Oceans Initiative operates at the interface of science, conservation, and policy to engage in a use-inspired, collaborative approach to conducting research and communications. We identify data gaps and work to fill them in order to provide managers with the information they need to make brave, smart conservation decisions
Although, they work globally, YachtingBC is supporting their work here in the Broughton Archipelago with the Pacific Whitesided Dolphin focused on further cataloging the dolphins and testing both audio and visual instruments that could dramatically impact the bycatch issues with the species.
The Marine Education and Research Society (MERS) is a registered Canadian charity dedicated to promoting conservation and understanding of marine ecosystems through scientific research, environmental education, and marine wildlife response.
Their work revolves around three key pillars: research, education, and response. With a research focus on whales, they are driven to understand and reduce anthropogenic impacts on marine species. Their research directly influences educational efforts to motivate behavioural change to reduce threats and inspire stewardship.
The Pacific Salmon Foundation, founded in 1987, is a non-profit environmental organization dedicated to making transformational change for the benefit of Pacific salmon at every scale – from the smallest streams to the open ocean.
PSF is actively funding community partners who are restoring spawning habitat, replanting native vegetation along key salmon streams and undertaking research into migration impediments. We must advance this work, prioritizing habitat for high-risk species and introducing coordinated land-water management plans that include salmon.
YachtAid Global, a registered 501c3 founded in 2006, operates at the highest levels of international non-profit work, providing disaster relief, humanitarian aid, and conservation programs across coastal communities worldwide.
Their initiatives engage the yachting community’s generosity and unique assets already in place to save lives, alleviate suffering, improve the planet, and build stronger coastal communities.
Victoria Hand Project is a unique program based here in BC that provides prosthetic arms to amputees in-need worldwide.
By harnessing the power of 3D printing technology combined with traditional, tried-and-true methods familiar to local clinicians, their prosthetic arms are delivered to amputees in-need across the world.
Marine Weather Forecast
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