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OverviewNauco is on a mission to remove as much plastic waste pollution as possible, before reaching sensitive downstream ecosystems and more expansive bodies of water that pose greater challenges to collection, resulting in further environmental devastation.
Nauco is an innovator in plastic, microplastic and waste removal from waterways, utilizing a series of bubble curtains, which allow normal transit for both wildlife and watercraft. Nauco’s technology collects most of the waste that flows throughout the depths of the water column, before it is further dispersed and more difficult to collect.
The 2024 Boyd Lyon Sea Turtle Fund’s winner was Jaime Restrepo.
The Ocean Foundation was thrilled to participate in the 2024 United Nations Ocean Decade conference in Barcelona, Spain. The conference brought together scientists, policymakers, youth, Indigenous people, and local communities …
The Ocean Foundation’s Deep Seabed Mining (DSM) team is happy to have participated again in meetings of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) in Kingston, Jamaica. Negotiations continue, and despite ongoing cooperation, the regulations are still far from being completed, with divergent views on fundamental concepts blocking consensus on key issues.
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