B.C.’s kelp forests battle climate change, offer crucial environmental resources
Thriving in cool water temperatures, kelp forests cover more than a quarter of the world’s coastlines.
“In the Pacific Northwest, kelp forests are a foundation species. Similar to salmon, they’re important for the health of the coastal ecosystem,” said Ocean Wise Seaforestation Project Coordinator Marissa Ng. “They’re also foundation species because they’re so abundant up and down the coast and much like forests on land, marine forests — kelp forest — they provide food and shelter for thousands of marine species.
The regrowth of kelp forests acted created a nursery and habitat for small fish such as herring, salmon, and rockfish, said Dennis.Due to the cool water temperatures that kelp require for growth, the warming of ocean waters is also a significant threat to kelp forests, says NOAA.“Kelp forests also have the potential to sequester significant amounts of carbon to potentially help mitigate the impacts of climate change,” said Ng.
The kelp nursery will be set up outside in a tent with filtered seawater. Ocean Wise will be conducting a variety of tests with different variables that will help kelp grow, while also using what is grown in restoration projects, said Ng. “The connection towards myself and the traditional ways that people, let’s say, made a living around here, I just fell into suit. It’s what I do,” said Dennis.
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