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See our global reach. <br/>  65+  ocean start ups, 80+ youth Hubs, 300+ grantees. And counting.

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We are the world’s largest network of ocean leaders creating real solutions

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Sea urchin barren (left) and Vibrant, healthy kelp forest (right). Images: Andrew b Stowe (right) and The Nature Conservancy, Ralph Pace (left). From Primitives Website. 

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Biofouling on a ship’s hull increases drag, fuel consumption, and maintenance costs, and current anti-fouling techniques release harmful chemicals into marine environments. (Photo credits: Smithsonian Environmental Research Center)

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Left: Commercial Bottom Trawling Fishing. Right: Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill 2010 (Cred: NY Times). 

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Carbon Ridge’s first carbon capture system, the “Lone Ranger,” installed on the cargo vessel STI SPIGA.  (Photo credits: Businesswire)

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SOA Tanzania's 2025 Our Ocean Bootcamp participants attend hands-on learning beekeeping workshop to implement the initiative in their own communities and support a blue economy. 

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Reflections from our COP30 Youth Ocean-Climate Questionnaire

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Visualization of Peirsight Satellites in Practice. Images Courtesy of Piersight.

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Carbon Ridge’s carbon capture equipment installed on Scorpio Tankers’ vessel STI SPIGA, marking the start of its first sea trials. (Photo credits: Carbon Ridge)

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Piersight Co-Founders Gaurav Seth (left) and Vinit Bansal (right). Image Courtesy of Piersight. 

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[left]: SOA youth and other delegates at the Pre-COP UN Brazil event engaging with COP Presidency, government, and civil society; [right]: Women’s League for the Ocean at the Pre-COP “Accelerating Solutions Based on the Ocean” workshop, representing Brazilian ocean organizations, including SOA Brasil.

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Compounds found in sea anemones inspired DisperseBio’s peptides that disrupt biofilm formation without killing microbes. 

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Pictured: FaunaGuard, Ace Aquatec's technology that uses academically validated sound patterns with award-winning transducer technology to create temporary exclusion zones around project sites.

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Ocean Hackathon: a 3-day immersive marathon to develop solutions for the ocean, held as part of Oxean Week, the Festival of Ocean Literacy promoted by SOA Salvador / Oxean Hub in Salvador, Bahia.

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Urchinite™ is a biomarble engineered to support marine restoration and architectural design. Made from biocalcite, a naturally occurring marine mineral found in sea urchin shells, Urchinite is formed by integrating this mineral into a biobased binder, resulting in a durable, marble-like stone material sold as counter tops, wall tiles, furniture and other uses. (Photo credits: Primitives)

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Section 1 SOA’s Ecopreneur Network is open for new startup members to receive investment, mentorship, lifetime support

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Written by Ying Chen Lin, 2025 SOA Ocean Leaders Fellow

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Section 5 Hope at OOC: How Young Ocean Leaders View Current Actions

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Why we invested in DisperseBio: Anemone-inspired anti-biofouling solutions

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Anne Park Vision Statement as CEO

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Section 6 Charting a Bold New Chapter for Ocean Action

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Section 9 SOA Co-Hosts the 2025 Our Ocean Youth Leadership Summit in South Korea

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COP30: The Global Stage for Youth and Ocean-Climate Action

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June 7-13, 2025 | Nice, France — Attending the UN Ocean Conference 2025: “Our Ocean, Our Future, Our Responsibility”

Section 10 Youth, Community, Action: SOA Makes Waves at the 2025 UN Ocean Conference

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Why We Invested in Ace Aquatec: Sustainable & Smart Aquaculture for Ocean Health

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Why We Invested in PierSight: Satellites for Ocean Protection

By: Alicia Hernández, SOA Investment Associate, and Matt Mulrennan, SOA Head of Investments

Why We Invested in Carbon Ridge: Pioneering Onboard Carbon Capture for Shipping

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Support SOA Tanzania’s Next Generation of Ocean Leaders 

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Why we invested in Primitives: Transforming purple sea urchins into bio-materials to restore kelp forests

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Our
Ocean’s
Health
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Thousands of
young leaders
activated
across 115
countries

We are the world’s largest network of ocean leaders creating real solutions

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Why we invested in DisperseBio: Anemone-inspired anti-biofouling solutions

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RestoringOurOcean’sHealthone action at a time

Thousands of young leaders activated across 115 countries

We are the world’s largest network of ocean leaders creating real solutions

See our global reach. 65+ ocean start ups, 80+ youth Hubs, 300+ grantees. And counting.

We all havea role inrestoringthe planet.

We allhave arole inrestoringtheplanet.

There's

a place

for you

here.

We've created

3 ways for you to

get involved:

Youth Leadership Network

Ecopreneur Network

Supporter

Ourocean'shealth iskey toprotectingour planet.

Stories

Why we invested in Primitives: Transforming purple sea urchins into bio-materials to restore kelp forests

Why we invested in DisperseBio: Anemone-inspired anti-biofouling solutions

Sustainable Ocean Alliance in the News

See More Stories

Restoring
Our
Ocean’s
Health
one action at a time

Thousands of
young leaders
activated
across 115
countries

See our global reach.
65+ ocean start ups, 80+ youth Hubs, 300+ grantees. And counting.

Our
ocean's
health is
key to
protecting
our planet.