Climate Ready BC Seafood Program

Strengthening BC's Coastal Future
CLIMATE READY BC SEAFOOD PROGRAM

Credit: Bennet Whitnell, Videographer, Tula Foundation

Lead Organizations

Tula Foundation, Hakai Institute
Province of British Columbia

Project Description

With support from British Columbia’s Ministry of Agriculture and Food, the Tula Foundation is delivering the Climate Ready B.C. Seafood Program. This program will provide $1.7 million in funding to support actions identified in the B.C. Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia (OAH) Action Plan. The B.C. OAH Action Plan was developed with support from an advisory committee and input from scientists, community members, aquaculture and fisheries representatives, Indigenous, Local, Provincial, and Federal governments. The Action Plan highlights the impacts of ocean acidification and hypoxia on marine organisms and ecosystems, with resulting effects on aquaculture and wild capture fisheries.

Read the B.C. OAH Action Plan:

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/environment/climate-change/adaptation/climate-risks/bc-ocean-acidification-hypoxia-action-plan.pdf

The B.C. OAH Action Plan is supported by a comprehensive scientific assessment: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/environment/climate-change/adaptation/climate-risks/bc-ocean-acidification-hypoxia-scientific-assessment.pdf

The Climate Ready B.C. Seafood program is addressing priorities identified in the Action Plan and aims to fund projects to support coastal communities in understanding, mitigating, and adapting to the impacts of OAH on B.C.'s oceans and coasts. In particular, the program will fund projects that support four key program areas:

● Advancing scientific understanding of ocean acidification and hypoxia (OAH)
● Collaborations, knowledge transfer, awareness and understanding related to OAH
● Mitigation, adaptation and resilience to OAH
● Interactions between Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal approaches and OAH

Awards Announced!

The Tula Foundation is pleased to announce that funding awards have been selected for the Climate Ready B.C. Seafood Program. Eleven proposals were selected for funding as they displayed strong alignments with program priorities, meaningful collaborations and high impact on understanding B.C. OAH. Successful proposal applicants include industry associations, research institutions, Indigenous communities and organizations, and non-profit organizations. Many successful proposals displayed strong collaborations and partnerships across stakeholders and rights holders. Projects will run from April 1, 2024 to March 31,2026.

Full List of Awards

Save the Date!

On March 3, 2026, the BC Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia (OAH) Action Forum, hosted by the Tula Foundation, will be held at the Vancouver Island Conference Centre in Nanaimo.

Learn more:

BC OAH Action Forum event page