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Outline of Presentation Program Overview Harbour Distribution Key Program Strategies Climate Change Overview Climate Change Effects Indirect Impacts Strategies Missing Information Past Efforts Current Initiatives Key Objectives of the Study Conclusion Program Overview Mandated under the Fishing and Recreational Harbours Act (1978), the Small Craft Harbours (SCH) Program is committed to keep DFO-owned harbours that are critical to the fishing industry open and in good repair. SCH has 758 core fishing harbours, 224 non-core fishing harbours, and 184 recreational harbours for a total of 1166 harbour sites across Canada with individual assets numbering over 7,000 structural facilities. Asset inventory of core fishing harbours exceeds $2.5B in replacement value. Approximately 90% of commercial fish harvesters use, and 80% of Canada’s commercial fish landings occur at SCH harbours. There are 319 SCH harbours in the Maritimes Provinces including 286 core fishing harbours. Fishing harbours in the Maritimes vary in size and services and located in a variety of coastal settings – most SCH harbours are relatively small and located in rural communities. Harbour Distribution Small Craft Harbours Large and Small SCH’s objective of keeping harbours that are critical to the commercial fishing industry open and in good repair is pursued through three key strategies: Maintain a network of core fishing harbours (currently 286 in MG); Promote and sustain the use of Harbour Authorities (HAs) for the local management and operation of all core fishing harbours; Divest recreational and non-core fishing harbours by: Transferring all recreational harbours and low-activity fishing harbours to local communities; Eliminating derelict harbours. Climate Change Overview In Atlantic Canada, changing climate will result in more storm events, increasing storm intensity, rising sea level, higher storm surges, and more coastal erosion and flooding, affecting coastal communities and th