OCEAN Industries BC is an economic development organization that seeks to grow the economy, communities, business and other organizations who share similar values. Participation in this forum will include benefits from a number of key areas:

Networking and Linkages

• The Exchange of Information and views on common subjects and a number that are unique to an independent activity or sector;
• Opportunities to work with public sector, private sector and financial contributors on projects outside of the workplace;
• Previews and  exclusive opportunities to participate in OCEAN Industry BC and other alliances events, seminars, marketing ventures and projects that are designed to grow the economy and your share in it.

Community and Regional Benefits

• Access to specialized products and services designed specifically to fulfill community and regional needs, along with the public sector and private sector professionals from a one-stop location;
• Building enough individual, small and medium enterprise, public and private corporation and non-government registrants in the Ocean and Marinespace Registry to support all efforts to build a bigger ocean and marinespace economy;
• Focused action on regional interests and research based approaches to problem solving and opportunity profiling that compliments the participants efforts;
• Inclusion of smaller communities in Metro area infrastructure development by networking interests and actions;
• Measured and tangible progress in building an ocean and marine focus across the provincial region, Western and Northern Canada and across the Pacific Collaborative Region and in the global market;
• Regional consolidation of business, investment, marine logistics, and marine tourism destination marketing providing a focused effort with tangible results for participants.

What we do:

• Make the ocean and marinespace processes work;
• Remove barriers to responsible ocean and marinespace processes;
• Fill the gaps between ocean and marinespace sectors of the economy;
• Conduct industry roundtables focused on problem solving and red tape elimination;
• Provide governments and businesses with social and environmental accountability report cards;
• Connect small harbour and port communities to industry to locate operations and replace orphaned assets;
• Aide resource sectors in better transportation practices and communicating success;
• Link tech to applied science and product placements;
• Identify and report on applications of CANADA BC tech, products and services globally;
• Report on successful completions of climate change action and responses within BC that use accountability measures; and;
• Applaud and communicate on full science and debunk half or action science reporting.

Noun

Adjective

marinespace - of, or pertaining to, the earth's envelope of water and the space on the surface and within it. These two separate entities are considered as a single realm for activity in launching, guidance, and control of vehicles that will travel in both entities. Source: answers.com with modification by patrick n. marshall mmviiii

Global Governance Commitment for the Board of Directors

The purpose of the board, on behalf of the people who value the establishment and growth of ocean and marinespace organizations and businesses in CANADA BRITISH COLUMBIA, is to see to it that Ocean Industries BC (a) achieves appropriate results for appropriate persons at an appropriate cost, and (b) avoids unacceptable actions and situations.

Vision

CANADA BRITISH COLUMBIA is the global leader for ocean and marinespace professionals, workers, products and services.

Mission

Bring together CANADA BRITISH COLUMBIA businesses, organizations, institutions, governments and people for the responsible use and development of the ocean and marinespace environment and economy.

Objectives

• Align existing coastal planning toward relevant performance monitoring and risk awareness and planning;
  Communicate the values associated with ocean and marinespace organizations triple bottom line for sustainable coastal livelihoods;
• Retain existing ocean and marinespace organizations by fostering a favorable business environment and creating awareness of ocean and marinespace interests responding to community and business needs and fostering a favorable business environment;
• Drive growth by expanding local, regional and provincial commerce relationships by helping ocean and marinespace organizations to access growth drivers of markets, capital, knowledge and markets, to realize growth; and to;
• Recruit new ocean and marinespace organizations by encouraging external interests and businesses to invest or relocate to Canada and British Columbia.

Management

• Facilitation of the ocean and marinespace action plans and strategic development plans;
• Mobilization of available human, fiscal and material resources;
• Promotion of coastal community and ocean-based business opportunities;
• Management of land and physical assets; Provisions of timely and useful information to members, governments, coastal communities, ocean-based industrial sectors and the media; and;
• Administration of efficient and accountable service delivery.