Ocean Economy

The ocean economy, sometimes called the blue economy, is larger and more interconnected than it appears from shore. Fisheries, shipping, aquaculture, offshore energy, Arctic infrastructure, marine technology, and coastal industries each have their own economics, their own governance structures, and their own relationship to ocean health. Understanding how they work is the starting point for understanding how finance can connect to ocean outcomes more deliberately.

This section profiles the industries that make up Canada’s ocean economy, the actors whose decisions determine how it functions, and the communities and nations whose futures depend on how well it is governed.