Oceana was established in 2001 by a group of leading foundations — The Pew Charitable Trusts, Oak Foundation, Marisla Foundation (formerly Homeland Foundation), and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.

In 1999, these foundations commissioned a study and discovered that less than 0.5 percent of all resources spent by environmental nonprofit groups in the United States went to ocean advocacy — an appalling statistic. No organization was working exclusively to protect and restore the oceans on a global scale.

To fill the gap, our founders created Oceana: an international organization focused solely on oceans, dedicated to achieving measurable change by conducting specific, science-based campaigns with fixed deadlines and articulated goals.

The Ocean Law Project — also initiated by The Pew Charitable Trusts — was absorbed into Oceana in 2001 as Oceana’s legal arm. In 2002, Oceana merged with American Oceans Campaign, founded by actor and environmentalist Ted Danson, to more effectively address our common mission of protecting and restoring the world’s oceans.

Our Vision

Oceana seeks to make our oceans as rich, healthy, and abundant as they once were.

Locations :

NORTH AMERICA

JUNEAU, AK, USA

175 South Franklin Street
Juneau, Alaska 99801 USA
Phone: +1 (907) 586-4050
Fax: +1 (907) 586-4944

MONTEREY, CA, USA

99 Pacific Street, Suite 155C
Monterey, CA 93940 USA
Phone: +1 (831) 643-9266
Fax: +1 (831) 643-9268

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL, USA

P.O. Box 24361
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33307 USA

NEW YORK CITY, NY, USA

845 3rd Avenue, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10022 USA
Phone: +1 (212) 371-5016
Fax: +1 (212) 371-9388

PORTLAND, OR, USA

222 NW Davis Street
Suite 200
Portland, OR 97209 USA
Phone: +1 (503) 235-0278
Fax: +1 (503) 235-5429

TORONTO, CANADA

18 King Street East, Suite 505
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5C 1C4
Phone: +1 (416) 583-2350

EUROPE

MADRID, SPAIN – EUROPEAN HEADQUARTERS