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Strengthening BC's Coastal Future BC OAH Action Forum March 3, 2026 On March 3, 2026 , the BC Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia (OAH) Action Forum , hosted by the Tula Foundation, was held at the Vancouver Island Conference Centre in Nanaimo. Forum Executive Summary Forum Outputs This gathering united scientists, government representatives, Indigenous groups, community members, and members of the seafood industry to reflect on progress made through BC’s OAH initiatives. Organizers aimed to chart the next phase toward protecting the province’s marine ecosystems and coastal economies from ocean acidification and hypoxia, two major stressors associated with climate change. Ocean acidification and hypoxia pose major risks to BC’s seafood industries, with projected losses in the hundreds of millions by 2050. In response, the Province of BC released the BC OAH Action Plan in 2023 , developed with input from scientists, communities, Indigenous groups, and government representatives. Since its release, the Province has invested $2 million into 11 OAH research and mitigation projects through the Climate Ready BC Seafood Program . The goals of the forum were to: Assess achievements and opportunities within the Climate Ready BC Seafood Program ; Summarize ongoing OAH mitigation efforts across all sectors; Document accomplishments and remaining needs under the BC OAH Action Plan; Bridge knowledge, networks, and efforts to foster long-term collaborations supporting sustainable OAH initiatives. The forum and its outputs will be critical in identifying priority next steps to help safeguard coastal resources against OAH, in alignment with the BC provincial governments Coastal Marine Strategy and Climate Preparedness and Adaptation Strategy. Missed the forum? Watch it here ! FORUM OUTPUTS BC OAH Action Forum Outputs GRAPHICAL SUMMARIES OTHER OUTPUTS Forum Executive Summary Report Forum Agenda Forum Abstract Booklet Full Forum Video Recording Climate Ready BC Seafood Documentary Animated video: OAH in BC BC OAH Action Plan Case Study: UN Decade OARS Programme Stay tuned for more! Relevant Links: BC OAH Action Plan Climate Ready BC Seafood Program

BECOME A MEMBER Add your voice to our Canadian Ocean Acidification Community of Practice! Whether you're a seasoned ocean scientist, aquaculture operator, fisher, community or government representative, student, or concerned individual, everyone is welcome! Stay in the know! Membership is always free and signing up to our mailing list gives you first access to our monthly newsletters, new resources, and other important updates for the OA community in Canada. Sign up below! Contact Us Join Team Canada Join us on the OA Info Exchange To receive more updates from the OA CoP and connect with the international OA community, please sign up for Team Canada on the OA Info Exchange! Join the OA Info Exchange How to join Team Canada on the OA Info Exchange: 1. Click the above button to request access and register for an OAIE account. 2. Once you've registered an account and have logged in, navigate to the TEAMS page. 3. On the TEAMS page, scroll down to Region Based Teams . Click on team CANADA . 4. On the TEAM CANADA page, click on the "JOIN TEAM " button on the top right corner of the page. 5. Congratulations! You've successfully joined TEAM CANADA! Follow us on social media!

