Oceana (conservation organization)

Oceana
EstablishedOctober 2001 (2001-10)
Typesocial welfare organization
Legal status501(c)(3) non-profit group
PurposeOcean conservation
HeadquartersWashington, D.C., U.S.
MethodsLobbying, litigation, and research
CEO
James Simon
Revenue$43,967,787 (2022)
Staff285 (2022)
Volunteers18,406 (2022)
WebsiteOceana.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, Brasília, Santiago, and Lima, and it is the largest international advocacy group dedicated entirely to ocean conservation.

Currently, Oceana has a staff of about 200 and 6,000 volunteers, and it has almost 50 million dollars of revenue (as of 2017). 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.