Protecting oceans

Marine conservation targets, bioregions, marine protected areas, network planning, oceans management.

Most requested

Conservation targets, Oceans Act Marine Protected Areas and conservation networks, other area-based conservation measures, minimizing ocean noise.

Marine planning, management and knowledge coordination to fulfill Canada’s Oceans Act commitment to integrated ocean management.

National, international and Indigenous-led collaboration on ocean conservation.

Events, activities, everyday actions, toolkits.

Cold-water coral and sponge conservation initiatives, measures and research, conservation area data, new species discovered.

Funding opportunities for protection and conservation of oceans, species, and ecosystems.

Bill C-55, An Act to amend the Oceans Act and the Canada Petroleum Resources Act, received Royal Assent on May 27, 2019.

Canada supports the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (Ocean Decade).