WEBINARS AND VIDEOS Looking for our schedule of upcoming webinars and online events? Upcoming Events BROWSE OUR PAST PRESENTATIONS AND VIDEOS Documentary The Climate Ready BC Seafood Program This short documentary highlights some of the 11 projects funded by the Climate Ready BC Seafood Program. Learn more about how these groups are working to further our understand ocean acidification and hypoxia impacts BC to provide knowledge that will help enhance the resiliency of BC's seafood. Watch the documentary here ! Released April, 2026 Animation Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia in BC Learn about how ocean acidification and hypoxia impact British Columbia in this short animation, produced with support from the Province of British Columbia through the Climate Ready BC Seafood Program! Watch the animation here ! Released April, 2026 OA Week 2025 The state of Canada's ocean acidification knowledge Presented by: Kristina Barclay (OA CoP Coordinator) Learn about the current state of ocean acidification knowledge in Canada, as well as our OA CoP's community perspectives on potential pathways for OA Actions that are needed in Canada! Watch the recording here ! Date of presentation: October 15th, 2025 [NavHub] Webinar Canada's Ocean Acidification Community of Practice Presented by: Austin (OA CoP Coordinator) Learn about how the OA CoP is functioning to build Canada's ocean acidification community and some recent activities of the OA CoP! Watch the recording here ! Date of presentation: April 1st, 2022 OCEAN ACIDIFICATION A POEM BY SAMANTHA JONES The poem “Ocean Acidification” blends science and poetry to explore the challenges a high-CO2 world poses to the ocean and the species, ecosystems, and human communities that depend on it. Author Samantha Jones’ PhD research on carbon cycling in the Canadian Arctic inspired this work, which first appeared in WATCH YOUR HEAD (online) in March 2021 at https://www.watchyourhead.ca/ . OA Poem MASTS Webinar Canada's Ocean Acidification Community of Practice Presented by: Kristina Barclay (OA CoP Coordinator) Our Coordinator, Kristina shares some of our community-building strategies with the Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland. Watch the recording here ! Date of presentation: May 6, 2021 GOA-ON Webinar Canada's Ocean Acidification Community of Practice Presented by: Kristina Barclay (OA CoP Coordinator) Learn about how the OA CoP is working to build Canada's ocean acidification community and collaborate with other international OA groups. Watch the recording here ! Date of presentation: April 21, 2021 [NavHub] Webinar Canada's Ocean Acidification Community of Practice Presented by: Austin (OA CoP Coordinator) Learn about how the OA CoP is functioning to build Canada's ocean acidification community and some recent activities of the OA CoP! Watch the recording here ! Date of presentation: April 1st, 2022 OA CoP Webinar Source or Sink? A numerical modeling study of inorganic carbon fluxes on the Scotian Shelf Presented by: Krysten Rutherford (Ph.D. Candidate, Dalhousie University) In this webinar, guest presenter, Krysten Rutherford, shares with us some of her Ph.D. research examining inorganic carbon cycling off the coast of Nova Scotia. Watch the recording here ! Date of presentation: April 14, 2021 Krysten Rutherford Webinar MEOPAR Webinar Canada's Ocean Acidification Community of Practice Presented by: Kristina Barclay (OA CoP Coordinator) Learn more about how we're working to build Canada's ocean acidification community in this presentation for MEOPAR's 2021 webinar series. Watch the recording here ! Date of presentation: March 10, 2021 OA CoP Webinar Ocean Acidification Sensors an overview of currently available equipment and considerations to take when selecting sensors for your project Presented by: Patrick Duke (Ph.D. Student, University of Victoria) In this webinar, guest presenter, Patrick Duke, provides us with an overview of the currently available equipment and sensors for monitoring OA. Watch the recording here ! Date of presentation: January 30, 2020

SPECIES IMPACTS DUNGENESS CRAB AMERICAN LOBSTER PACIFIC OYSTER NORTHERN SHRIMP PINK SALMON SEAFOOD INDUSTRY OTHER SPECIES

SPONSORS AND PARTNERSHIPS FUNDERS The Ocean Acidification Community of Practice was initially formed in 2018 as part of Canada's Marine Environmental Observation Prediction and Response (MEOPAR) Network's efforts to form targeted communities of practice focused on knowledge mobilization and bringing together interdisciplinary groups to share resources and advance ocean research and community efforts across Canada. MEOPAR continues to support the OA CoP most recently as part of their Strategic Science Fund award. SPONSORS The OA CoP is a UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development endorsed project under the Ocean Acidification Research for Sustainability (OARS) Programme. PARTNERS AND COLLABORATORS

