6. Conclusion
This guide was designed to assist proponents and managers in the design and implementation of environmental monitoring and surveillance programs (EMSP) for dredging and sediment management activities. It proposes a rigorous approach, allowing scientific assessment of the scope of the dredging activities in order to establish the monitoring and surveillance activities that effectively meet prescribed environmental management and protection needs. The EMSPs drafted using the approach described in this guide should make it possible to circumscribe the uncertainties surrounding dredging and sediment management activities, verify the accuracy of the anticipated impacts and identify the appropriate actions to solve the problems identified.