Developing spatial management tools for offshore marine protected areas

• Published in: OCEANS 2017 - Anchorage pp. 1 - 7
• Main Authors: Douglas, K., Juniper, S. K., Jenkyns, R., Hoeberechts, M., Macoun, P., Hillier, J.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Marine Technology Society 01.09.2017
• Subjects: Cascadia Basin; Endeavour; Feature extraction; GIS; Marine Protected Areas; Metadata; Middle Valley; Observatories; Oceans; Vents; Videos

Canada's Exclusive Economic Zone in the Northeast Pacific encompasses a rich variety of offshore benthic habitats, from continental shelf, slope and abyssal sediments, to sponge reefs, seamounts, gas hydrates and hydrothermal vents. Knowledge of these remote areas is uneven, derived from mostly...