Reference number : 172-2024-2025-Q2-1022131, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Tsawout First Nation, recipient country : CA, recipient province : BC, recipient city : Saanichton|Saanichton, recipient postal code : V8M 2E4, program name english : Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program - Collaborative R&D Initiatives, program name french : Programme de collaboration en science, en technologie et en innovation - Initiatives de collaboration en R-D, program purpose english : Collaborate on multiparty research and development programs to catalyze transformative, high-risk, high-reward research with the potential for game-changing scientific discoveries and technological breakthroughs in priority areas., program purpose french : Collaborer à des programmes multipartites de recherche-développement dans le but de profiter de la synergie entre la recherche transformatrice à haut risque et à haut rendement et le potentiel de découvertes scientifiques et de percées technologiques révolutionnaires dans des secteurs d’intervention prioritaires., agreement title english : Biodiversity Monitoring for Coastal Resiliency in Tsawout Nation's QEN, T Marine Protected Area, agreement title french : Surveillance de la biodiversité pour la résilience côtière dans l'aire marine protégée QEN,T de la nation Tsawout, agreement number : 1022131, agreement value : 89000.0, agreement start date : 2024-09-01, agreement end date : 2026-08-31, description english : Tsawout First Nation (TFN) recently declared the QEN,T Marine Protected Area to reclaim oversight and management of rights and title to their unceded traditional territory. With Cascadia Seaweed Nature-based Solutions and the NRC, this study will initiate baseline scientific understanding of how fish, plankton, and marine microbial communities, as well as oceanographic variables, vary across three habitats within the QEN,T Marine Protected Area: the ȽEL¸TOS / James Island Kelp Farm (primarily Sugar kelp (Saccharina latissima), a wild canopy-forming kelp bed (Bull kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana), and an adjacent non-vegetated pelagic habitat. The Project will employ cutting-edge monitoring technologies including underwater video, computer vision, metabarcoding, and multiparameter oceanographic sampling equipment. Outcomes include data and knowledge about biological and environmental fluctuations across kelp habitats, and capacity, experience, and knowledge about approaches to monitoring these habitats, ultimately informing longer-term management strategies via inclusion in the TFN’s Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area (IPCA) marine management plan., description french : Surveillance de la biodiversité pour la résilience côtière dans l'aire marine protégée QEN,T de la nation Tsawout, expected results english : In the short term, anticipated outcomes will be strengthened collaborations across industry, academia, and government to support research excellence. In the medium term, anticipated outcomes will be the development of new and potentially disruptive technologies with collaborators. In the long term, find collaborative solutions to public policy challenges and create stronger innovation systems., expected results french : À court terme, les résultats prévus seront des collaborations renforcées entre l'industrie, le milieu universitaire et le gouvernement pour soutenir l'excellence en recherche. À moyen terme, les résultats attendus seront le développement de nouvelles technologies potentiellement perturbatrices avec des collaborateurs. À long terme, trouver des solutions collaboratives aux défis des politiques publiques et créer des systèmes d'innovation plus solides., additional information english : nan, additional information french : nan, owner organization : nrc-cnrc, owner organization title : National Research Council Canada | Conseil national de recherches Canada