Sailing Uncertain Waters

Sustaining Tourism in the Passamaquoddy Area

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The Business 0f Tourism - Then

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The Business 0f Tourism - Now

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The Product

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 The Touchstone

Head Harbour Passage

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Tourism - Key Marine Area

Whale & Bird Watching

Parks & Attractions

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The Engine

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Big Fleas have Little Fleas

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 Biodiversity

60+
50-60
40-50
30-40
20-30
10-20
0-10

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Krill Swarms

Swarms
Area of concentration

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Nesting & Roosting
Principal Birds

Eagle Nest
Osprey Nest
Herring Gull Nesting
Herring & Greater Black-
backed Gull Roosting
Bonaparte’s Gull Roosting
Double-crested Cormorant

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Feeding Areas
Principal Birds
Herring Gull 100-10,000+
Black-backed Gull 100 -1,000+
Bonaparte’s Gull 300-500
Arctic Tern 50 - 500
Double-crested Cormorant 10 –
500
Northern Phalarope

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 Harbour Porpoise
Species of Concern - The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada

Maine Nursery Area

Nursery Area
Mother-calf records
Generally distributed
throughout map area

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 Seals & Great Whales
The Atlantic Right Whale is listed as an endangered species

Finback
Humpback
Minke
Atlantic Right
Harbour Seal
Probable Route
through Right Whale
Area (inset)

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Scallop Fishing Areas

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Groundfishing Areas

Drag
Handline & Trawl

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Lobster Fishing Areas

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Herring Weir Sites

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Aquaculture

In Map Area
US sites – 27
CDN sites - 26

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 The Battle for Sustainability
Pulp Mill Development
Pittston Oil Refinery Battle
Nuclear Power
Unsustainable fishing practices
Aquaculture
Near-shore nutrient loading
Sewage

and now
For Your edification and Enjoyment…….

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 LNG

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 Queen Mary in
downtown Bar Harbor

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 LNG in downtown
Bar Harbour

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The Area of Concern

Probable
Anchorage

Probable
Traffic Lane

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Exclusion Zone

Exclusion Zone = 2 miles

All activities cease within the
exclusion zone during anchorage
or passage. Protected by gun
boats.
2 Miles ahead
1 Mile behind
1000 feet on either side
May be extended if Terror alert
rises

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Exclusion Zone
Exclusion Zone = 2 miles
All activities cease within the
exclusion zone during anchorage
or passage.
2- 3 ships per week pass in and
out resulting in a potential
downtime of
30% – 45% (110 – 165 days)
Potential anchorage Days to Fog
from May – October (Green lines
show inner and outer daytime
limits)
20 days/month average

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Navigation Risks
Rips & Confused Water

Upwellings

Ebb slicks

Shoals of Concern

Whirlpool

24 feet at low water

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Zone of Fire Risk
Fire Danger Zones
Red lines for 5 kilowatts/sq.m.
Level allowed by FERC
Blue lines for 1.6 kilowatts/sq.m.
Level at which humans are
affected

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Sustainable Tourism Requires

Choices
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Coastal Zoning is a Beginning

“The expansion of intensive urban and industrial activities beyond the Saint
John Bay region should be viewed with caution in terms of the environmental
sensitivity of the Head and Mouth of Bay Regions.
ArtManagement
”Hunter & Associates, Coastal Zone MacKay, ACAP
Study, St.
1980Croix