The Conservation Council’s Marine Conservation Program The Conservation Council of New Brunswick (CCNB) was established in 1969 as a non-profit membership organization with a mandate to serve as a citizen’s watchdog over environmental decision-making and to propose solutions to our most pressing environmental and resource issues. CCNB acts on this mandate through public education, policy research and development, and special programming. CCNB is a registered charity in Canada and is governed by a 24-member board of volunteer directors from all parts of New Brunswick and all walks of life. All directors are active volunteers, serving as spokespeople on issues where they have knowledge, while others organize local conservation efforts in their communities. In 1990, CCNB was added to the United Nations Environment Programme’s Global 500 Roll of Honour. In 1992-93, Marine Conservation Program Director Janice Harvey was awarded the Gulf of Maine Council Visionary Award for CCNB’s work on Bay of Fundy issues. CCNB’s Marine Conservation Program (MCP) evolved out of a three-year Bay of Fundy Project (1990-1992), a joint initiative with the Huntsman Marine Science Centre. The MCP seeks to protect and restore marine ecosystems in the Maritimes, respecting the traditional use of these ecosystems by fishing communities that depend on them. The MCP’s priorities are:  1) to develop a promote a community-based ecological alternative to conventional fisheries management;  2) to protect and restore fish habitat and marine ecological functions;  3) to promote policies that will lead to a sustainable aquaculture industry;  4) to reduce contaminant loadings into the marine environment; and  5) to promote land use policies that will protect sensitive coastal features.  Specific projects that address these issues include the Musquash Marine Protected Area Campaign, a case study examination of the decline in Passamaquoddy Bay, efforts to restore tidal flow in estuaries, promotion of community-based fisheries management and pollution abatement in boundary waters, and a survey of coastal and marine issues in the Bay of Chaleur, Miramichi Bay and Northumberland Strait. Support our Marine Conservation Program by joining the Conservation Council. Clip and mail the coupon below or contact us by e-mail. Name: _____________________________ Address: ___________________________ Phone: ____________________________ Fax: _______________________________ E-mail: ____________________________ I enclose a contribution in the amount of: $25    $50    $100    Please mail to: Conservation Council of NB 180 St. John Street, Fredericton, N.B. E3B 4A9