Draft DPSIR: Habitat Loss

Drivers
Human population growth Status
Pressures
Watershed activities Physical Characteristics
- Coastal development Changes in freshwater inflow - Altered physical setting
- Altered flushing, water circulation
Marine activities Changes in hydrography, - Changes in salinity
- Boating bathymetry
- Aquaculture Water, Sediment quality
Habitat loss - ↑ in suspended sediment
Direct habitat alteration - Changes in water quality
-Construction of docks, marinas Changes in climate
-Dredging - Effects of storms Biological Components
-Trawling - Sea level rise - Altered distribution of organisms
-Building seawalls, jetties, etc. - Changes in trophic structure

Climate

Response
Wetland mitigation Impacts
Limited access (i.e. to dunes) Habitat Loss and
Degradation
Wetland restoration, beach
Beaches
renourishment
Wetlands
Monitoring, mapping

Modeling

ORPP Themes 1,2,4,5

 Draft DPSIR: Eutrophication
Drivers Status
Human population growth Pressures Physical Characteristics
Watershed activities - Low flushing rates
Point source pollution - Stratification
- Urbanization/ Land use change
- ↑ emissions
Nonpoint source pollution Water, Sediment quality
- ↑ effluent
- ↑ organic matter
Marine activities Changes in freshwater inflow - ↑ nutrient concentration
- Boating - Changes in nutrient ratios
- Aquaculture Changes in hydrography - ↑ in suspended sediment

Direct habitat alteration Changes in climate Biological Components

- Dredging - ↑ in primary production
- ↑ in O2 demand
Climate
- Storm events

Response
Point source pollution control
Impacts
Stormwater controls
Eutrophication mitigation Eutrophication symptoms
- Fish kills/ hypoxia
Development of models - Increased HABS
- Decrease in SAVs
Increased monitoring - High chlorophyll concentrations
Enforcement

ORPP Themes 1,5,6

 Draft DPSIR: Fish decline

Drivers Pressures Status

Physical Characteristics
Human population growth Overfishing - Decrease in appropriate habitat

Watershed activities Habitat loss/ disruption Water, Sediment Quality

- ↑ concentration of contaminants
Marine Activities Point, non-point pollution - ↑ pathogens, pharmaceuticals
- Commercial fishing
- Recreational fishing Biological Components
- Reproductive failure
- ↑ in disease
- Change in food web

Response Impacts
Fisheries Management
- Catch limits Fishery Decline
- Ecosystem based management
- Marine Protected Areas
- Improved fishing technology
- Diversification, rotation of targeted
species

International Legislation

Modeling
Monitoring ORPP Themes 1,5
 Draft DPSIR: Human Health and Quality of Life

Drivers Pressures
Human population growth
Status
Point source pollution
Watershed activities Physical Characteristics
- Urbanization/ Land use change Nonpoint source pollution - Low flushing rates
- ↑ emissions
- ↑ effluent Changes in freshwater inflow Water, Sediment quality
- ↑ sewage (fecal coliform)
Marine activities Changes in hydrography - ↑ pollutant concentrations
- Boating
- Aquaculture Changes in climate
Climate
- Storm events

Response Impacts
Point source pollution
control Human Health
Stormwater controls
Contaminated Seafood
Eutrophication mitigation
Beach Closures
Source tracking
Development of models

Increased monitoring
ORPP Themes 1,5,6
 Draft DPSIR: Valued Species

Pressures Status
Drivers Habitat loss/ disruption
Physical Characteristics
Direct alteration of habitat - Decrease in appropriate habitat
Legacy of overfishing
- Trawling
Water, Sediment Quality
Marine Activities Bycatch
- ↑ concentration of contaminants
- Boating - ↑ pathogens, pharmaceuticals, etc.
Point, non-point pollution
- Fishing
- Swimming Increased boat strikes Biological Components
- Shipping
- Reproductive failure
Acoustic effects - ↑ in disease
- Change in food web

Response Impacts
Legislation (ESA) Declines in valued species
Management provisions Right whales
- Use of TEDs, BRDs
- Altered shipping lanes Turtles
- Limited use of lights on beaches

Population, food web models

Monitoring

ORPP Themes 1,5