Canada Announces Largest Marine Protected Area in High Arctic
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Seafood News] by Amanda Buckle August 16, 2017
A section of the Tallurutiup Imanga/ Lancaster Sound in Canada will be protected as part of a national marine conservation area (NMCA).
The conservation area is approximately twice the size of Nova Scotia and is home to whales, polar bears, migrating birds and other wildlife. The decision to protect the area was spurred by climate change and human activity that has begun to not only affect the landscape, but the “traditional way of life in ...
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