Organizations Filed Purposes:
PROJECT AWARE IS A GLOBAL MOVEMENT FOR OCEAN PROTECTION POWERED BY A COMMUNITY OF ADVENTURERS. WE CONNECT THE PASSION FOR OCEAN ADVENTURE WITH THE PURPOSE OF MARINE CONSERVATION.
CLEAN OCEAN - POLLUTION IS ONE OF THE GREATEST THREATS FACING THE OCEAN PLANET. MARINE DEBRIS - OUR MAN MADE TRASH THAT ENTERS THE OCEAN - IS HIGHLY DAMAGING WITH LONG LASTING IMPACTS ON MARINE LIFE, ECOSYSTEMS NOT TO MENTION OUR VERY OWN HUMAN HEALTH. WHILST CONJECTURE REMAINS REGARDING THE CONTRIBUTION OF SEA-BASED SOURCES OF MARINE DEBRIS VERSUS LAND-BASED SOURCES, THE FACT REMAINS THAT HUMANS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL MARINE DEBRIS THAT IS PRESENT IN THE OCEAN.PROJECT AWARE HAS A LONGSTANDING HISTORY WORKING ON MARINE DEBRIS. AND THROUGH 2019, WE HAVE CONTINUED TO STRIVE TOWARDS OUR VISION OF RETURNING TO A CLEAN AND HEALTHY OCEAN THROUGH STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS, LOCAL COMMUNITY ACTION AND DEDICATED POLICY ACTION.DEMONSTRATING OUR COMMITMENT TO THE UNITED NATIONS 2030 AGENDA FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, 2019 SAW THE LAUNCH OF THE INTERACTIVE INFOGRAPHIC VISUALISING THE WAY IN WHICH OUR CLEAN OCEAN STRATEGY SUPPORTS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A NUMBER OF TARGETS ACROSS THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGS) INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SDG 14 - LIFE BELOW WATER.2019 ALSO SAW US TAKE THE GLOBAL DIVE AGAINST DEBRIS DATASET TO THE NEXT LEVEL - EMBARKING ON A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION (CSIRO) AND THE OCEAN CONSERVANCY TO UNDERTAKE PIVOTAL ANALYSES TO INVESTIGATE THE RELATIONSHIP, IF ANY, BETWEEN THE DEBRIS WE FIND ON LAND VERSUS WHAT WE FIND ON THE SEAFLOOR AS WELL AS WHAT SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS INFLUENCE WHERE DEBRIS ENDS UP ON THE LAND AND THE SEAFLOOR. WATCH THIS SPACE IN 2020 TO SEE THESE ANALYSES PUBLISHED IN THE PEER-REVIEWED SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE.
HEALTHY OCEAN - AT PROJECT AWARE, WHEN IT COMES TO MARINE SPECIES, WE FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT ALL SEA CREATURES DESERVE LOVE AND ATTENTION. PROJECT AWARE AND OUR PARTNERS AND SUPPORTERS HAVE BEEN SHOWING THE LOVE FOR THREATENED SPECIES OF SHARKS AND RAYS FOR MANY YEARS, EVEN IF FISHERY MANAGERS HAVEN'T BEEN THAT WAY INCLINED. WE'VE PUSHED GOVERNMENTS TO INTRODUCE CATCH LIMITS FOR SHARKS IN THE ATLANTIC AND MEDITERRANEAN, HELPED INCORPORATE THREATENED SHARK AND RAYS ONTO THE CONVENTION ON THE CONSERVATION OF MIGRATORY SPECIES OF WILD ANIMALS (CMS) INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT, AND ADVOCATED FOR SUSTAINABLE TRADE IN SHARK AND RAY PRODUCTS VIA THE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF FLORA AND FAUNA (CITES).2019 WAS ANOTHER IMPORTANT YEAR FOR SHARKS AND RAYS WITH SOME SIGNIFICANT WINS INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL TRADE CONTROLS SECURED FOR 18 SHARK AND RAY SPECIES AT CITES COP18. AS WELL AS OUR SHARK WORK, WE SHONE A LIGHT ON AN ARGUABLY LESS CHARISMATIC OCEAN DWELLER AND MADE THE HUMBLE SEA CUCUMBER OUR 2019 POSTER BOY. THESE INCREDIBLE CREATURES NEEDED SOME LOVE AND OUR GLOBAL COMMUNITY DIDN'T DISAPPOINT WHEN WE CALLED FOR SUPPORT.IN 2019, AS WELL AS LEADING THE CHARGE TO SECURE TRADE CONTROLS FOR VULNERABLE SHARKS AND RAYS, WE SUPPORTED THE LISTING OF THREE SPECIES OF HOLOTHURIANS AT THE 18TH CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES TO CITES (COP18). ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN IN THE OCEAN IN TROPICAL OR TEMPERATE WATERS WILL LIKELY HAVE SEEN A HOLOTHURIAN, MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS A SEA CUCUMBER.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Danna Pfhal | GLOBAL OPERATIONS DIRECTOR | 40 | $104,800 |
| Jeff Nadler | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Deborah Brosnan | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Jenny Miller Garmendia | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Kristin Valette-Wirth | SECRETARY/TREASURER | 2 | $0 |
| Drew Richardson | PRESIDENT/CHAIRMAN | 2 | $0 |
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