Ocean Communicators Alliance
Creating a Strong Voice for the Ocean in California
The California Ocean Communicators Alliance is a group of more than 300 professionals in ocean-related organizations, agencies and businesses who, in the course of their work, reach millions of Californians with ocean messages. NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, the California Natural Resources Agency and aquarium partners organized and support the California Ocean Communicators Alliance. OCA members collaborate on common ocean messages and promote the Thank You Ocean public awareness campaign.
If you are interested in becoming a member of the California Ocean Communicators Alliance please review the qualifications and information then complete our online member application.
Visit Ocean Communicator Alliance members’ websites to find detailed information about a variety of ocean topics.
Ocean Protection
- Amigos de Bolsa Chica
- The Baum Foundation
- Blue Frontier Campaign
- Bluewater Network
- Brown and Caldwell
- California Artificial Reef Enhancement
- California Coastal Coalition
- California Coastkeeper Alliance
- California Marine Life Protection Act Initiative
- COARE
- Coastal Watershed Council
- Coastwalk
- COMPASS
- Earth Justice
- Environment California
- Environment Now Foundation
- Environmental Defense
- Environmental Defense Center
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Environmental and Natural Resources
Law & Policy Program - Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association
- Friends of the Colorado Lagoon
- Institute for Fisheries Resources
- IUCN
- Marine Conservation Biology Institute
- National Marine Sanctuary Foundation
- Natural Resources Defense Council
- Ocean Conservation Research
- Oceana
- Orange County Coastkeeper
- Santa Barbara Channel Keeper
- Save the Waves Coalition
- SeaWeb
- Strategic Ocean Solutions
- The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
- The Nature Conservancy
- The Ocean Conservancy
- The Ocean Project
- TreePeople
- WiLDCOAST
Film, Photography and Media
- Adopt-A-Waterway
- Annie Crawley
- Art Wednesday
- Birken Productions/Tree People
- Blue Ocean Productions
- Current Publishing Corporation
- Eco Media
- EcoTalk
- Immersion Presents
- Little Green Star
- Matthew Meier Photography
- Mavericks Surf Ventures
- Michael Tennesen
- Ocean Futures Society
- PJA Advertising and Marketing
- San Francisco Ocean Film Festival
- Sea Stewards
- Sea Studios Foundation
- Sharkwater
- Shifting Baselines
- The Essential Image Source Foundation
- The Ocean Channel; Inc.
Recreation
- California Coastal Commission
- California Department of Boating and Waterways
- California State Parks
- Cannery Row Company
- Channel Islands National Park
- Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve
- Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association
- Island Packers
- Nature Tourism Planning
- NOAA Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
- NOAA Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary
- NOAA Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary
- NOAA Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
- NOAA National Marine Sanctuary Program
- Northern California Marine Association
- Northwest Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument
- Pacific Naturalists
- Patagonia
- Point Reyes National Seashore
- San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Reserve
- Santa Cruz County Conference and Visitors Council
- Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
Educational Programming
- Aquatic Adventures
- California Coastal Commission
- California Community College Satellite Network
- California Department of Boating and Waterways
- California Department of Fish and Game
- California Department of Parks and Recreation
- California State Water Resources Control Board
- Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence (COSEE) West
- COSEE
- Current Publishing Corporation
- Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve
- Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association Visitors Center
- Friends of Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
- Immersion Presents
- Marine Advanced Technology Education Center (MATE)
- Marine; Activities; Resources; and Education
- Monterey Bay Sanctuary Foundation
- Mountain and Sea Educational Adventures Science Camps
- National Geographic Society
- National Marine Sanctuary Foundation
- Newport Bay Natuarlists and Friends
- NOAA Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
- NOAA Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary
- NOAA Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary
- NOAA Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
- Northwest Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument
- O'Neill Sea Odyssey
- Ocean Discovery!
- Ocean Institute
- PRBO
- Project AWARE Foundation
- Research Vessel White Holly
- San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Reserve
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography
- See Into the Sea
- Seymour Marine Discovery Center Long Marine Laboratory UC Santa Cruz
- Surfrider Foundation
- The Headlands Institute
- UC Santa Cruz
- UCSB; Marine Science Institute
- University of California; Berkeley
- USC Sea Grant Program
- West Coast Ballast Project; UC - Sea Grant Extension
Wildlife
- California Department of Fish and Game
- California Marine Life Protection Act Initiative
- Coral Reef Alliance
- Defenders of Wildlife
- Friends of the Sea Otter
- Nature Tourism Planning
- NOAA Fisheries Service
- Pacific Marine Mammal Center
- PRBO
- San Francisco Bay Whale Watching
- Save the Whales
- Save-Our-Seals Coalition
- Sea World San Diego
- The Marine Mammal Center; Sausalito
- The National Audubon Society
- The Otter Project
- US Fish and Wildlife Service San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex
- Watchable Wildlife; Inc.
- WiLDCOAST
Research
- California Sea Grant Program
- Central & Northern California Ocean Observing System
- Ecotrust
- Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve
- Friends of Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
- Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
- Monterey Bay Sanctuary Foundation
- National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
- NOAA Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
- NOAA Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary
- NOAA Fisheries Service
- NOAA Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary
- NOAA Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
- Northwest Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument
- PISCO
- PRBO
- San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Reserve
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography
- SeaWeb
- Tagging of Pacific Predators
- UC Santa Cruz
- UCSB; Marine Science Institute
- UCSD; Center for Marine Biodiversity & Conservation
- USC Sea Grant Program
Aquariums and Museums
- Aquarium of the Bay; San Francisco
- Aquarium of the Pacific; Long Beach
- Birch Aquarium; La Jolla
- Cabrillo Marine Aquarium; San Pedro
- California Academy of Sciences; San Francisco
- Monterey Bay Aquarium; Monterey
- Ocean Institute
- Roundhouse Marine Studies Lab and Aquarium; Manhattan Beach
- Santa Monica Pier Aquarium
- Seymour Marine Discovery Center; Long Marine Laboratory; UC Santa Cruz
- Ty Warner Sea Center; Santa Barbara Federal Government
Federal Government
- Santa Monica National Recreation Area
- San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Reserve
- Point Reyes National Seashore
- Northwest Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument
- NOAA Office of Response and Restoration
- NOAA National Weather Service
- NOAA National Ocean Service
- NOAA National Marine Sanctuary Program
- NOAA Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
- NOAA Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary
- NOAA Fisheries Service
- NOAA Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary
- NOAA Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
- Minerals Management Service
- Marine Protected Areas Center
- Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve
- Congressman Sam Farr
- Channel Islands National Park
State Government
- Bay Conservation and Development Commission
- California Coastal Commission
- California Department of Boating and Waterways
- California Department of Fish and Game
- California Environmental Protection Agency
- California Marine Life Protection Act Initiative
- California Ocean Protection Council
- California Ocean Resources Management Program
- California Resources Agency Departments
- California Resources Agency- hosted Web sites
- Department of Parks and Recreation
- State Coastal Conservancy
- State Lands Commission
- State Water Resources Control Board