{"id":451855,"date":"2026-02-03T20:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T20:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/451855\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T20:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T20:22:08","slug":"province-terminates-mou-on-assessment-of-proposed-marine-protected-area-off-south-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/451855\/","title":{"rendered":"Province Terminates MOU on Assessment of Proposed Marine Protected Area Off South Coast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/south-coast-fjords.jpg\" class=\"header-image\" alt=\"Province Terminates MOU on Assessment of Proposed Marine Protected Area Off South Coast\"\/>\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The provincial government is signaling its opposition to a proposed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramea.ca\/rc_images\/scf2pgerjuly2025.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marine Protected Area<\/a> off the province\u2019s south coast by terminating the <a href=\"https:\/\/parks.canada.ca\/amnc-nmca\/cnamnc-cnnmca\/fjords-cote-sud-south-coast-fjords\/pde-mou\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MOU<\/a> reached to conduct a feasibility assessment of the project. <\/p>\n<p>Provincial Affairs Minister Chris Tibbs has formally notified the MOU\u2019s signatories \u2013 including Parks Canada the Miawpukek First Nation, the Qalipu First Nation and the Town of Burgeo of the change. <\/p>\n<p>The province says it cannot support a <a href=\"https:\/\/parks.canada.ca\/amnc-nmca\/cnamnc-cnnmca\/fjords-cote-sud-south-coast-fjords\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">National Marine Conservation Area<\/a> on the south coast due to the potential risk to aquaculture, fishing and mining operations in the region. <\/p>\n<p>The provincial government says protecting the environment while fostering economic development \u201crequires careful balance.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The province is also opposed to the proposed redesignation of Sandbanks Provincial Park as a national park. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; The provincial government is signaling its opposition to a proposed Marine Protected Area off the province\u2019s south&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":451856,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49,48,295,66],"class_list":{"0":"post-451855","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-environment","11":"tag-science"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451855\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/451856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}