TABLE OF CONTENTS About CPAWS ............................................................... 1 Burgeo Bank ................................................................ 76 Acknowledgements ........................................................ 1 Penguin Islands ............................................................ 77 Summary........................................................................ 2 Hermitage Bay - Goblin Head - Outer Bay d’Espoir ... 78 Introduction ................................................................... 3 North Shore, Fortune Bay ........................................... 80 Comment Sheet ...........................................................7-8 Frenchman’s Cove ....................................................... 81 Special Areas List ........................................................... 9 Fortune Head ............................................................... 83 Maps .......................................................................10-16 Grand Colombier ......................................................... 84 St. Pierre Bank ............................................................. 85 Sites Placentia Bay Extension ............................................... 87 Davis Strait - Hudson Strait ......................................... 17 Cape St. Mary’s ........................................................... 89 Torngat Mountains ..................................................... 19 Bar Haven - Northwest Placentia Bay ......................... 92 Saglek Bank ................................................................. 21 Ragged Islands ............................................................. 93 Nain Coast................................................................... 23 Middle Lawn and Offer Lawn Islands ......................... 94 Tessiarsuk Lake ........................................................... 26 Grand Banks ................................................................ 96 Quaker Hat Island ....................................................... 27 Northest Shelf and Slope.............................................. 98 Hamilton Inlet ............................................................. 28 Lilly Canyon - Carson Canyon .................................... 99 Gannet Islands ............................................................. 30 Southeast Shoal ..........................................................100 Inner Groswater Bay .................................................... 32 Southwest Grand Banks ............................................102 Outer Groswater Bay................................................... 34 Virgin Rocks ..............................................................103 Sandwich Bay .............................................................. 35 Mistaken Point - Cape Race ...................................... 104 Lake Melville ............................................................... 36 Chance Cove ..............................................................406 Table Bay .................................................................... 38 Eastern Avalon ..........................................................107 Southeast Labrador Slope ............................................ 40 Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove ....................................108 Hawke Channel - Hamilton Bank ............................... 42 Witless Bay ................................................................110 St. Peter Bay ................................................................. 44 Baccalieu Island .........................................................112 Strait of Belle Isle ......................................................... 45 Bellevue Beach ...........................................................115 L’Anse Amour - Point Amour ...................................... 48 Smith Sound ..............................................................116 Pistolet Bay .................................................................. 49 Bonavista Bay ............................................................117 Burnt Cape .................................................................. 51 Cabot Island ..............................................................120 The Hole - Point Riche ................................................ 53 South West Pond .......................................................121 Table Point .................................................................. 54 Eastport .....................................................................122 St. Paul’s Inlet .............................................................. 55 Newman Sound .........................................................124 Bonne Bay ................................................................... 58 Windmill Bight ..........................................................126 Blow Me Down ........................................................... 60 Funk Islands............................................................... 127 West Coast................................................................... 61 Gander Bay ................................................................129 St. George’s Bay - Port au Port .................................... 63 Notre Dame Bay ........................................................130 Sandy Point .................................................................. 65 Leading Tickles ..........................................................131 Boswarlos .................................................................... 67 Dildo Run ..................................................................133 Codroy Valley .............................................................. 68 Hare Bay ....................................................................134 Laurentian Channel ..................................................... 70 J.T. Cheeseman ............................................................ 72 References .........................................................137- 174 North Cabot Strait ....................................................... 73 Appendix 1: Scientific Names .............................174-176 Sandbanks.................................................................... 74 Appendix 2: Species at Risk ................................177-178 © 2009 Canadian Parks And Wilderness Society - Newfoundland And Labrador Chapter Published By Canadian Parks And Wilderness Society - Newfoundland And Labrador Chapter February 2009 AboUT CPAWS Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) is Canada’s pre-eminent, community based, non-profit wilderness protection organization that works to protect Canada’s wild ecosystems in parks, wilderness and similar natural areas, preserving the full diversity of habitats and their species. Founded in 1963, CPAWS has hundreds of committed volunteers, 20,000 members across the country, thirteen chapters, and a national office in Ottawa. We ground our work in conservation science and we create consensus for wilderness protection by engaging governments, industry and the Canadian public. On 1 November 2003, at the CPAWS National Board Meeting, Newfoundland and Labrador became a chapter of CPAWS. The Newfoundland and Labrador chapter’s mission is to promote the systematic establishment of new terrestrial and marine protected areas and to foster effective management of existing protected areas in the province. For the benefit of present and future generations, we envision the establishment of a representative system of terrestrial and marine protected areas, which incorporates the ecological, social and economic values of local communities and recognizes the importance of protected areas as an essential part of natural resource management and planning. ACKnowleDGements We are grateful for the contributions of the following people to the research that went into this document: Rita Anderson, Krista Baker, Tammy Baldwin, Douglas Ballam, Trevor Bell, Victoria Burdett-Coutts, Norm Catto, Claudio Corbelli, Tara Connelly, Alison Copeland, Geoff Coughlan, Stephen Decker, Don Deibel, Rodolphe Devillers, Evan Edinger, Tanya Edwards, Dan Ficken, Ian Fleming, John Gibson, Ian Goudie, Jim Goudie, John Green, Richard Haedrich, Ben Hansen, Ross Hinks, Chris Hogan, Bob Hooper, Julie Huntington, Danny Ings, Sabine Jessen, Ian Jones, Dave Kulka, David Langor, Jack Lawson, Wayne Ledwell, Jon Lien, Bill Montevecchi, Jennifer Morgan, Grant Murray, Trish Nash, Barbara Neis, Lene Petersen, Brooks Pilgrim, Bruce Porter, Tony Power, Greg Robertson, Martha Robertson, Becky Sjare, Jennifer Smith, Paul Snelgrove, Rick Stanley, Susan Squires, Don Steele, Tara Stevens, Keith Sullivan, Trudy Taylor-Walsh, Peter Thomas, Piotr Trela, Vonda Wareham, Emily White, Nancy White, Joe Wroblewski, and CPAWS-NL volunteers and board members past and present. Thank you to Sarah Hansen for the layout and graphic design. Funding for creating this Special Marine Areas document was provided by the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, Mountain Equipment Co-op, the Shell Environmental Fund and TD Friends of the Environment Foundation. - 1 - SUmmarY The coastal and marine region around the province of Newfoundland and Labrador is home to a number of areas that are of particular interest from ecological, social or economic perspectives. This is the first document that has integrated the input of governments, academics, non-governmental organizations and community members, as well as data from