Parks Canada has an office in Skidegate dedicated
to Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site (Gwaii
Haanas). Gwaii Haanas is cooperatively managed by the Council of the
Haida Nation and the Government of Canada through the Archipelago
Management Board (AMB) that has equal representation from both
governments.
A
National Marine Conservation Area Reserve has recently been established
for the marine area surrounding Gwaii Haanas. Gwaii Haanas and the Parks Canada Western Service Centre
conduct marine research and inventory ranging from physical
oceanography to site specific dive surveys to baseline inventories.
Specific to Haida Gwaii, Gwaii Haanas is working
on a series of comprehensive baseline marine biological inventories for
the Islands. Five have been published as of 2006 as Parks Canada
Technical Reports in Ecosystem Science Living Marine Legacy
of Gwaii Haanas series:
- I: Marine Plant Baseline to 1999 and
Plant-related Management Issues • Report 027 March 2000
- II: Marine Invertebrate Baseline to 2000 and
Invertebrate-related Management Issues • Report 035 December
2001
- III: Marine Bird Baseline to 2000 and Marine
Bird-related Management Issues throughout the Haida Gwaii Region
• Report 036 December 2002
- IV: Marine Mammal Baseline to 2003 and Marine
Mammal-related Management Issues throughout the Haida Gwaii Regions
• Report 038 December 2003
- V: Coastal Zone Values and Management around
Haida Gwaii • Report 042, 2006
All five volumes of the Living Marine Legacy of Gwaii
Haanas
can be found in each of the public libraries on Haida Gwaii. To have a
pdf copy mailed to you, please contact Gwaii Haanas at: 250-559-8818.
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