The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) is a nonprofit research center that studies the ocean. It is located in Moss Landing, California. MBARI was started in 1987 by David Packard and is mainly funded by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.
The Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) is a tropical marine research centre mainly located at Cape Ferguson, which is part of Cape Cleveland, Queensland, Australia. It is approximately 50 kilometers (31 miles) away from Townsville.
The Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries, and Food Security (CTI-CFF), also called the Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI), is a group of six countries working together: Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Solomon Islands, and Timor-Leste. These countries collaborate to keep ocean and coastal areas healthy by solving important problems, such as making sure people have enough food, protecting the environment from climate change, and preserving different sea plants and animals.
Reef Check is an international nonprofit group that works to protect two ecosystems: tropical coral reefs and temperate kelp forests. The organization is based in California, United States, but gathers information from volunteer scuba diver teams in more than 80 countries, including Australia, Japan, and Germany. It is the official coral reef monitoring program of the United Nations.
The Safina Center is a nonprofit group that works to protect nature and the environment. It is based in Setauket, New York, as part of Stony Brook University. The organization was started in 2003 as the Blue Ocean Institute.
Oceana, Inc. is a nonprofit organization that works to protect and restore the world’s oceans by helping to create and change laws on a national level. It is based in Washington, D.C., and has offices in many cities around the world, including Juneau, Monterey, Fort Lauderdale, New York, Portland, Toronto, Mexico City, Madrid, Brussels, Copenhagen, Geneva, London, Manila, Belmopan, Brasília, Santiago, and Lima.
The Turtle Island Restoration Network (TIRN) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in the United States. It was founded in 1999. Its mission is to take quick and strong actions to protect and restore ocean animals and their homes.
Whaling in Norway includes hunting minke whales for food for people and animals in Norway and for sale to Japan. Whale hunting has been part of Norwegian coastal culture for many years, and businesses that hunt minke whales started in the early 1900s. Some people still hunt whales today, but only within limits set each year.
The International Whaling Commission (IWC) is a group that manages fishing in certain areas. It was created in 1946 through the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW) to “help protect whale populations and ensure the whaling industry is managed properly.” As the main decision-making group of the convention, the IWC reviews and updates rules in the “Schedule to the Convention.” These rules control how whaling is done worldwide. The rules include: fully protecting certain whale species; creating areas where whaling is not allowed (whale sanctuaries); setting limits on how many whales and their sizes can be taken; determining when and where whaling is allowed; and banning the capture of baby whales or adult whales with babies.
The Whale Sanctuary Project is a nonprofit organization located in Nova Scotia, Canada. It was started in April 2016 and works to build a permanent seaside home for whales that were once in captivity, such as orcas and belugas. The project has received help from animal welfare groups and has assisted in rescuing captive whales in Russia, Marineland of Canada, and marine parks in France.