Meet Meaghen McCord: CCIRA’s New Executive Director
On behalf of the Board of Directors, the Central Coast Indigenous Resource Alliance (CCIRA) is pleased to announce that Meaghen…
Coastal Leaders Celebrate Great Bear Sea Financing Initiative
Photos: Emilee Gilpin Coastal First Nations, Na̲nwak̲olas Council and Coast Funds, along with the federal and provincial governments and philanthropic…
What is the NMCAR Feasibility Assessment?
In November 2022, Central Coast Nations signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the governments of Canada and British Columbia…
Why We’re Exploring an NMCAR for Our Coast
Central Coast Nations are undergoing a feasibility assessment, in collaboration with Parks Canada and the BC Government, to decide whether…
Ensuring Marine Protection for the Central Coast — What’s Next?
Through our Marine Use Plans and Marine Plan Partnership, our Nations have developed a roadmap to ensure ecological protection and…
Job Opportunity: Fisheries Lead
CCIRA is looking for a Fisheries Lead (pdf) to support the implementation of integrated policy, strategy, coordination and programming to…
Building on Our Vision: 2022 Annual Report
It’s been an exciting and eventful year for CCIRA; one in which we enhanced and expanded capacity to support Central…
MPA Network Partners Endorse Plan to Protect Great Bear Sea
The blueprint for a vast network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) across the North and Central Coast and Haida Gwaii…
Marine Protected Areas Network for the Central Coast
Although Coast Nations have witnessed rapid declines of ocean species, there is still hope! A network of Marine Protected Areas…
Sustaining the Harvest for Dungeness Crab
Since the 1990s, Central Coast Nations’ food fishers have observed accelerating declining numbers for Dungeness crab. Commercial fishing had increased…
Supporting Salmon Populations on the Central Coast
As the cumulative effects of fishing, climate change and habitat degradation continue to impact salmon populations across the Pacific Coast,…
National Marine Conservation Area Reserve Feasibility Assessment
In August 2021, Central Coast Nations’ Leadership, the federal Minister, and BC Ministers, signed the Memorandum of Understanding for the…
Foundational Pillars for the Future of Our Coast
We know that when we take care of our marine environment, it takes care of us. Reciprocity, respect, balance, interconnectedness…
MPA Network: Where We’re At and What’s Next
A Marine Protected Area network for the Central Coast is an essential tool to reduce ecological decline and restore abundance…
Benefits of a Marine Protected Area Network
Protecting ecosystems has always been a primary objective for Central Coast Nations. We are taught that if we take care…
An MPA Network for the Central Coast: The Process So Far
The planning process to establish a Marine Protected Areas (MPA) network in Heiltsuk, Kitasoo Xai’xais, Nuxalk and Wuikinuxv Nations’ territories…
Job Opportunity: Executive Director
CCIRA is seeking to hire an Executive Director, who will be responsible for the development, management and oversight of all…
Job Opportunity: Marine Planning and MaPP Implementation Coordinator
CCIRA is hiring a Marine Planning and MaPP Implementation Coordinator to support Central Coast Nations with strategic implementation of the…
Kitasoo Xai’xais Declares Gitdisdzu Lugyeks (Kitasu Bay) a Marine Protected Area
The Kitasoo Xai’xais Nation has declared a new Marine Protected Area (MPA) in Gitdisdzu Lugyeks (Kitasu Bay), a unique and…
Job Opportunity: Marine Planning Shipping & Response Coordinator
CCIRA is hiring a Marine Planning Shipping & Response Coordinator to support the Central Coast Nations’ participation and contributions to…
Job Opportunity: Administration & Communications Coordinator
CCIRA is seeking an Administration and Communications Coordinator, who will support the administrative needs of a small and growing organization…
Improving the Scientific Approach at DFO
Last month, CCIRA representatives — Fisheries Director Charlotte Whitney and Science Coordinator Alejandro Frid — were invited to share insights…
Funding to Support Salmon Management on the Central Coast
The governments of BC and Canada recently announced several BC Salmon Restoration and Innovation Fund (BCSRIF) projects — a significant…
Job Opportunity: Project Manager Marine Planning
CCIRA is hiring a Project Manager Marine Planning to support Central Coast Nations and their Steering Committee Members to implement…