Rebecca Schijns, Fishery Scientist, Oceana Canada Canada’s wild fisheries are at a critical crossroads, facing depletion from overfishing, climate change and economic instability. With a growing global demand for seafood, Canada has a golden opportunity to rebuild healthy fish populations and secure economic prosperity for coastal communities. But there is a catch: how can Canada, ... Read more The post Reel Returns: The Economic Mandate for Rebuilding Fisheries appeared first on Oceana Canada ..read more

Global leaders will be descending on Ottawa, Ontario to make major decisions on how to address one of the biggest crises facing the planet: plastic pollution. The fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-4) to develop a treaty to address plastic pollution, including in the marine environment, will take place from April 23 to ... Read more The post INC-4 Explained: The Path to a Global Plastic Treaty appeared first on Oceana Canada ..read more

To kick off Earth Month, Oceana is shining a spotlight on one of the most pressing issues our oceans face: plastic pollution. Found floating on the ocean’s surface, washing up on the most remote coastlines, melting out of Arctic Sea ice and sitting on the deepest points of the ocean floor, plastic pervades every corner ... Read more The post 4 Ways to Tackle Plastic Pollution for Earth Month appeared first on Oceana Canada ..read more

Scientists with Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) no longer consider capelin in northeast Newfoundland and Labrador to be in the critical zone, but it’s not because there are more fish in the water. DFO scientists adjusted the benchmark for the critical zone designation, used to help identify fish populations that are struggling to recover to ... Read more The post Capelin are out of the critical zone but not out of troubled waters appeared first on Oceana Canada ..read more

Conducting research to advance our understanding of the oceans is critical to helping protect them: we can only save what we know. This Black History Month, we honour the Black scientists and marine biologists who have changed what we know about the marine realm and the animals that live there, helping to inform the conservation ... Read more The post Celebrating Black History Month with five marine biologists who changed our understanding of the ocean appeared first on Oceana Canada ..read more

In a world filled with challenges and uncertainties, it’s easy to overlook the waves of progress and positive change that ripple through the world of ocean conservation. As we bid farewell to 2023, join us as we take a moment to turn the spotlight onto good news stories, tales of ocean optimism and victories for ... Read more The post 10 Good News Stories from 2023 appeared first on Oceana Canada ..read more

How much do you really know about the ocean? A fun fact about the Oceana Canada team is that we love trivia, and now it’s your turn to play. This is a chance to test your knowledge about the ocean and the incredible animals that call it home.  The answers are at the bottom. Before ... Read more The post Canadian Ocean Trivia: Test Your Marine Knowledge  appeared first on Oceana Canada ..read more

In the cold, deep waters of the North Atlantic, Delilah, a critically endangered North Atlantic right whale navigates speeding ships and a jungle of fishing lines as she travels north on her hunt for food. She was first sighted in the Bay of Fundy, between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, but these waters have witnessed ... Read more The post Calvin: The story of survival for one critically endangered right whale  appeared first on Oceana Canada ..read more

This year many more Canadians have been directly harmed by climate change, with the hottest ocean temperatures ever recorded. The implications for fisheries and coastal communities are beginning to sink in.  Scientists estimate that the 2021 marine heatwaves in Pacific Canada killed more than a billion mussels, clams and other invertebrates. Hurricanes wrought havoc on ... Read more The post Seventh Fishery Audit Highlights Urgency to Address Climate Change and Rebuild Wild Fish appeared first on Oceana Canada ..read more

In the cold waters of Newfoundland and Labrador, capelin, a small forage fish, is in a crisis, threatening the delicate balance of this marine ecosystem. Capelin provides essential food for species such as puffins, cod and humpback whales.  Capelin have been overfished and critically depleted for 30 years and yet a commercial fishery still operates, ... Read more The post Rebuilding Capelin: Everybody’s Fish, Everybody’s Responsibility   appeared first on Oceana Canada ..read more