Fisheries minister to address new Oceans Act’s Pacific Coast impact Jan. 20

  • Event: Speech by David Anderson, federal minister of
    Fisheries and Oceans
  • Date: Tuesday, Jan. 20, 1998
  • Time: 7 p.m.
  • Place: Instructional Resources Centre, Lecture Theatre
    6, 2194 Health
    Sciences Mall, UBC
  • Parking: Parking is available in the Health Sciences
    Parkade. Enter at Gate 1 off University Boulevard

David Anderson, federal minister of Fisheries and Oceans, will
give a free public lecture Jan. 20 at UBC on the new federal Oceans
Act and its impact on the Pacific Coast.

Anderson will address the federal government’s responsibilities
in the marine environment and what the Oceans Act, which was passed
last year, means for British Columbia.

Michael Healey, a professor with UBC’s Institute for Resources
and Environment (IRE) and Fisheries Centre, expects Anderson to
focus on three areas: coastal zone management, conservation areas
to protect marine biodiversity, and prevention of marine pollution
by both land-based sources and marine transportation sources. Coastal
zone management involves integrating socio-economic and environmental
concerns in the management of coastal resources.

“If the Oceans Act is to work, the federal and provincial governments
will have to co-operate on the provisions dealing with coastal zone
management,” says Healey. “Since IRE has developed significant teaching
and research capability in this area, UBC is well-positioned to
play a key role in the implementation of those provisions.”

Hosted by the IRE, the Fisheries Centre, and Dept. of Earth and
Ocean Sciences, the speech is the first in the 1998 Irving Fox Lecture
Series.

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