Canadian Government Announces $46.5 Million for Deepsea Research

Joyce Murray, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, listens during the opening ceremony at the International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC5), in Vancouver, on Feb. 3, 2023. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

The federal government is investing more than $46 million over the next five years to see what’s under Canada’s oceans and then protect it.

Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray said understanding of the marine environment is “relatively meagre” given that oceans cover 70 per cent of the Earth’s surface.