St. Abbs Marine Station plans to use drone surveys, underwater imaging techniques, and the help of local fishermen to ID and assess historic herring spawning grounds. This part of the research will focus on defining the aerial and underwater monitoring techniques that will be used, analyze initial data of spawning intensity in historic spawning grounds, and will plan and conduct the first of annual surveys of the site.

ELMO is a citizen science project using public participation to gather data on South African shark, ray and skate populations. They now host the biggest database of elasmobranch sightings in South Africa. For this particular project, they are proposing to develop a user-friendly app for citizen scientists to report sightings as they happen.

80 Brazilian public elementary school teachers will receive 2 months of training in ocean literacy, scientific experiments and new pedagogical tools that they can implement with their respective classrooms. The goal is that each teacher will be able to educate 30 students.

The project leverages epoxy resin art and youth workshops to help engage young people with the fundamental science of taxonomy, conservation, and ecology—all in alignment with the priorities of SOA and SDG 14. The project also aids experts by contributing to the establishment of conservation priorities of our Malaysian marine biological heritage.

Loggerhead Marinelife Center and the Haiti Ocean Project provided Haitian youth with the resources and knowledge to develop Haiti's first children's book on the importance of protecting sea turtles. This book was written and illustrated by Haitian students and distributed throughout Haiti’s fishing communities to educate and empower youth as future leaders in ocean conservation.

Green School, Blue Future Curriculum is an ocean literacy project that intends to be the first officially accredited Environmental Education Program within the Bay Islands, implementing it in Punta Gorda, Honduras. The program will target environmental issues within a fishing community that deters efforts towards marine conservation, and it will develop an engaging culture of conservation within the school community.

Current Foods (formerly Kuleana) is creating the next generation of seafood with plants and biotechnology. After going through Y-Combinator's S20 batch and raising $6.5M Pre-Series A, Current Foods has products across the country with an initial foodservice focus.

This group, in partnership with the indigenous people of Haruku Island, made a documentary about how they are adapting to climate change. SOA funds were geared toward production and time to conduct interviews and film ongoing issues and initiatives in Haruku Island, and also supported a live event on the island to highlight the stories of indigenous women and youth.

Douala, the commercial capital of Cameroon with a population of about 6 million people has recently been experiencing an upsurge of plastic waste bottles from the activities of brewery companies with negative impacts on the surrounding environment (land, oceans and human health). Environment and Food Foundation (E2F) wish to supplement the work being done in the city by opening up a new collection point for plastic bottles, raise awareness on proper plastic waste management, and empower and train 100 unemployed youths and 3,000 students on the re-use of the plastic waste bottles collected to manufacture durable items like eco-benches, bulb coverings, bracelets/bangles.