SEABLUE CANADA

SeaBlue Canada was founded in 2016 by four Canadian environmental non-governmental organizations (ENGOs) as a response to the Government of Canada's pledge to protect 10 percent of the marine environment by 2020. By 2020 the coalition had grown to include seven partners, and the Government of Canada had exceeded their goal by just over 4 percent. During this period, SeaBlue partners also collaborated on publications including recommendations for other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs) and the minimum protection standards, conducted polling and collaborated on numerous other activities to ensure policies were robust, effective and equitable, and targets were being met. As both individual organizations and collectively, SeaBlue Canada partners work on local, provincial and national projects on all three of Canada's coasts. Individually and collectively, we seek to foster and establish partnerships with Indigenous communities and governments, local communities, industry..