In September 2009, the Race Rocks Advisory Board was called together for another round of advisory meetings, 10 years after the first talks began.

2. Presentation on Race Rocks MPA proposal . Kelly Francis DFO

3. Socio-Economic Base Case Update for Race Rocks Proposed Marine Protected Area

4. Minutes September 25th meeting --(still pending agreement by DFO to publish.)

5. Terms of Reference: pending

6. Agenda of November 26th meeting-

7. Minutes of November 26th meeting -- still pending

8. Values Input table of all stakeholders submitted in November 09: still pending

9. Values Input table submitted by Lester Pearson College

10. MPA benefits reference:

1. Agenda for the first meeting of the Race Rocks Advisory Board (RRAB) 01/Dec./1999

2. Minutes of the first meeting of the Advisory Board 01/Dec./1999

3. Terms of Reference for the RRAB

4. Stakeholder groups to be consulted as of 06/Dec./1999

5. Agenda for the second meeting of the RRAB -05/Jan./2000

6. The Thirteen Moons seminar - 21/12/1999

7.Minutes of the second meeting of the RRAB -05/Jan

8. Draft Management Plan (being updated)

9. Maps and Charts of the Pilot Marine Protected Area

10.Draft Minutes of the third meeting of the RRAB - 26/Jan/2000

11.Agenda for the fourth meeting of the RRAB - 23/Feb./2000

12.Minutes of Fourth Meeting of the RRAB -23/Feb./2000

13. "Recommendations on Race Rocks reserve to be in minister's hands by month's end" -

14. Race Rocks and Ecotourism-- Louise Murgatroyd Dalhousie University

15. The Beecher Bay Ceremony March 9, 2000

16. Agenda for the fifth meeting of the RRAB

17. Minutes of the fifth meeting of the RRAB

18. Minutes of the sixth meeting of the RRAB (Dunsmuir Lodge)

19. DRAFT Race Rocks Marine Protected Area Feasibility Report and Recommendations

20. Proposal to Designate XwaYeN (RaceRocks) Marine Protected Area

21. Official Designation of Race Rocks as Canada's First Marine Protected Area Sept.14 2000

22. Candidate Marine Protected Areas- Canadian Waters 22b.. Candidate MPAs Pacific Region

23. The Marine Protected Areas Home Page

24. Herb Dhaliwal :Announcing The Designation of Race Rocks as Canada’s First Marine Protected Area

25. DFO BACKGROUNDER: RACE ROCKS – XwaYeN - A Success Story for Community and Stakeholder Involvement-
Sept 14 2000

26. Joint Federal and Provincial Government News Release of Sept 14 2000- DHALIWAL AND SAWICKI ENDORSE RACE ROCKS AS CANADA’S FIRST MARINE PROTECTED AREA

27. Marine Protected Areas and FisheryClosures in BC, by Glen Jamieson and Joanne Lessard, DFO.PBS ,Nanaimo,

28. CANADA GAZETTE Oct 28,2000- XwaYeN (Race Rocks) Marine Protected Area Regulations

29.The Whale Watch Operators Association North West Guidelines. 2000---Updated version 2009

30. Minutes of the seventh meeting of the RRAB

31. Proposal to Federal govt. for support of the Race Rocks MPA

32. Proposal to Provincial govt.for support of the Race Rocks MPA

33. Update to Stakeholders, May, 2001

34. Whale Watcher's Guide - Page 1, Page 2 ------

35. Permit Procedures File

36. Regulations for using the Race Rocks Marine Research Centre

37. Vessel Traffic Statistics at Race Rocks

38. Race Rocks Advisory Board Meeting #8 December 6, 2001

39. The Race Rocks Ecological Reserve Management Plan----2002

40. LeRoy, S., 2002. Public Process and the Creation of a Marine Protected Area at Race Rocks, British Columbia.
Master's Thesis. School of Community and Regional Planning, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.

41. Leroy,Dobell,Dorcey and Tansey, 2003, Public Process and the Creation of the Race Rocks Marine Protected Area,

42. Race Rocks: From Ecological Reserve to Marine Protected Area: FER Newsletter, Spring 2003: by Sean LeRoy -

43. Minutes of Advisory Board meeting #9 Dec 2002

44. Draft Management Plan for MPA

45. Link to DFO Race Rocks Marine Protected Area Site

46. Link to Marine Protected Area-Area of Interest- Race Rocks

47. Link to the Ecological Reserve Section of BC PARKS- CONSERVATION

LINKS TO OTHER SITES WITH INFORMATION ON MPA'S

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