TEAL is a nonprofit recently founded by PhDs in Canada who have spent 8 years establishing proof of concept for using remote sensing and machine learning to calculate carbon sequestration and other soil characteristics based on satellite (and eventually drone) footage. Their current project seeks to create a prototype for modeling carbon sequestration by mangroves, with the ultimate goal of increasing transparency and diversity within carbon credit markets.

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 project, they developed a user-friendly app for citizen scientists to report sightings as they happen.

Blue Cradle Foundation creates a short video about sea mining, including indigenous perspectives and the voices of Pacific Islanders, premiering at COP 2022. The Cook Islands could be one of the first nations to issue exploratory licenses for deep sea mining in its EEZ.

This project creates an online social simulation of deep sea mining in which users become members of the International Seabed Authority Advisory Council. Users will be able to learn about the issue, debate, and ultimately create recommendations for the ISA on deep sea mining.

This project is solving the over-exploitation of fish populations for the production of animal feed through the use of undervalued resources such as (insects, microalgae, and undervalued native plants) for the production of fish pellets for aquaculture. Working with the Integral Cooperative of Mayan-indigenous peasants in Quixaya, Guatemala, this scalable project provided them with the tools that help achieve sustainability within their livelihoods and provides them with an economic alternative in the context of a social enterprise, making them more resilient.

This project, affiliated with SOA Chile, and led by 3 project leaders from different Latin American countries, seeks to create an interactive ebook for children and youth. The book will cover the topics learned in SOA's La Academia in an accessible way for the target audience. The ultimate goal is to change the way in which youth gain knowledge about the ocean as an ecosystem and that they understand the impact that humans have on this ecosystem.

SOA Peru will implement a number of projects related to supporting fisherfolk in coastal communities; one through assisting fishermen in achieving sustainable certifications, one through recording and sharing their stories. After conducting data analysis, a bill that raises copper mining standards in the region will be drafted. SOA Peru will also self-publish a children's book about the threat of seabed mining. This grant has been expanded to include emergency funds to address the January 2022 Peru oil spill.

This project is an online ocean literacy course for teachers. 80 Brazilian public elementary school teachers received 2 months of training in ocean literacy, scientific experiments, and new pedagogical tools that they then implement in their respective classrooms. Each teacher is able to educate and impact about 30 students.

Bodhi is a student at the University of British Columbia and the founder of Oneworldbreath.org, an organization that unites youth around the importance of marine conservation. He will use his innovation prize to reach 1,000 ocean-aware youth in British Columbia and beyond.