The 30-day public consultation period for the proposed Tang.ɢwan – ḥačxwiqak – Tsig̱is Marine Protected Area (MPA) regulations is underway with the published regulation in the Canada Gazette, Part I – February 18, 2023. The proposed regulations are designed to conserve, protect and enhance understanding of unique seafloor features, including seamounts and hydrothermal vents, and the marine ecosystems they support in the MPA. The regulations would establish a general prohibition against activities likely to disturb, damage, destroy, or remove any living marine organism or any part of its habitat from the MPA; with specific exceptions to the general prohibition to allow activities that are compatible with the above-noted conservation objective.
