Grants and Contributions:
Title:
Biodiversity Monitoring for Coastal Resiliency in Tsawout Nation's QEN, T Marine Protected Area
Agreement Number:
1022131
Agreement Value:
$89,000.00
Agreement Date:
Sep 1, 2024 - Aug 31, 2026
Description:
Tsawout First Nation (TFN) recently declared the QEN,T Marine Protected Area to reclaim oversight and management of rights and title to their unceded traditional territory. With Cascadia Seaweed Nature-based Solutions and the NRC, this study will initiate baseline scientific understanding of how fish, plankton, and marine microbial communities, as well as oceanographic variables, vary across three habitats within the QEN,T Marine Protected Area: the ȽEL¸TOS / James Island Kelp Farm (primarily Sugar kelp (Saccharina latissima), a wild canopy-forming kelp bed (Bull kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana), and an adjacent non-vegetated pelagic habitat. The Project will employ cutting-edge monitoring technologies including underwater video, computer vision, metabarcoding, and multiparameter oceanographic sampling equipment. Outcomes include data and knowledge about biological and environmental fluctuations across kelp habitats, and capacity, experience, and knowledge about approaches to monitoring these habitats, ultimately informing longer-term management strategies via inclusion in the TFN’s Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area (IPCA) marine management plan.
Organization:
National Research Council Canada
Expected Results:
In the short term, anticipated outcomes will be strengthened collaborations across industry, academia, and government to support research excellence. In the medium term, anticipated outcomes will be the development of new and potentially disruptive technologies with collaborators. In the long term, find collaborative solutions to public policy challenges and create stronger innovation systems.
Location:
Saanichton, British Columbia, CA V8M 2E4
Reference Number:
172-2024-2025-Q2-1022131
Agreement Type:
Grant
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Business Number:
108144320
Recipient Type:
Government
Recipient's Legal Name:
Tsawout First Nation
Federal Riding Name:
Saanich--Gulf Islands
Federal Riding Number:
59029
Program:
Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program - Collaborative R&D Initiatives
Program Purpose:
Collaborate on multiparty research and development programs to catalyze transformative, high-risk, high-reward research with the potential for game-changing scientific discoveries and technological breakthroughs in priority areas.
NAICS Code:
541710 - R&D in the physical, engineering and life sciences