EXTERNAL RESOURCES Canadian OA Resources MEOPAR Resources International OA Resources Other Resources CANADIAN OA RESOURCES Governmental Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) Main OA page What is Ocean Acidification? Videos: Ocean Acidification and Canada Interview with Dr. Kumiko Azetsu-Scott DFO/NOAA OA Collaboration OA Publications: Ocean Acidification in Canada’s Coastal Waters Aquatic Climate Change Adaptation Services Program (ACCASP) publications Atlantic Zone Off-Shelf Monitoring Program (AZOMP) Atlantic Zone Monitoring Program (AZMP) Argo Canada: Main page Datasets British Columbia BC Climate Risk Assessment OA Action Plans/Case Studies: Province of British Columbia City of Vancouver Tsleil-Waututh Nation Other MEOPAR Research Projects: Observing and Responding to Pressures on Arctic Marine Ecosystems Canadian Ocean Acidification Research Project (COARP) Integrated Coastal Acidification Program (ICAP-2) Canadian Integrated Ocean Observing System (CIOOS) Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) Canadian OA Resources INTERNATIONAL OA RESOURCES Global Ocean Acidification Observing Network (GOA-ON) Ocean Acidification Research for Sustainability (OARS) Pier2Peer Mentorship Program GOA-ON Data Portal North American Hub Arctic Hub NE Atlantic Hub Ocean Acidification Information Exchange (OAIE) Team Canada International Alliance to Combat Ocean Acidification (OA Alliance) Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre (OA-ICC) The Commonwealth Blue Charter Action Group on Ocean Acidification Home Page Policymakers’ Handbook for Addressing the Impacts of Ocean Acidification IOOS Partners cross Coast Ocean Acidification Data Portal (IPACOA) Ocean Acidification Curriculum Collection NOAA Ocean Acidification Program (OAP) Ocean Acidification Data Stewardship Project (OADS) PMEL Carbon Group Coastal Acidification Networks: Alaska Ocean Acidification Network (AOAN) Northeast Coastal Acidification Network (NECAN) Mid-Atlantic Coastal Acidification Network (MACAN) California Current Acidification Network (C-CAN) Gulf of Mexico Coastal Acidification Network (G-CAN) Southeast Ocean and Coastal Acidification Network (SOCAN) US Interagency Working Group on Ocean Acidification (IWG-OA) Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SoCAT) Ocean Acidification Research Center (Alaska) OA Day of Action (sponsored by The Ocean Foundation) International Symposia on the Ocean in a High CO2 World 5th Symposium (Lima, Peru, 2022) 4th Symposium (Hobart, Australia, 2016) National Academies A Research Strategy for Ocean Carbon Dioxide Removal and Sequestration International OA Resources MEOPAR RESOURCES MEOPAR Home Page Communities of Practice Coast and Ocean Risk Communication (CORC) Ocean Data Management Network on Coastal, Oceans and Lake Optics Remote Sensing (NetColor) Canadian Coastal Resilience Forum (CCRF) Canadian Marine Shipping Risk Forum (CMSRF) Canadian NEMO Ocean Modeling Forum (NEMO) Canadian Ocean Mapping Research and Education Network (COMREN) MEOPAR Research Projects Browse Research projects Observing and Responding to Pressures on Arctic Marine Ecosystems Canadian Ocean Acidification Research Project (COARP) Integrated Coastal Acidification Program (ICAP-2) Training Opportunities MEOPAR Resources Canada Fisheries and Oceans Canada Bedford Institute of Oceanography St. Andrews Biological Station Pacific Biological Station POLAR Canadian Integrated Observing System (CIOOS) CIOOS Pacific St. Lawrence Global Observatory (SLGO) CIOOS Atlantic Ocean Networks Canada Hakai Institute Glider groups Ocean Gliders Canada C-PROOF DFO Coastal Ocean Glider Group Coastal Environmental Observation Technology and Research (CEOTR) Ocean Research in Canada Alliance (ORCA) Canada and the UN Ocean Decade Takuvik ArcticNet Bamfield Marine Science Centre Climate Action Series Ocean Frontier Institute Ocean Tracking Network Ocean Week Canada Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions Resilient-C Canada Canadian Healthy Oceans Network Argo Canada International UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development Sustainable Development Goal 14: Life Below Water Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC-UNESCO) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) IOOS and Ocean Acidification Regions The Ocean Foundation Ocean Visions Smartfin Global Ocean Biogeochemistry Array (GO-BGC) ARGO FLOAT Array Other Marine and Climate Resources OTHER MARINE AND CLIMATE RESOURCES The MEOPAR Ocean Acidification Community of Practice takes no responsibility for the content, publications, products, funders, or services of linked websites, nor any views expressed on external sites. Links to other websites are included for resource sharing, transparency and convenience only.

