Oceana: Winning Victories for the Oceans One Policy At a Time

In the modern world, meaningful change can come from policy changes – and that’s exactly what Oceana works for as part of its advocacy. Oceana wants to promote the biodiversity of the oceans one policy at a time especially in countries with the biggest influence in global marine biodiversity.

Established in 2001, Oceana is widely regarded as the largest international advocacy organization with an exclusive focus on ocean conservation. Its worldwide offices work in cooperation with each other and with their partner organizations in winning strategic campaigns that result in SMART outcomes.

Their common goal: To make the oceans more abundant and more bio-diverse.

The non-profit organization was established by several foundations, namely, Marisla Foundation, Oak Foundation, The Pew Charitable Trusts, and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. The group founded Oceana after realizing that there was no single organization dedicated to the protection of the world’s oceans.

Since then, Oceana has achieved more than a hundred policy victories as well as provided protection for over a million square miles of the world’s oceans.