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MERS Supporters on Fundraising Trip ©Caitlin Birdsall

Fundraisers

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.

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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.

Stay tuned for our 2026 Auction.  To see the auctioned goods from our 2025 Auction, click here.

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

  • MERS Fundraising Trip 2025 – Campbell River

    October 18, 2025

    Campbell River Whale Watching - 1374 Island Hwy, Campbell River

    Cost: $400

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    Whales. Researchers. You?

    Join the Marine Education and Research Society for a wildlife watching trip on Saturday October 18, 2025 departing from Campbell River.

    The excursion will be ~7 hours long aboard the M.V. Tenacious III with the highly experienced crew from Campbell River Whale Watching AND two MERS team members aboard (please note that team members on each trip...

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  • MERS Fundraising Trip 2025 – Port McNeill

    September 27, 2025

    Mackay Whale Watching - 1514 Broughton Blvd, Port McNeill

    Cost: $360

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    Whales. Researchers. You?

    Join the Marine Education and Research Society for a wildlife watching trip on Saturday September 27, 2025 departing from Port McNeill. 

    The excursion will be ~6 hours long aboard the Naiad Explorer with pioneering whale watching captain Bill Mackay of Mackay Whale Watching AND at least two MERS team members aboard (please note...

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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.

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Marine Mammal Naturalist Course participants