Canadian delegation encourages global action in protecting the ocean at the 2022 United Nations Ocean Conference in Lisbon – Canada NewsWire

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LISBON, Portugal, July 4, 2022 /CNW/ – The world is at a pivotal moment when it comes to the health of our oceans and the marine life within them. The health of the ocean is front and centre on the global agenda because of its relationship with the health of our changing climate, its ability to support coastal livelihoods and our reliance on it to meet a growing demand for clean energy, low-carbon food, and other sustainable resources. 
This unprecedented attention comes with the expectation that governments take concrete, coordinated and measurable actions to protect them – and that we do so urgently.  
From June 27 to July 1, 2022, the Honourable Joyce Murray, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, led Canada’s delegation to the UN Ocean Conference (UNOC) in Lisbon, Portugal. The conference was an opportunity for Canada to meet bilaterally with likeminded countries on ocean issues and advance priorities like sustainable fisheries, protecting 25 per cent of marine space by 2025 while advocating for 30 per cent by 2030 and developing a blue economy.
Canada fulfilled its objectives for the meeting by:
The Canadian delegation also took the opportunity to invite the ocean community to the Fifth International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC5), a UN Ocean Decade endorsed event, that will take place in Vancouver February 3-9, 2023. Canada will host this global forum, alongside the Host First Nations (Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh), bringing together ocean conservation experts and high-level officials to inform, inspire and act on marine protected areas.
"Canada is proudly taking multiple actions to tackle the challenges facing our ocean. I was honoured to lead the Canadian delegation at the UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon where together we advanced our shared goal of keeping ocean ecosystems safe, healthy and productive. I’m looking forward to building on what we achieved, at IMPAC5 next February."
The Honourable Joyce Murray, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard
SOURCE Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) Canada
For further information: Claire Teichman, Press Secretary, Office of the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, 604-679-5462, [email protected]; Media Relations: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 613-990-7537, [email protected]
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