For Communities
For Communities
For over a decade, Oceans North has been working in deep partnership with Indigenous and coastal communities across the Arctic and Atlantic to address the unprecedented environmental changes taking place in these regions. Many of these communities are inextricably intertwined with ocean ecosystems and are seeing them transform first hand.
Whether they are harvesting for their communities or catching fish to export, many people depend on healthy oceans for their way of life. Our work is focused on ensuring this can continue and helping Indigenous peoples monitor and manage their waters, creating jobs in communities and providing information that will help us understand how the ocean is changing.s
How Indigenous Harvesting Supports Good Health
Recent research in Eeyou Istchee has highlighted the benefits that harvesting has not just for wildlife management and culture, but also for the health of the people who do it. The region’s unique annual income program for harvesters could be a model for other communities and areas.
Working with First Nations Fishers on the Boats of the Future
Oceans North is working with Membertou and other partners in Nova Scotia to develop electric lobster vessels and charging infrastructure, which will reduce harmful emissions while setting the stage for Canadian leadership in the fishing and boatbuilding industries.
A New Arctic Monitoring Network
Oceans North is supporting an ambitious program to deploy hydrophones throughout the Canadian Arctic and Greenland, which will help communities monitor industrial impacts and give insight into one of the planet’s most pristine soundscapes.
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