OceansWatch members are our eyes and ears. If you as an OceansWatch member observe marine environmental degradation or a humanitarian need then you can work with Oceanswatch to address the situation. We only work with communities that ask us for help. We can tell a community how we may be able to assist their desire to protect their marine environment or how we might be able to address a humanitarian need, but the community needs to be clear that it wants our help and is committed to work with us. First stage in initiating assisting a community is to fill out a survey form online or you can download and fill out a form to send to us. OceansWatch will then consider if the project is in allignment with our mission statements, and if so, we will work with you to fill in a project application template.

For approved projects, OceansWatch will act as facilitators and help provide resources to address areas of need.

Third party initiated:

Anyone can ask for OceansWatch’s help. If you have a proposal that fits our criteria you are invited to submit it to us for consideration. How we help depends on the balance of resources between us. If you are an Aid organization and need a yacht for a project, if one of our fleet is available, we can provide it. Perhaps your organization has concerns about possible environmental problems and needs it investigated then perhaps we can provide a yacht, scientists and dive team to investigate on your behalf. If you are you an Aid organization that needs resources moved to remote island communities, we can help.

To receive a set of project application guidelines please email Rachel Ward or Donna Lange

Our boats will be made available to any organization that provides the following services:

Marine mammal monitoring
Humanitarian aid to coastal communities
Marine ecosystem research and regeneration
Research into the effects of global warming on marine systems
Education and management towards sustainable fisheries

Medical or education aid in developing island and coastal communities