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Publishing New Brunswick Agriculture and Aquaculture Geographic Information for Decision Making
This project will provide access to geographic information relating to New Brunswick's agriculture and aquaculture resources. This information, which is maintained by the New Brunswick Department of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Aquaculture, will be used by two primary groups of decision-makers: producers, and the New Brunswick Emergency Measures Organization (EMO).
Producers include such organizations as the Agricultural Alliance of New Brunswick, Potatoes New Brunswick, the Professional Shellfish Growers Association of New Brunswick, and the New Brunswick Salmon Growers Association. These producers will be able to use the online information to prepare environmental plans, develop pest- and waste-management programs, assess environmental impacts, manage fuel- and pesticide-storage locations, and manage land and water resources.
The New Brunswick EMO, a section under the province's Department of Public Safety, will use the online resource to better prepare for and respond to fires and floods. Having access to the up-to-date information this project will offer will help EMO officials make the kinds of smart, fast decisions that can save property and lives during emergencies.
The agriculture and aquaculture data sets, in addition to data from weather
stations in western and north-western New Brunswick, will be made available
online using standard web services of the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure
(CGDI).
Primary Partner:
New Brunswick Department of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Aquaculture
Fredericton,
New Brunswick;
Partners: New Brunswick Department of Public Safety
Funding From GeoConnections: $23,631.00 ( 42.0 %)
Estimated Inception Date: March, 2007
Estimated Completion Date: July, 2007
Deliverables from this project benefitted the following provinces: New Brunswick;