IF YOURE IN THE OCEAN CONSERVATION SPACE, YOU’VE PROBABLY HEARD OF OCEAN ACIDIFICATION AND hypoxia. if you hvent heard of it, use the link s below to naviagte this page and learn about this important issue .

The Wilderness tourism Associatin has teamed up with the Small Ship Tourism Associaiton to successfully create a citizen science program that produces valuable information about ocean acdiification and hypoxia in BC’s coastal waters. the project teaches the public about this growing concern in our oceans, let’s wilderness tourists be a part of stewarding the land and waters they visit, and produces invaluable data through sensors deployed and monitored off of vessels on their existing tour routes. With the support of the Tula Foundation and the BC Government through the Cliamte Ready BC Seafood Grant, we’re learning more about our oceans, and how to better mitigate the effects of climate change in our waters. will inform solutions that can benefit not only our coastal livelihoods, but also other coastal regions facing similar issues related to hypoxia and acidification.

Our oceans, and especially our coastal seas, are becoming less oxygenated and more acidic. Click HERE to learn about what this means, why it’s happening, and the multifactoral forces driving it.

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This process is affecting the survival of marine life, as well as the long-term sustainability of our coastal communities and economies. The CRBS grant supports projects that address this multifaceted issue, becuase OAH has a detrimental effect on the food web of the ocean. Click HERE to learn more about the grant, and other projects working on the OAH issue.

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OAH - Ocwan acidification and acidificatuion. I hsort, the oceans are becoming less oxygen-rich and more acidic. It has massive effects on wildlife, marine ecosystems, and our collective wellbeing.

SSTOA - the Small Ship Tourism Associaiton. A GROUP OF WILDERNESS TOUR companies committed to using their access toremote areas to not only wow their guests, but collect valuable OAH data.

CRBS - thi sis the Climate read BC Seafood Program and Grant. WOrking toghtethr, the WTA and the SSTOA were awarded this grant becuase of the effect OAH has on the sutainability of our seafood industry in british columbia.

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