MERS Supporters on Fundraising Trip ©Caitlin Birdsall
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Join us to support marine conservation
Become a MERS Donor
Your contribution and participation in our fundraising events fuels our work to better understand and protect marine life in BC. This support enables our rigorous scientific research, extensive education and outreach, and involvement in marine wildlife rescue and response.
Pacific White-sided Dolphin ©Christie McMillan, MERS
The MERS Online Auction
Our annual online auction is one of our favourite events of the year! It features sustainable, locally made goods with a marine or conservation connection. The auction is not only a very important fundraiser for our operating costs, it also promotes businesses and artists dedicated to sustainability.
Our 2025 auction will happen April 10 to 13. See the goods and place your bids here.
See events below to learn more.
If you are interested in contributing to our auction, please contact us via the Contact button below. Note that, in addition to auction items reflecting a marine connection and strong sustainability ethic (e.g. made from sustainable materials and locally sourced), we ask that the minimal retail value is $50. We are very appreciative of all our auction sponsors!
Upcoming Events
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The annual MERS online auction is filled goods and services that are sustainable, locally made and/or have a conservation connection. The money raised in this flagship fundraiser is essential to our continued work for marine education, research, rescue and response. This is an online event so everyone can participate!
Make your bids April 10-13, 2025 online at www.32auctions.com/MERSAuction2025
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Spend a day on the water with MERS! Stay tuned for when we will have out 2025 fundraising trips during which supporters can connect directly with our whale researchers. Those who have joined us on the trips previously will be the first to have the opportunity to sign up.
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Get involved with MERS
We expand our reach through building community. Join us! There are many ways you can get involved. Participate in events. Help educate. Become a donor. Contribute data. Use the Whale Warning Flag and model best boating practices around the whales. Sponsor a Humpback Whale. Purchase sustainable goods from the Ocean Store.
Join us to help the whales, and the ocean they depend on.
Marine Mammal Naturalist Course participants