eShelburne 
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*Passamaquoddy ICOIN 
*MacLaren Plansearch/ AXES project 
* Atlantic Coastal Zone Information Steering Committee 
Atlantic Coastal Zone Database Directory 
Although there is much cooperative activity, there are problems in having a 
plethora of coastal projects. There is an increased emphasis being placed on 
community-based projects (i.e. ACAP sites, Bouctouche Bay, Mahone Bay). 
Resources are more likely to be allocated to these projects rather than to global 
projects. Many of the more expensive projects are funded on the basis of a 
little money from a lot of people. This has appeal in that for a relatively 
small investment an agency gets the benefit of a very comprehensive project. 
However, with the number of large projects needing funding, smaller 
jurisdictions are looking at multiples of a small amount of money, and this 
adds up. Outside the coastal community, and perhaps to some extent within 
it, there is confusion about the goals and deliverables of the different projects, 
and how they differ from one another. This confusion leads to difficulties in 
getting funding for the large projects. 
FEDERAL-PROVINCIAL COOPERATION IN ATLANTIC CANADA 
The Atlantic Coastal Zone Information Steering Committee is a forum for 
federal and provincial governments in the region to discuss their activities, 
and to work cooperatively on projects that are of interest to all. The Atlantic 
Coastal Zone Database Directory is one of these projects. It is a compendium 
of meta data about databases dealing with the coastal zone, collected from 
provincial and federal agencies in the region. It is available on hard copy or 
on diskette form. Coastal Zone 94 is another. This working group has been 
preparing for a conference on the coastal zone to be held in Halifax in the fall 
of 1994. Working groups of ACZISC also deal with standards, and with 
several of the cooperative projects listed earlier in this paper. 
On a bilateral basis, there has been provincial-federal cooperation on 
exchange of digital data, and on creating a common coastline for users both 
federal and provincial. 
CONCLUSIONS 
Proper management of coastal zone information is critical. There is public 
pressure to manage the coastal zone much better than it has been in the past, 
and our political masters will insist that we find mechanisms to make this 
happen. Although this paper has highlighted some of the problems in 
working in a cooperative way, these problems must be resolved. Certainly 
the experience in Atlantic Canada shows that cooperative problem solving is 
possible. 
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