#Oceans
Our oceans are home to millions of awe-inspiring creatures, and part of the cultural heritage of millions of coastal peoples in Canada and worldwide. Life on our blue planet depends on healthy oceans, but scientists warn that sea life could face the next mass extinction. Urgent action is needed to protect all life in our oceans, large and small, and to support people who live by the ocean and rely on it for their livelihoods. Next to climate change, overfishing is the single greatest threat to marine biodiversity. Populations of ocean life are in dramatic decline because of a growing demand for fish. An already out of control industry is hunting sea life faster than it can repopulate, and industrial fish farming is putting wild stocks at risk. In addition, pollution – including plastic and harmful chemicals – is infiltrating food chains, harming wildlife and destroying the sheer beauty of our seas and coastlines. Our oceans need to recover and flourish. With your support, we can take action that protects them. Join us.
Things you can do
We want you to take action because together we’re strong.
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The ocean is not for sale: stop the deep sea mining code
Add your name to demand that Canada lock the seabed out of reach for extractive industries.
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Stop Deep Sea Mining
We need Canada to stop deep sea mining before it starts. Join the campaign now.
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Protect the Oceans
The seas provide half of our oxygen, food for a billion people, and a home for some of the most spectacular wildlife on Earth. But the impacts of climate change, pollution and destructive industries mean they’re in more danger than ever.
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Double victory: deep sea mining plans halted in the Arctic and Pacific
Norway and the Cook Islands announced a pause to their deep sea mining plans, showing evidence of the growing opposition around the world to this disastrous industry.
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Did someone say MOU? Reading between the lines of Mark Carney’s plan to build an oil pipeline from Alberta to the BC coast
The Carney government’s MOU with the Government of Alberta to build a new tar sands pipeline rolls back key climate policies and attacks Indigenous rights.
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Why over 40 organizations oppose northwest coast oil pipeline and tankers project
It is not in the national interest to pursue a project that pits province against province, runs roughshod over Indigenous rights, and puts local economies and north Pacific coastal and marine ecosystems at risk.