OceansWatch members are our eyes and ears. If an OceansWatch member observes marine environmental degradation or a humanitarian need then they 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 has to be clear that it wants our help and be committed to work with us. The first stage in initiating assisting a community is to fill out a survey form online or you can download and fill in a form to send to us. OceansWatch will then consider if the project is in alignment 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 organisation and need a yacht for a project then, if one of our fleet is available we can provide it. Perhaps your organisation has concerns about possible environmental problems and needs it to be investigated.  In these instances, we may be able to provide a yacht, scientists and dive team to investigate on your behalf. If you are you an aid organisation that needs resources moved to remote island communities, we can help.

You can initiate a project by filling in the Project application form.

Our boats will be available to any organisation 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