SPECIAL CAUSE FUNDING AND INVOLVEMENT
FUND YOUR OCEAN PASSION

​Your generous donations ensure the Living Ocean Fund can continue in its Global and Local endeavours
​to support and care of our wonderful oceans.

Some of the causes we support are listed below. If one of these is close to your heart then indicate your preference when you check out and we will keep you updated on that groups work from time to time.

​Living Ocean is listed on the Australian Register of Environmental Organisations.
​Donations to the Living Ocean Fund are tax deductible.

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LIVING OCEAN MEMBERSHIP

Join the Living Ocean team and become a member of our community of ocean warriors and carers. We will keep you posted on events and offers.
membership is an annual fee of $10. We have a large network of talent engaged in ocean care projects, citizen science and direct action events. All offers of assistance are welcome.

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LIVING OCEAN TRUST FUND

As well as the special funding causes below, Living Ocean operates a trust fund (button above) that can be sourced to support casual and special ocean conservation, care and awareness programs. Unless specified below, your generous donation goes into this operating fund.

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A LIVING OCEAN RESEARCH VESSEL
​BIG FUNDRAISING EVENT COMING SOON

THE LIVING OCEAN RESEARCH PITCH..SEEKING CORPORATE SPONSORS OR BENEFACTOR
SURVEY & RESEARCH BOAT FOR PITTWATER& BRISBANE WATERS & BEYOND
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Living Ocean is sourcing funds for a suitable research vessel to continue and expand its important research programs.
​These programs include:

• Whale Research - Approximately ten trips per season monitoring and recording  the migratory tracks of Humpback whales, to safeguard their migratory route against sand mining, fish farms, seismic testing and more.
• Citizen Science - undertaking several ocean-going excursions per year in partnership with schools and marine experts to conduct scientific research.

• No Plastic Please - continuing to expand this highly successful program in partnership with Tangaroa Blue.  To increase the collection and logging of macro and micro plastics from beach and ocean clean-ups.  Living Ocean aims to increase monitoring the impacts of plastics in our waterways.
• Coastal surveys - to continue and expand surveys of marine life in our coastal waters utilising Living Ocean’s new purpose-built software.
• For tax deductible donations and private or corporate sponsorship proposals please contact Living Ocean Co-Founder & President Robbi Newman +61 0 410374333 robbi@livingocean.org.au

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SHEARWATERS & PLASTIC RESEARCH 

SEABIRDS & PLASTIC INGESTION STUDY FUNDED BY LO

Seabirds & Plastic Research: Globally, more than 1400 marine species are negatively impacted by plastic debris in our oceans, with seabirds being one of the most at-risk groups. While many impacts are visually undeniable, such as entanglements, other impacts are difficult to see with the naked eye. But, just because you can't see what's happening, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Think: CO2 and climate change. With support from Living Ocean, our research group has used new and exciting techniques to investigate these sinister effects at the cellular level, gathering quantifiable data that will ensure policy makers appreciate the true scale of the plastics issue.
Learn more about our work here:Save Our Seabirds

SEA SHEPHERD

SEA SHEPHERD AUSTRALIA & SHARKS

Volunteer crew on Sea Shepherd's Ocean Warrior patrol vessel are working in partnership with the East Timor National Police (PNTL - Policia Nacionale Timor-Leste) to stop a fleet of 15 industrial fishing ships suspected of targeting sharks in East Timor and possibly the neighboring waters of Indonesia and Australia. Operation Apex Harmony - Timor Leste is one of Sea Shepherd's many campaigns to put an end to illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
​Learn more about the campaign here.. Operation Apex Harmony

ALBATROSS

HSI ALBATROSS & PETRELS

Magnificent albatross and petrels are the most imperilled group of birds on earth. Frequently caught as bycatch in longline fishing operations, 21 of the 31 species covered by the Advisory Committee to the Agreement for the Conservation of Albatross and Petrels are at risk of extinction. Four species are critically endangered, five endangered, 12 vulnerable, and eight near threatened.HSI works with governments and authorities to obtain results via legal change as well as communities.
​Learn more about HSI's work here: Albatross & Petrels

HAMMERHEAD SHARKS

HSI & HAMMERHEAD SHARKS

Hammerheads are endangered due to the shark fin trade, with fins from almost 370 tonnes of hammerheads allowed to be exported from Australia every year, fuelling the demand for shark fin soup. Australia’s shark control programs are also threatening the species with almost 15,000 hammerheads having been killed in Queensland’s Shark Control Program since its inception, and over 5,000 killed in the NSW shark meshing program. HSI works with governments and authorities to obtain results via legal change as well as communities.
Learn more about HSI's work here: Protecting Sharks

OCEAN PLASTICS

TANGAROA BLUE & MARINE DEBRI INITIATIVE

In Maori and Polynesian mythology, Tangaroa is the god of the ocean. Tangaroa made laws to protect the ocean and its sea creatures "Tiaki mai i ahau, maku ano koe e tiaki"... If you look after me, then I will look after you..." When, after a week-long clean-up event, the whales and dolphins come close to our beach and slap their flippers, we sometimes wonder if it is Tangaroa saying "thank you".
​Learn more about Tangaroa Blue here: Tangaroa

SEA TURTLES

SEA TURTLE FOUNDATION AUSTRALIA

Turtles face many threats from changes in climate, loss of nesting habitat, increased ocean pollution, and deliberate and accidental deaths caused by fishing activities around the world. These factors combined are pushing many of the world's populations of sea turtles toward extinction. Supporting research into turtle health and ecology throughout the Indo-Pacific region.
Learn more about Seat Turtle here: Sea Turtles

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IMAGE BY TOM CARROLL