Media Advisory - Government of Canada Announces New Elements to Safeguard Marine Protected Areas and to Help Meet Marine Conservation Targets

VANCOUVER, BC, Feb. 7, 2023 /CNW/ - The Honourable Joyce Murray, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, and the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada and the Minister responsible for Parks Canada, will jointly announce new key elements that will help Canada safeguard areas of our oceans that need protection, and that will help us meet the ambitious target of conserving 25 per cent of Canada's oceans by 2025 and 30 per cent by 2030.

Date:	Wednesday, February 8, 2023
Time:	9:00 a.m. PST
Location:	Vancouver Convention Centre, Room 201
	1055 Canada Place, Vancouver, BC V6C 0C3

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• On-site participation in this event is for IMPAC5-accredited media only.
• Media must be in possession of an accreditation badge to access the venue. If you are not already registered, please allow time to obtain your badge.

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About IMPAC5

IMPAC5, the Fifth International Marine Protected Areas Congress, is where the world will come together and take a stand to protect the global ocean. From 3 – 9 February, 2023, ocean conservation professionals, leaders and decision-makers will attend IMPAC5 in Vancouver, Canada, to learn, share and chart a course towards protecting 30 per cent of the global ocean by 2030. The IMPAC5 high-level segment, the Leadership Forum (on February 9), has invited international ministers and decision makers to chart a course towards achieving the marine conservation targets negotiated as part of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Goals.

SOURCE Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) Canada

Matthew Dillon, Director of Communications, Office of the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, 613-992-3474, [email protected]; Media Relations: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 613-990-7537, [email protected]