What does exploring Canada’s deep ocean look like?
Here are some of the technologies used for exploring the deep sea:
Here are some of the technologies used for exploring the deep sea:
Wildlife is a welcome sight at the close of a long day at sea. Here, Dall’s porpoises slip through calm waters on Oceana’s spring 2018 expedition to the Central Coast of British Columbia. Dozens of these black and white toothed whales, which are relatives of orcas, rode along the bow of the CCGS Vector — … Read more
In March of 2018 an expedition team set off to explore the Kynoch Inlet fjord, Seaforth and Finlayson Channels and Fitz Hugh Sound in the Central Coast of British Columbia. Using a drop-camera, the team visually document life on the seafloor below 200 metres, at depths that had never before been scientifically surveyed. Watch highlights … Read more
Originally posted by Central Coast Indigenous Resource Alliance (CCIRA). On a March morning this spring, a group of scientists, educators, traditional knowledge holders, and resource managers gathered around a collection of screens on board the Canadian Coast Guard vessel Vector, with coffee cups in hand. They were tired from long days of work, but also excited … Read more
Last month, Oceana Canada and a team of expedition partners set sail off the Central Coast of British Columbia to document life on the seafloor. Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s submersible drop-camera was deployed to never-before-seen areas, diving below 200 metres. Here’s what we saw: Pom Pom Anemones A wall of pom pom sea anemones at … Read more
With the shared goal of ensuring that Canada’s oceans are healthy and abundant for the future, Oceana Canada and a group of diverse partners set off in early March to explore the Kynoch Inlet fjord, Seaforth and Finlayson Channels and Fitz Hugh Sound in the Central Coast of British Columbia. We explored ecologically, culturally and … Read more

Oceana Canada is working to safeguard forage fish and rebuild abundant schools of capelin, herring, mackerel, and sardines. A thriving ocean is one filled with these small fish. Forage fish fuel ecosystems and are foundational to Canada’s Ocean Comeback. They are an essential link in the food web, supporting ocean health, coastal tourism, and valuable fisheries — including lobster and crab.
Little Being, Big Foundation: Where Rebuilding Ocean Abundance Begins, Oceana Canada’s new report, provides the first national assessment of Canada’s 16 major forage fish stocks. It also brings forward the voices of people whose livelihoods, cultures, and communities depend on these little fish. The findings are clear: most forage fish are not healthy and lack adequate protection.
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