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ArcNet Priority Area for Conservation 52

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Created with Raphaël 2.1.44.98%of total ArcNetPAC area0100
Created with Raphaël 2.1.485.6%of the LargestPAC Area0100
Created with Raphaël 2.1.445.7%covered byexisting protected areas0100
Created with Raphaël 2.1.479CFsin the selected PAC0796
BenthosCoastal featuresFishesMarine mammalsSea ice biotaSeabirds
Thematic group diversity(% of the ArcNet total for each thematic group)13.7 %9.6 %10.6 %7.3 %7.1 %10.3 %

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CFs entirely within the PAC area

25

CFs at least 25% within the PAC area

29

CFs with their target entirely achieved in the PAC

45

CFs with at least 50% of their target achieved in the PAC

CF ID CF Name Pro­por­tion in the PAC Con­ser­va­tion Target Cont­ri­bu­tion to ArcNet Tar­get Achie­ve­ment PAC’s Cont­ri­bu­tion to the Achie­ved Tar­get
5076 Narwhal (Monodon monoceros), Eclipse Sound stock, summer grounds 94.9% 48.0% 197.7% 100.0%
5075 Narwhal (Monodon monoceros), E Baffin Island stock, summer grounds / core area 87.7% 72.0% 98.7% 92.3%
7232 Kelp forests, north-eastern Baffin Island 86.7% 30.0% 264.0% 98.5%
5070 Narwhal (Monodon monoceros), Admiralty Inlet stock, summer grounds / core area 80.1% 72.0% 111.2% 100.0%
5077 Narwhal (Monodon monoceros), Eclipse Sound stock, summer grounds / core area 78.5% 72.0% 109.0% 100.0%
5069 Narwhal (Monodon monoceros), Admiralty Inlet stock, summer grounds 78.2% 48.0% 162.8% 100.0%
5083 Narwhal (Monodon monoceros), Jones Sound stock, summer grounds / core area 77.3% 72.0% 107.4% 99.5%
8038 Biological communities, glacial termini, Baffin and Bylot Islands 75.5% 30.0% 231.7% 78.9%
9011 Polar bear (Ursus maritimus), Lancaster Sound subpopulation, home range 63.8% 32.4% 188.5% 85.0%
5005 Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas), Baffin Bay stock, summer grounds / core areas 62.8% 72.0% 82.3% 76.9%
6094 Ivory gull (Pagophila eburnea) breeding colonies foraging range buffer, Canadian Arctic Archipelago 61.0% 43.2% 136.1% 78.2%
9033 Polar bear (Ursus maritimus), Norwegian Bay subpopulation, denning grounds 58.9% 64.8% 79.9% 79.2%
9029 Polar bear (Ursus maritimus), Lancaster Sound subpopulation, denning grounds 56.3% 64.8% 85.0% 84.9%
5082 Narwhal (Monodon monoceros), Jones Sound stock, summer grounds 50.2% 48.0% 90.6% 86.9%
3052 Multiyear Ice biological communities, September, Baffin Bay 46.5% 18.0% 249.8% 59.9%
9015 Polar bear (Ursus maritimus), Norwegian Bay subpopulation, home range 44.4% 32.4% 123.8% 92.7%
6035 Ivory gull (Pagophila eburnea) breeding colonies, Canadian Arctic Archipelago 38.6% 64.8% 56.0% 44.3%
7216 Kelp forests, Devon Island 38.5% 30.0% 128.2% 74.9%
7215 Kelp forests, Canadian Arctic Archipelago 36.8% 30.0% 117.7% 66.9%
6008 Brent goose (Branta bernicla hrota) breeding / moulting grounds, Canadian Arctic Archipelago 31.6% 24.0% 126.8% 62.7%
1011 Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) haulouts, Nunavut and West Greenland 29.1% 96.0% 30.0% 30.0%
3126 Polynya biological communities, Baffin Bay 28.1% 20.0% 140.5% 29.6%
3034 MIZ biological communities, July, Baffin Bay 27.8% 24.0% 110.5% 45.6%
9021 Polar bear (Ursus maritimus), Baffin Bay subpopulation, denning grounds 26.1% 64.8% 36.3% 36.2%
7053 Cold water coral communities, Atlantic Arctic 25.0% 50.0% 50.0% 37.7%
5004 Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas), Baffin Bay stock, summer grounds 23.7% 48.0% 46.7% 29.4%
7146 Benthic communities, III.2.2.1. Canadian Arctic Archipelago slope in Baffin Bay and Lancaster Sound 21.7% 5.5% 386.5% 50.5%
7021 Benthic communities, Eastern Canadian Arctic Archipelago Zoogeographic region 21.0% 9.7% 204.1% 33.9%
6007 Brent goose (Branta bernicla hrota) breeding / moulting grounds, Atlantic 20.8% 18.0% 113.0% 42.6%
2007 Bearded seal (Erignatus barbatus) whelping grounds, Baffin Bay 19.7% 24.0% 77.8% 27.1%
8042 Biological communities, glacial termini, Queen Elizabeth Island 19.1% 30.0% 63.2% 24.1%
7134 Benthic communities, III.1.1. 1. Canadian Arctic Archipelago shelf 16.8% 7.4% 217.2% 36.1%
7019 Benthic communities, Baffinian Zoogeographic region 16.0% 30.6% 48.5% 35.2%
7257 Benthic communities, Baffin bank 15.5% 70.0% 22.1% 15.5%
8036 Biological communities, salt marshes, Baffin Bay 14.8% 30.0% 49.2% 32.2%
2044 Ringed seal (Phoca hispida) whelping grounds, Baffin Bay region 13.9% 24.0% 56.4% 27.5%
