Ocean Institutions
51 ocean institutions and government agencies listed across 18 countries and 12 focus areas.
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Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism
Belize · Aquaculture/Fisheries, Education/Policy
The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism is an intergovernmental body of 17 Caribbean member states working on the management, conservation and sustainable use of the region's fisheries and aquaculture resources. Its work spans stock assessment, climate resilience, food safety, the fight against illegal fishing and disaster risk management.
Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency
Solomon Islands · Aquaculture/Fisheries, Education/Policy
The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency is an intergovernmental agency created in 1979 that helps its 17 member countries manage, conserve and use the tuna resources of their exclusive economic zones and beyond. It works on regional cooperation for the conservation and optimum use of highly migratory fish stocks from its base in Honiara.
Port of San Diego
USA · Aquaculture/Fisheries, Data/Tech, Energy/Maritime, Mangroves/Coastal, Seaweeds/Algae, Waste/Pollution
Port of San Diego is a public port district that manages San Diego Bay and 34 miles of waterfront while supporting maritime commerce, recreation, tourism, environmental stewardship, and blue economy innovation. It also runs the Blue Economy Incubator to fund and facilitate pilot projects in sustainable aquaculture, marine technology, coastal resilience, environmental protection, and maritime decarbonization.
Seasy
France · Waste/Pollution, Data/Tech
SEASY is a public intermunicipal water and sanitation utility serving 20 communes in southern Yvelines, France. It produces, treats and distributes drinking water, manages collective wastewater systems, and operates wastewater treatment infrastructure.
Comité Stratégique de Filière Industriels de la Mer
France · Energy/Maritime, Education/Policy
The Comité Stratégique de Filière Industriels de la Mer brings together France's shipbuilding, marine renewable energy and offshore industries, some 80,000 direct jobs and 35.5 billion euros of revenue with half of it exported. Its 2024-2027 contract targets carbon neutrality by 2050, industrial sovereignty and the recruitment of 72,000 people by 2030.
European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet)
Belgium · Corals/Biodiversity, Data/Tech
EMODnet is the European Commission’s in situ marine data service providing open access to marine environmental and human activities data and data products. It integrates and harmonizes data across themes including physics, biology, bathymetry, geology, seabed habitats, chemistry, and human activities for Europe’s seas and oceans.
NOAA Fisheries
USA · Aquaculture/Fisheries, Corals/Biodiversity
NOAA Fisheries is the US federal agency responsible for the stewardship of the nation's ocean resources and their habitat, working under the motto science, service, stewardship. It manages fisheries under the Magnuson-Stevens Act, protects species under the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and runs six regional science centers with around 2,400 staff.
UNOPS
Denmark · Education/Policy, Aquaculture/Fisheries, Corals/Biodiversity, Mangroves/Coastal, Carbon/Climate, Communities/Tourism
UNOPS is the United Nations Office for Project Services, providing infrastructure, procurement and project management across more than 130 countries, with around 1,100 projects in 2025 and about 3 billion dollars of annual delivery. Its eight priority missions include the resilience of small island developing states, and it executes ocean programmes such as PROCARIBE+ in the Caribbean.