of British Columbia, has 2 projects
• Iqaluit, located in Nunavut in the northeast, has 12 projects
• Lower St. Lawrence Estuary, located in southeastern Quebec, has 10 projects
• Port of Saint John, located on the east coast in southern New Brunswick, has 12 projects
• Placentia Bay, located on the far east coast in Newfoundland, has 14 projects

National target ecosystem components are represented by illustrated icons:

• physical/oceanographic
  • physical (3 wavy, horizontal lines on top of one another)
  • biogeochemical (3 pentagons fused together with arrows around them in a circular pattern)
  • sediment quality (a horizontal rectangle with lines running through it varying distances apart)
  • substrate (a 3-dimensional shape with multiple irregular sides)
• biological
  • algae (a branching, plant-like structure that resembles coral)
  • emergents (seaweed)
  • invertebrates (snail)
  • fish (fish)
  • mammals (whale)
• partner organizations are represented by a circular diagram made up of different colours to represent types of partner organizations, with a legend underneath
  • yellow: academic institutions
  • light blue: non-government organizations
  • dark green: First Nations organizations
  • grey: Inuit organizations
  • dark blue: provincial/territorial government and port authorities
  • black: fisheries organizations
  • light green: research centres