7133 Benthic communities, III.1. Canadian Arctic Archipelago shelf and margin 13.2% 4.2% 301.5% 26.3%
1002 Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) summer grounds, Canadian Arctic Archipelago 13.1% 33.6% 37.7% 25.7%
7136 Benthic communities, III.1.1.3. Canadian Arctic Archipelago inner shelf of low and medium profile 13.0% 6.8% 184.1% 31.8%
5093 Narwhal (Monodon monoceros), Somerset Island stock, summer grounds 13.0% 48.0% 25.3% 25.3%
5006 Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas), Baffin Bay stock, winter grounds 12.9% 48.0% 26.8% 13.7%
2021 Harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus) feeding grounds, Baffin Bay region 12.2% 24.0% 49.6% 23.3%
9002 Polar bear (Ursus maritimus), Baffin Bay subpopulation, home range 12.1% 32.4% 35.5% 29.2%
7150 Benthic communities, III.3.1.2. Northwest Greenland glacial troughs 11.3% 8.8% 114.3% 18.9%
6041 Ivory gull (Pagophila eburnea) postbreeding grounds, Canadian Arctic 11.2% 21.6% 49.8% 19.4%
5074 Narwhal (Monodon monoceros), East Baffin Island stock, summer grounds 11.1% 48.0% 20.1% 19.2%
4074 Fish communities, Canadian-Greenland Zoogeographic District,High Arctic Shelf Province, Arctic Region 9.6% 7.4% 123.9% 18.3%
1003 Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) winter grounds, Canadian Arctic Archipelago 9.2% 67.2% 13.7% 11.9%
7143 Benthic communities, III.2.1.2. Baffinian glacial troughs 9.2% 14.3% 60.4% 22.9%
6029 Glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus euceretes) breeding grounds 8.6% 12.0% 68.7% 15.8%
2014 Bearded seal (Erignatus barbatus) whelping grounds, northern Canadian Arctic Archipelago 8.2% 24.0% 32.1% 20.6%
5041 Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus), Baffin Bay population, summer grounds 7.7% 48.0% 15.6% 15.1%
4009 Arctic cisco (Coregonus autumnalis), American populations, feeding / nursery grounds 7.4% 38.4% 17.7% 13.0%
5065 Orca (Orcinus orca) summer feeding grounds, western North Atlantic 7.4% 6.0% 115.8% 11.8%
7137 Benthic communities, III.1.1.4. Canadian Arctic Archipelago glacial troughs 7.3% 4.5% 142.9% 22.1%
7014 Benthic communities, Canadian - Greenland Province, Arcto-Atlantic Zoogeographic region, core area 7.3% 7.4% 92.9% 12.9%
3033 MIZ biological communities, July, northern Canadian Arctic Archipelago 7.0% 24.0% 27.7% 17.3%
4029 Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus), American anadromous populations, feeding grounds 7.0% 38.4% 17.3% 15.0%
3006 Fast Ice biological communities, Canadian Arctic Archipelago region 6.8% 6.0% 106.1% 25.1%
6099 Black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla tridactyla) breeding colonies foraging range buffer 6.7% 64.8% 10.1% 10.1%
4053 Fourhorn sculpin (Myoxocephalus quadricornis), Eurasian populations, home range 6.4% 3.0% 204.1% 12.2%
4062 White Sea eelpout (Lycodes marisalbi), American population, home range 6.1% 6.0% 98.8% 13.8%
5103 Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus), Baffin population, spring-autumn grounds 6.1% 24.0% 25.0% 13.7%
6015 Black guillemot (Cepphus grylle mandti) breeding grounds 6.0% 12.0% 47.8% 10.3%
4055 Shorthorn sculpin (Myoxocephalus scorpius), American populations, home range 5.5% 3.0% 176.9% 10.0%
6106 Thick-billed murre (Uria lomvia lomvia) breeding colonies foraging range buffer 5.3% 48.0% 10.9% 8.0%
2061 Ringed seal (Phoca hispida) feeding grounds, as predicted by MIZ distribution 5.1% 24.0% 19.9% 10.4%
2037 Ringed seal (Phoca hispida) feeding grounds, Baffin Bay region 4.6% 24.0% 19.3% 6.9%
7148 Benthic communities, III.3. 1. Northwest Greenland shelf 4.5% 11.5% 39.6% 9.7%
4007 Cisco (Coregonus artedi) feeding / nursery grounds 4.3% 32.4% 12.6% 8.9%
7149 Benthic communities, III.3.1.1. North Greenland medium and low profile shelf 4.1% 11.1% 37.2% 9.3%
2027 Hooded seal (Cystophora cristata) feeding grounds 4.0% 38.4% 10.3% 9.0%
7142 Benthic communities, III.2.1.1. Baffinian shelf 3.9% 6.8% 56.7% 7.8%
4037 Glacial cod (Arctogadus glacialis) home range 3.0% 9.0% 31.6% 7.6%
4048 Ogac (Gadus ogac ) feeding / nursery grounds 2.5% 12.0% 20.5% 5.1%
3051 Multiyear Ice biological communities, September, Northern Canadian Arctic Archipelago 2.5% 18.0% 12.3% 5.9%
2019 Harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) home range, North Atlantic 2.4% 6.0% 39.3% 6.0%
4059 Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides) home range, Atlantic Arctic 2.0% 3.0% 64.6% 5.4%
6083 Thick-billed murre (Uria lomvia lomvia) wintering grounds 1.9% 24.0% 7.7% 5.4%
Updated: 2023-01-25 20:49