Partners
University of Western Australia
UWA is one of Australia’s leading universities and is among the Top 100 in the world. UWA hosts the Sea Around Us – Indian Ocean node, whose research focuses on the under-represented Indian Ocean region.
FishBase & SeaLifeBase
Global databases with detailed information on fishes (FishBase) and all other marine organisms (SeaLifeBase). To search for species, explore our Biodiversity page.
The Summit Foundation
The Summit Foundation, a private family foundation, is committed to a world where people can thrive and nature can flourish. The Sea Around Us is part of the Foundation’s Belize Fisheries Project.
EcoScope
The EcoScope Project aims to promote effective and efficient ecosystem-based approach to fisheries management. The four-year (2021-2025) project addresses ecosystem degradation and anthropogenic impact that cause fisheries to be unsustainably exploited in several European Seas.
University of Exeter
The University of Exeter is one of the partners of the Convex Blue Carbon Seascape Survey and has involved the Sea Around Us in this initiative to build a greater understanding of the capabilities of the ocean and its continental shelves in the earth’s carbon cycle.
The Pew Charitable Trusts
The Pew Charitable Trusts initiated Sea Around Us in 1999 to develop a detailed global database to assess fishing’s impact on the oceans. While the collaboration concluded in December 2014, we continue to work with Pew to advance the use of catch reconstruction.
Paul M. Angell Family Foundation
The Paul M. Angell Family Foundation makes grants in Conservation, Performing Arts and Social Causes. The primary focus of the Foundation’s grantmaking in Conservation is the protection of the world’s oceans and species.
Global Greengrants Fund
Global Greengrants Fund mobilizes resources for communities worldwide to protect our shared planet and work toward a more equitable future.
Vulcan Inc.
Vulcan, a Paul G. Allen company, is a nimble private company with a portfolio as diverse as the challenges of the world. Vulcan’s philanthropic group invests in projects that advance discovery and catalyze great ideas that drive positive change for life on the planet.
Fisheries Economics Research Unit
Long-standing collaboration with the Fisheries Economics Research Unit on all aspects related to fisheries economics. Explore Sea Around Us and FERU collaborations on the Fisheries Economics page.
Changing Ocean Research Unit
CORU studies the effects of global climate change on marine ecosystems, biodiversity and fisheries, and identifies mitigation and adaptation options. Explore effects of climate change on biodiversity and fisheries.
The MAVA Foundation
The MAVA Foundation supports our work in West Africa, and has a dedicated interest in engaging in strong partnerships to conserve biodiversity for future generations.
The Oak Foundation
The Oak Foundation commits resources to address issues of global, social & environmental concern, particularly those that have an impact on the lives of the disadvantaged.
NEREUS
The Nereus program developed an international research network able to evaluate future scenarios for managing fisheries in the world’s oceans.
Collaborations
See more projects from Sea around Us on our Projects page.
National Geographic
National Geographic supported the Sea Around Us through a common interest in quantifying and illustrating the impact of fisheries on marine ecosystems. We chose the “seafoodprint” of fisheries as a measure of this impact. Read the SeafoodPrint report.
Convention on Biological Diversity
CBD identified indicators to monitor biodiversity loss, and chose the ‘Marine Trophic Index’ (MTI) as one of these indicators. This collaboration developed and presents this indicator by country and LME.
Baltic 2020
We contributed to the work of the Baltic Sea 2020 Foundation (Sweden) by reconstructing total catch time series for all Baltic Sea countries back to 1950.
Global Aquaculture Performance Index
The Global Aquaculture Performance Index (GAPI) developed by the Seafood Ecology Research Group at the University of Victoria, Canada, uses a statistical approach to evaluate the environmental performance of marine aquaculture.
Oceana
Oceana supported a conference held in Belize in 2011 aimed at disseminating and repatriating crucial information on the marine biodiversity and fisheries of Belize and what the people of Belize were at risk to lose due to proposed oil exploration in their waters.