Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) is highlighting its role in supporting research into nature-based climate solutions and sustainable aquaculture practices through a collaborative project with Cascadia Seaweed. The two-year partnership focused on environmental monitoring off the west coast of Vancouver Island to understand the relationship between kelp forests and fish biodiversity. Cascadia Seaweed received $1.8-million through the British Columbia Salmon Restoration and Innovation Fund to complete the project and sought ONC's expertise as global leaders in marine observatory operations and data management solutions. “When seeking support to meet the challenges of understanding the oceanographic conditions in and outside of our kelp farms, which involved gathering and managing thousands of oceanographic data points, ONC was an obvious partner for us,” said Colin Bates, Cascadia Seaweed’s senior research scientist. “Their expertise and experience with sensors, keeping instruments safe in the field, and processing data really set us up for success. Further, open access to Oceans 3.0 ensured that our data were easily publicly available, which was really important to us.”