June 2026
Canada's marine stewardship funding is building out fast, but almost all of it is still public money. This month's signals point to the missing piece: structures that let private capital price ocean risk and come in at scale.
Blue Currents
August 2026
Canada and British Columbia committed $106.5 million to a new fisheries fund. The taxonomy consultation closed on whether Indigenous consent is a condition or a disclosure. Four dry months in Panama turned into fewer ships through the canal.
Blue Currents
July 2026
Canada and Quebec put $50 million into a fisheries fund that cannot move money until September. Nineteen Indigenous communities received search-and-rescue boats. Ocean-finance standards are being written for regulators internationally. Canada has no equivalent.
Blue Currents
May 2026
A monthly update on how finance is connecting to ocean outcomes in Canada.
Blue Currents
April 2026
A monthly update on how finance is evolving to support ocean stewardship in Canada.