Proceedings 2023/021

Proceedings of the Regional Peer Review on Threshold Approaches and Status of Metrics Selected to Report on the State of Fish and Fish Habitat in the Ontario and Prairie Region Priority Areas: Part 2; August 23–25, 2022

Chairpersons: Amanda Winegardner and Gavin Christie

Editors: Camille Macnaughton, Sarah Matchett, and Regina Sobowale

Summary

Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) has committed to producing area-based reports on the State of Fish and Fish Habitat (SOFFH) in Canada by March 31, 2023. Two reporting areas have been selected by the Fish and Fish Habitat Protection Program (FFHPP) in the Ontario & Prairie (O&P) Region to develop a SOFFH report for the Lower Great Lakes Area in Ontario (LGLA), and the Eastern Slopes Region of Alberta (AESA) reporting areas. As a follow-up to a first regional SOFFH Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat (CSAS) meeting (DFO 2022), this second CSAS meeting was held August 23–25, 2022, to elicit input from academic, environmental practitioners, FFHPP, and DFO Science. The intention of this regional Science Advisory process was to review the indicators and associated metrics used to report on the SOFFH rather than compare the results for the reporting areas to each other, and review approaches that can be used to develop thresholds and classification schemes for SOFFH reporting. Data presented for the five indicators (Biodiversity, Water Quality, Connectivity, Land Use and Land Cover, and Climate Change) and associated metrics were reviewed and science advice on assessing the SOFFH in these reporting areas was also provided. This Proceedings report summarizes the relevant discussions and recommendations received on the indicators and metrics proposed during this second part of this SOFFH CSAS process. Additional publications from this process will be posted on the DFO Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat (CSAS) website as they become available.

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