Ocean Awareness Project Inc dba Blue Frontier Campaign
Sponsorship of the 2017 Peter Benchley Ocean Awards annual ceremony
2017
Environment
$10,000
Partners for Western Conservation
Support for a project entitled "The Ag Water Network," which will support the education of agricultural water rights holders and the development of technical tools to assist agricultural water rights holders in analyzing the impacts and benefits associated with water sharing and water leasing possibilities
Support for the Center of Applied Ecology and Sustainability (CAPES), to help advance scientific research and analyses that support program strategies of the new Chile country level strategy for the Foundation
Support for the development of an Indonesian Tuna Fisheries Strategy and assist with a series of meetings and field visits in Indonesia in conjunction with the February 2017 Economist World Oceans Summit in Bali, Indonesia
To support grantee's initiative to allow CoLab (FishLab) – a unit within the grantee, one of Chile's largest universities – to deploy its expertise around multi-stakeholder collaboration and use social innovation laboratories to improve two artisanal fisheries in communities in Central Chile.
Support for the University of Minnesota's Green Lands Blue Waters program to improve conservation programs in the Midwest, with a focus on Illinois, Iowa and Indiana
Capacity building and coaching support to the team leading a Collective Impact (CI) effort aimed at creating well-managed, sustainable fisheries in Mexico.
To support grantee's initiatives to conduct planning and build consensus among Japanese NGOs in support of a longer-term strategy for Japan to prevent illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) seafood from entering its markets.
2017
Environment
$65,337
Greater New Orleans Development Foundation
To support grantee's initiative to develop a strategy for responding to Hurricane Harvey in a manner that enhances coastal resilience, advances coastal restoration goals and builds on the lessons learned by post-Katrina New Orleans.
Fiscal sponsorship for grantee's initiative in Future of Fish (FoF) to create a blueprint for implementing full supply chain traceability - tracing seafood from boat to plate - in the common hake fishery in Chile.
To produce a concise, clear survey of the legal landscape and the key processes that will shape the upcoming threats to environmental law; for use at the Environmental Grantmakers Association’s (EGA) 2017 Federal Policy Briefing.
Support for grantee's initiative to build capacity for its Clean Water For All (CW4A) campaign, an outreach and education effort to coordinate work to demonstrate public support for federal programs that protect water resources.
Support for the Certification and Ratings Initiative in an effort to improve the impact of the current seafood sustainability certification and ratings systems and organizations
