Excepting aquaria and zoos, this page highlights organisations which either have expressed and interest or might be considered as partners.
Explore opportunities for collaboration with chief execs of the MSC and MAC.  Rupert Howes
Marine Stewardship Council
 http://www.msc.org/
 Paul Holthus
Marine Aquarium Council
http://www.aquariumcouncil.org/
 Planet Ocean aims to promote public awareness of the oceans and the importance of their conservation and sustainable development.
Planet Ocean Intro Also see the website at:
http://www.nmm.ac.uk/server/show/nav.005002007007 Contact: Jonathan Potts of the National Maritime Museum
Natural England Things are pretty hectic here as we prepare for the creation of the new agency Natural England that will merge English Nature with the RDS and the Countryside, recreation and Access Division of the Countryside Agency. I attached a copy of the draft statement of strategic direction for the new agency by way of background. You will see that we will continue to have a keen interest in England's seas and coasts, and fisheries policy will remain a priority. (James Marsden) Natural England Strategy http://www.english-nature.org.uk/About/naturalengland.htm
WCPA Taskforce on Island Conservation and Protected Areas ... a possible partner ... http://www.fnatura.org/paginas/textos.php?id=212&val=30
 Seafood Choices Alliance
Seafood Choices Alliance informs, connects and mobilizes the nation’s leading voices in support of a sustainable supply of seafood choices. As an association that unites the leading voices from the seafood industry, Seafood Choices Alliance enables its members to advance actions that reflect their shared concern for the long term supply of seafood and the long term health of the ocean environment. ... If we decide to include a component on consumption, it would be worthwhile to review more thoroughly the programme of the US-focused alliance http://www.seafoodchoices.com/
 Europe
a large list of relevant institutions in Europe http://www.mth.uea.ac.uk/ocean/vl/europe-map.html
 A Smithsonian Institution Travelling Exhibition
The text on this site is presented as an archival version of the script of "Ocean Planet," a 1995 Smithsonian Institution travelling exhibition which is no longer on display. The content reflects the state of knowledge at the time of the exhibition, and has not been updated. ... an excellent resource should we decide to build a travelling exhibition ... contains a wealth of information, such as layouts ... 
http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/ocean_planet.html in particular, have a look at: http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/peril_overfishing.html
Oceanography Hotlist - Europe another good list of potential partners ... http://www.phys.ocean.dal.ca/hotlists/Europe.html
 OCEANA
Organizes campaigns dedicated to restoring and protecting the world's oceans through policy advocacy, science, law and public education.
headquarters in Madrid, an interesting website with a European section plus an activist network Global in scope and dedicated to conservation, Oceana has campaigners based in North America ( Washington, DC; Juneau, AK; Los Angeles, CA ), Europe ( Madrid, Spain; Brussels, Belgium ) and South America ( Santiago, Chile ). More than 200,000 members and e-activists in over 150 countries have already joined Oceana. http://www.oceana.org/index.php?id=81
 European Environment Agency has a website dedicated to the fishing issue: There is a critical overcapacity in the European fishing fleet. Over-fishing can have serious consequences for the entire marine environment. ... The key question is whether Europe can avoid ‘fishing out’ its remaining stocks and instead develop an industry that is sustainable for both the environment and those making a living from it. This section looks at the reform of the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy, which is designed to make that happen, and presents studies of fish stocks, fishing fleet activity, and potential alternatives, such as fish farming. http://themes.eea.eu.int/Sectors_and_activities/fishery
 Greenpeace
Global overfishing campaign SCIENTISTS ACKNOWLEDGE THAT the biggest single threat to marine biodiversity today is overfishing. A good number of older docs on the site. http://archive.greenpeace.org/oceans/globaloverfishing/
 2002 Stop Overfishing Campaign
More than 20,000 people helped make a difference. In 2002, WWF was successful in putting pressure on the European Union to stop overfishing. http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/marine/
what_we_do/policy_events/stop_overfishing_campaign.cfm 2. Raise awareness of, and generate action to halt, the depletion of the oceans through unsustainable fishing: the fisheries crisis. (achieved) The objectives of the Stop Overfishing website were: - Online lobbying to help deliver the vote of the EU fisheries ministers in favour of a reformed Common Fisheries policy (CFP) (achieved)
- Raise public awareness about the ocean crisis and the opportunity/solutions offered by a reformed CFP. (achieved)
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