Ocean Decade Collaborative Center for the Northeast Pacific

Tomorrow at 1030am PT ✨ Join us as we discuss different initiatives that monitor #HarmfulAlgalBlooms across the Northeast Pacific 🦪🦀🌊 Register for FREE at the link 🔗https://lnkd.in/gtwbx8X4

Thursday May 23 ➡️ Join us in a discussion about how monitoring and testing #HarmfulAlgalBlooms can improve awareness around food security for coastal communities 🦪🦀🌊 Learn more & register at the link! 🔗https://lnkd.in/gtwbx8X4 UN Ocean Decade Washington Sea Grant California Sea Grant Oregon Sea Grant Alaska Sea Grant

In March I was lucky enough to meet up in-person with a bunch of “my people” - Basking Shark enthusiasts! - while attending the Northeast Pacific Shark Symposium (NEPSS), a biennial meeting of shark researchers from Alaska to Baja California, this year hosted by the #SeattleAquarium. We talked of knowledge to action, and importantly, hope. Read our Workshop Report and spread the word! 💙 🦈 https://lnkd.in/gmmtVtSB Salish Sea Institute Ocean Decade Collaborative Center for the Northeast Pacific #BaskingShark #sharks #sharkworkshop #NEPSS

New People of the UN Ocean Decade article!✨ Astrid Delorme leads the #STORAGE project - which tries to better understand the transformation and transportation of #marinedebris through studying storage capacity of plastic debris on beaches🧃🗑️⛱️ Read more 🔗https://lnkd.in/gvig4RHN

Hakai Institute scientist and HI-BON project partner Colleen Kellogg reminds us that HI-BON takes a holistic approach to eDNA work 🧬🌿 monitoring #biodiversity across all domains of life from the cradle to the grave🪼🐟💧 Learn more about the work of HI-BON 🔗https://lnkd.in/gkGhmPKP

Hakai Institute just wrapped up the 2024 Quadra Island BioBlitz! 🪱🪼🦪🐌 Scientists are working to log and publicly upload all the exciting specimens found on B.C.'s coast during these intense 3 weeks of surveys! 🌊 Read more at the link below 👇

New featured resource ✨ #BaskingSharks are the 2nd largest fish on the planet 🌊 and have virtually disappeared from Northeast Pacific waters🌲 View the report to learn about how we can better understand and turn the tide on this fascinating species 🦈 🔗 https://lnkd.in/ge75KyxJ

How can we solve mysteries about our natural world that aren't visible to the human eye? 🪼🐡🌿 eDNA is a non-invasive method helping scientists understand more about our ecosystems 🧬The Hakai Institute takes us through this process in a new video! 📹

As our climate changes, certain species of blooming phytoplankton can produce harmful toxins called #HarmfulAlgalBlooms that can have negative effects on humans, fish, and shellfish 🪸🦪🐟Join us May 23 for a special #DecadeDialogue on HABS in the NEP!🌲 🔗https://lnkd.in/gtwbx8X4

Tula cofounder and codirecter Eric Peterson sat down with Canada's National Observer’s Rochelle Baker in March to discuss the donation of $92 million to Tula, as well as the donation of 55 acres of land to the BC Parks Foundation for future incorporation into the Hakai Lúxvbálís Conservancy. Our thanks to Rochelle for a thoughtful and in-depth piece on this legacy, which you can read here: https://bit.ly/48WN4S9 #Conservation #Philanthropy #CoastalResearch