Canada said Thursday it had designated the country’s largest marine protected zone off the coast of Vancouver, as it moves to shield a third of its oceans by the end of the decade.

The 133,000-square-kilometer (51,000-square-mile) zone was announced in <a data-evt-val="{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: {&quot;keys&quot;: {&quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;click_source_type&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;anchor_text&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;target_url&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;layout_section&quot;}, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;click_vertical_position_percentage&quot;, &quot;click_vertical_position_pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;a joint statement&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/fisheries-oceans/news/2024/07/government-of-canada-and-coastal-first-nations-announce-largest-marine-protected-area-in-canada.html&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;in-page-link&quot;}" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" href="https://www.canada.ca/en/fisheries-oceans/news/2024/07/government-of-canada-and-coastal-first-nations-announce-largest-marine-protected-area-in-canada.html" target="_blank">a joint statement</a> by Canada’s department of fisheries and oceans and leaders of four First Nations.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" data-width="550"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Today, the large ecologically unique ocean area Tang.ɢwan — ḥačxwiqak — Tsig̱is was designated as a <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MarineProtectedArea?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MarineProtectedArea</a> (MPA). <a href="https://t.co/RIdFGZFGxT">https://t.co/RIdFGZFGxT</a> <a href="https://t.co/wcWkhJUnuJ">pic.twitter.com/wcWkhJUnuJ</a></p>— DFO Pacific (@DFO_Pacific) <a href="https://twitter.com/DFO_Pacific/status/1811463618321318292?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2024</a></blockquote>

Canada is moving closer to meeting a historic commitment made by the world's nations at the Montreal Biodiversity Summit in December 2022.{ai:summary}<p>Canada designates large marine protected zone off Vancouver coast with 4 First Nations leaders. 133,000 sq km to protect a third of oceans by 2030. #environment</p>

Area off the coast of Vancouver becomes country's largest marine protected zone

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