Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) Visual Outreach
A collaborative animation and illustration project supporting public engagement with Canada's Marine Protected Areas.
ABOUT
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
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Client
2D Educational Animation • Scientific Illustration
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Project Type
General public, community members, and stakeholders
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Audience
Adobe After Effects, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, Procreate, Figma
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Tools
Molly Wells (Animation Co-creator) • mollywells.ca
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Collaborator
Marine Protected Areas Animation
Working closely with DFO researchers and stakeholders, we defined communication goals, audience needs, project scope, and production timelines before developing storyboards and animatics.
Interactive Marine Species Illustrations
A collection of scientific illustrations created for DFO's interactive digital storytelling platform at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography.
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Fisheries and Oceans Canada. (2026, May 7). Marine protected areas across Canada. Government of Canada. https://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/oceans/mpa-zpm/index-eng.html
Fisheries and Oceans Canada. (2021, July 22). About marine protected areas. Government of Canada. https://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/oceans/mpa-zpm/info-eng.html
World Wildlife Fund Canada. (n.d.). Ocean conservation: Marine protected areas. https://wwf.ca/habitat/oceans/marine-protected-areas/
Guth, E. (2023, February 6). Marine protected areas need to be networked to work (because sea life doesn't stay still).
World Wildlife Fund Canada. https://wwf.ca/stories/marine-protected-area-networks/
Visual assets and MPA processes were verified for accuracy using internal Maritimes document guidelines on MPA establishment provided by DFO biologists (Fisheries and Oceans Canada, personal communication, 2025).