Stories from our oceans
Our Purpose
Canada’s coastal communities flourish when fish, whales and sea life thrive. But less than 10% of Canada’s oceans are protected and some marine protected areas allow damaging activities like drilling and bottom-trawling.
The federal government has promised to protect 10% of Canada’s oceans by 2020. Let’s make sure they reach that goal with marine protected areas that ban oil and gas, mining, bottom trawling, open net pen aquaculture and tidal turbines in ecologically-rich marine protected areas.
SeaBlue is a movement of Canadians holding government accountable for protecting our oceans and the fragile sea life that lives there.
SeaBlue Canada is a collaboration of six organizations with a combined 225 years of protecting Canada’s land and water. We are Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, David Suzuki Foundation, Ecology Action Centre, Oceans North, WWF Canada, and West Coast Environmental Law.
We’re working together to ensure Canada protects its oceans, both for our grandchildren and for the sea life we depend on.
Join us as we work towards 2020 and defending places where marine life can thrive!

Progress in Canadian Ocean Law: 2015-2019
In 2015, Ministerial mandate letters charged three federal Ministers with responsibility for reforms on fisheries, protected areas, shipping, and wildlife protection. These commitments have resulted in tremendous change in the ocean’s legal landscape in Canada. A new report charts this progress.

In four short years, Canada’s ocean protection has increased by leaps and bounds
Since 2015, Canada has considerably increased both the quality and the quantity of ocean protection in Canadian waters.

Updates to Canada’s Oceans Act are a welcome change for ocean protection
Bill C-55, which includes important and much-needed changes to Canada’s Oceans Act recently passed royal assent. The Oceans Act has particular significance for marine conservation, as it is Canada’s marine protection and management law.

The federal government says it has protected almost 8% of Canada’s oceans. Here’s why its math is questionable
Canada is making rapid progress in meeting its pledge to protect at least 10 per cent of its marine and coastal areas by 2020. But conservation advocates question the federal government’s math.

Delivering effective conservation action through MPAs, to secure ocean health & sustainable development
Canada’s ocean protection ripple could become a wave. Now that Canada is finally creating marine protected areas, let’s work hard to get it right.

Applying IUCN’s Global Conservation Standards to Marine Protected Areas
Delivering effective conservation action through MPAs, to secure ocean health & sustainable development
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Resources
- Advice for Consideration in the Process to Implement Minimum Standards of the National Advisory Panel on MPA Standards
- SeaBlue Feedback on Canada’s OECM Guidance
- RE: Parks Canada’s document “What We Heard: National Marine Conservation Areas Policy and Regulations.”
- Top 10 Recommendations for an Amended Oceans Act
- WCELA Submission on Bill C-55, An Act to amend the Oceans Act and the Canada Petroleum Resources Act
- A Path to 2020 and Beyond: Protection of Canada’s Oceans
- Establishing Effective Marine Protected Areas: Proposed Amendments to Bill C-55
- Oceans20 – Oceans Act Workshop Materials