Research
Blue Economy
While the concept of the Blue Economy continues to change and adapt, economic development in the ocean and coastal communities can be designed to serve as a basis for sustainable development around the world.
Underwater Cultural Heritage
We are all connected by the ocean. We depend on it for food, recreation and many livelihoods.
Plastic Ocean Pollution
Our Initiative supports the reengineering of chemistry towards Safe, Simple and Standardized plastic. Click here to learn about the plastic pollution problem.
Loreto
Loreto, Baja California Sur We at The Ocean Foundation have a long-standing relationship with the municipality of Loreto in Baja California Sur, Mexico. My name is Mark J. Spalding and …
Seagrass
Seagrasses are flowering plants that grow in shallow waters and are found along the coasts of every continent except for Antarctica. Seagrasses not only provide critical ecosystem services as the …
Blue Carbon
Blue carbon is the carbon dioxide captured by the world’s ocean and coastal ecosystems. This carbon is stored in the form of biomass and sediments from mangroves, tidal marshes and …
Sargasso Sea
The Sargasso Sea Geographical Area of Collaboration (map from Annex I of the Hamilton Declaration). This map shows the known and predicted seamounts beneath the Sargasso Sea. Recent News Chung, E. “Canadian …
Human Rights and The Ocean
Table of Contents 1. Introduction2. Background on Human Rights and The Ocean3. Laws and Legislation4. IUU Fishing and Human Rights5. Seafood Consumption Guides6. Displacement and Disenfranchisement7. Ocean Governance8. Shipbreaking and …
Tools And Strategies For Effective Fisheries Management
There are Many Tools for Effective Fisheries Management: Preventing unintended negative consequences of catch sharesMark J. Spalding, President Threats to the health of our ocean are intensifying. Overfishing, bycatch and …
Rights-Based Management
In pursuit of our goals to increase ocean health while protecting fishing communities, The Ocean Foundation has worked long and hard with our fellow marine conservation philanthropists to fund a …
Seabed Mining
Seabed Mining (SBM) is a growing industrial field that involves extracting submerged minerals and deposits from the sea floor. To date, mining for sand, tin and diamonds has been generally …
Ocean Acidification
The ocean absorbs a significant portion of our carbon dioxide emissions, which is changing the chemistry of the ocean at an unprecedented rate. About one third of all emissions in …