OA CoP ACTION PLAN RESOURCES FOR THE CLASSROOM Governments across the world use action plans to help solve problems facing the world. Action Plans can be used by more people than just governments; they can be used by any individual or group that is faced with a problem! The OA CoP has created an educational resource outlining how to design an Action Plan of your own that can be used to address OA in your community and beyond! This resource is targeted for students but could be used by anyone looking to make an action plan! Action Plan Worksheet What was the impact of your class, group, or individual project? We would love to hear about your success stories! Success stories can be featured on our website and social media! Teachers Guide Our OA CoP team is excited to help any and all groups that use this resource. We are happy to help teach this lesson virtually and give more information on ocean acidification in Canada. If you are interested in a member of our team coming into your classroom or visiting your group please reach out to our community coordinator at coordinator@oceanacidification.ca !

ARCTIC Map of Canada's OA Resources Explore OA monitoring assets, experimental infrastructure, and modelling domains in your region! OA in Canada Paper Learn more about OA monitoring, experiments, models, policies, and more in Arctic Canada in our new paper: OA in Canada: the current state of knowledge and pathways for action StoryMap Coming soon! Species Impacts Learn more about how Arctic species in Canada are impacted by OA! Share your project! Collecting OA data in Arctic Canada? Have an ongoing (or past) OA project? We want to hear from you! Find an Expert Looking to connect with an OA expert in your area? Check out or OA in Canada Expert Database! From the Blog Explore our updates and blog stories from Arctic Canada! Atlantic Blog Feed FROM THE BLOG New Paper: Ocean Acidification in Canada: the current state of knowledge and pathways for action OA CoP Feb 13 OA Day of Action 2026 OA CoP Jan 8 October 2025 Updates OA CoP Oct 29, 2025 OA Week 2025 OA CoP Oct 27, 2025 OA CoP Strategic Planning "What We Heard" Report OA CoP Oct 14, 2025 July 2025 Updates OA CoP Jul 30, 2025 1 2 3 4 5

REGIONS Learn more about the OA research and resources available across Canada: PACIFIC ARCTIC ATLANTIC

RESOURCES New! OA in Canada Paper Learn about OA science, policies, and more in our new paper: OA in Canada: the current state of knowledge and pathways for action New! OA in Canada Publications Database Browse our database of OA in Canada publications. Zotero version available! New! OA CoP Strategic Planning "What We Heard" Report Read the final "What We Heard " report from our OA CoP community strategic planning meeting held in April, 2025! DFO-NOAA Collaboration Resources Explore resources created to highlight the research, activities, and initiatives supported by the DFO/NOAA OA Collaboration! New! Species Impacts Resources Browse our Species Impacts page to learn about our current knowledge of OA impacts of species and seafood industries in Canada! OA Action Plans in Canada Learn more about some of the existing OA action plans in Canada and explore resources to help make your own! Webinars and Videos Want to learn more about OA resources and work happening across Canada? Explore our past webinars and video resources! External Resources Check out our list of OA, climate action, and ocean-based resources from Canada and beyond! New! OA in Canada Expert Database Looking to connect with an OA expert on a particular topic in your area? Explore our expert database! New and improved! Map of Canada's OA Resources Discover more about the people, facilities, current and past projects investigating OA in your area! Ocean Acidification a poem by Samantha Jones The poem “Ocean Acidification” blends science and poetry to explore the challenges a high-CO2 world poses to our world. Share your OA Projects! Working on an OA project you want us to share with the OA community in Canada? Share it here!

BC OAH ACTION PLAN In 2023, the Province of British Columbia published the BC Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia Action Plan . The BC OAH Action Plan was developed in response to a 2019 provincial Preliminary Strategic Climate Risk Assessment (as a part of B.C.’s Climate Preparedness and Adaptation Strategy) that identified ocean acidification as a significant climate change-related risk to the Province's seafood sector. Concurrently, the Province launched the Climate Ready BC Seafood Program , managed by the Tula Foundation, which provides $2 million in funding over two years (April 1, 2024 - March 31, 2026) for eleven projects that support the actions of the BC OAH Action Plan. A BC OAH Action Forum was held on March 3, 2026 to assess achievements of the Climate Ready BC Seafood Program, identify next steps and priority actions needed, and foster collaboration to continue advancing OAH initiatives in BC. Outputs from the forum, including a short documentary on the Climate Ready BC Seafood Program , will be ongoing and can be found on the Forum webpage . Learn more: BC OAH Action Plan Scientific Assessment for the BC OAH Action Plan Climate Ready BC Seafood Program (and documentary! ) BC OAH Action Forum