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Established | October 2001 |
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Type | social welfare organization |
Legal status | 501(c)(3) non-profit group |
Purpose | Ocean conservation |
Headquarters | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
Methods | Lobbying, litigation, and research |
CEO | James Simon |
Revenue (2022) | $43,967,787 [1] |
Staff (2022) | 285 |
Volunteers (2022) | 18,406 |
Website | Oceana.org |
Oceana, inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit ocean conservation organization focused on influencing specific policy decisions on the national level to preserve and restore the world's oceans. It is headquartered in Washington, D.C., with offices in Juneau, Monterey, Fort Lauderdale, New York, Portland, Toronto, Mexico City, Madrid, Brussels, Copenhagen, Geneva, London, Manila, Belmopan, Brasilia, Santiago, and Lima,[2][3][4] and it is the largest international advocacy group dedicated entirely to ocean conservation.[5]
Currently, Oceana has a staff of about 200 and 6,000 volunteers, and it has almost 50 million dollars of revenue (as of 2017).[3] Oceana takes a multi-faceted approach to ocean conservation; It conducts its own scientific research in addition to making policy recommendations, lobbying for specific legislation, and filing and litigating lawsuits.[6]