📚 Category: Biology & Ecology
🏷️ Topics include: Seagrass
📍 Country/Region: International
The World Seagrass Association is a global network of scientists and coastal managers committed to research, protection and management of the world’s seagrasses.
📚 Category: Fisheries/Aquaculture
🏷️ Topics include: Aquaculture
📍 Country/Region: International
The World Aquaculture Society, through its commitment to excellence in science, technology, education, and information exchange, will contribute to the progressive and sustainable development of aquaculture throughout the world.
📚 Category: Maritime Industry
🏷️ Topics include: Blue Economy; Diversity & Inclusion; Career Development Support
📍 Country/Region: International
WISTA is an international networking organisation whose mission is to attract and support women, at the management level, in the maritime, trading and logistics sectors.
📚 Category: Oceanography
🏷️ Topics include: Technology; Ocean Literacy; Oceanography
📍 Country/Region: International
The Oceanography Society (TOS) was founded in 1988 to advance oceanographic research, technology, and education, and to disseminate knowledge of oceanography and its application through research and education.
📚 Category: Biology & Ecology
🏷️ Topics include: Crustaceans
📍 Country/Region: International
Advancing the study of all aspects of crustacean biology. The Crustacean Society (TCS) achieves its mission by promoting the exchange and dissemination of information throughout the world by:
(1) The Journal of Crustacean Biology (JCB) an SCI journal, with Editor-in-Chief Dr. Pedro Castro, published by the Oxford University Press;
(2) Biannual, international meetings to gather the world's carcinologists for constructive interaction and collaboration, and by supporting other societies, meetings, and conferences that share our mission; (3) annual competitions for fellowship, scholarship, and travel awards for postdocs and both graduate and undergraduate students.
📚 Category: Multidisciplinary
🏷️ Topics include: Toxicology; Chemistry
📍 Country/Region: International
SETAC is a not-for-profit, worldwide professional organization composed of about 5,000 individuals and institution in more than 90 countries dedicated to the study, analysis and solution of environmental problems, the management and regulation of natural resources, research and development and environmental education.
📚 Category: Engineering/Technology
🏷️ Topics include: Technology; Engineering; MarineScience
📍 Country/Region: International
The Society for Underwater Technology (SUT) is a multidisciplinary learned society that brings together organisations and individuals with a common interest in underwater technology, ocean science and offshore engineering.
📚 Category: Biology & Ecology
🏷️ Topics include: Marine Mammals; Career Development Support
📍 Country/Region: International
The mission of the international Society for Marine Mammalogy (SMM) is to promote the global advancement of marine mammal science and contribute to its relevance and impact in education, conservation and management.
📚 Category: Biology & Ecology
🏷️ Topics include: Biology/Ecology
📍 Country/Region: International
We are working to ensure that ecological restoration is recognized and utilized as a fundamental component of global conservation, biodiversity and sustainable development programs, and that ecological restoration projects are designed and implemented in a way that provides people with the opportunity to not only repair ecological damage, but also improve the human condition.
📚 Category: Biology & Ecology
🏷️ Topics include: Biology/Ecology; Policy/Governance; Career Development Support
📍 Country/Region: International
The Society for Conservation Biology (SCB) serves as the premier international membership society for professionals, students and non-profits dedicated to advancing the science and practice of conserving biodiversity.
📚 Category: Engineering/Technology
🏷️ Topics include: Technology; Career Development Support; Renewable Energy; Ocean Literacy; Scuba Diving; Oceanography; Meteorology
📍 Country/Region: International
The Marine Technology Society promotes awareness, understanding, and the advancement and application of marine technology. Incorporated in 1963, the international society brings together businesses, institutions, professionals, academics, and students who are ocean engineers, technologists, policy makers, and educator
📚 Category: Ocean Professionals
🏷️ Topics include: Biology/Ecology; Marine Mammals; Career Development Support
📍 Country/Region: International
The Marine Mammal Observer Association (MMOA) is a membership based association with the aim of bringing together and representing individuals who work commercially and professionally as marine fauna mitigation professionals who implement mitigation measures to protect marine life during industry operations.
MMOA aims to works with professional, experienced and newly qualified MMOs, PSOs and PAM operators, industry, government agencies, non-government organisations (NGOs) and academics to improve the profession's effectiveness by:
Developing professional competency.
Improving collection and use of data.
Assimilating field experience and knowledge of marine fauna mitigation professionals.
Providing a collective voice for offshore professionals.
Promoting the marine fauna mitigation profession in the offshore industry.
Improving protection for marine mammals.
MMOA seek to achieve this through:
Attendance at relevant conferences and meetings by MMOA spokespersons to represent marine fauna mitigation interests.
Recognising the skills of professional MMOs, PSOs, PAM Operators, MMO managers and associated consultants and providing marine fauna mitigation professionals with career development opportunities and advice.
Encouraging feedback from professional and experienced marine fauna mitigation professionals through an online forum.
Providing a point of contact for advice and consultation on marine mammal mitigation issues, feedback on improving/reviewing guidelines and marine fauna mitigation data collection.
Improving knowledge of members through an Information Directory
Working to encourage and promote the systematic collection, collation and analysis of marine fauna data worldwide.
📚 Category: Biology & Ecology; Geology
🏷️ Topics include: Habitat Mapping; Geoscience
📍 Country/Region: International
GeoHab (Marine Geological and Biological Habitat Mapping) is an international association of marine scientists studying biophysical (i.e., geologic and oceanographic) indicators of benthic habitats and ecosystems as proxies for biological communities and species diversity. The main goals of GeoHab scientists are: to support government spatial marine planning, sustainable ocean management, and decision making; to support and underpin the design of marine protected areas (MPAs); to conduct scientific research programs aimed at generating knowledge of benthic ecosystems and seafloor geology; to conduct living and non-living seabed resource assessments for economic and management purposes, including the design of fishing reserves.
📚 Category: Multidisciplinary
🏷️ Topics include: Policy/Governance
📍 Country/Region: International
La POC rassemble plus de 90 membres – instituts de recherche, ONGs, aquariums, secteur privé, institutions françaises et agences internationales, collectivités territoriales. Ils travaillent ensemble à communiquer le message suivant : « un océan en bonne santé pour un climat protégé ».
📚 Category: Biology & Ecology
🏷️ Topics include: Data Science/Modelling
📍 Country/Region: International
The International Society for Ecological Modelling (ISEM) promotes the international exchange of ideas, scientific results, and other knowledge on application of systems analysis and simulation in ecology and natural resource management. The Society was formed in Denmark in 1978 by the initiative of the professor Sven E. Jorgensen. Today ISEM has following chapters: Africa, Australasia, Europe, North America and Japan. The society sponsors conferences, symposia, and workshops that promote the systems approach to ecological research and teaching, and to the management of natural resources. Its members frequently contribute research articles to the official scientific journal of the Society, Ecological Modelling.
📚 Category: Maritime Industry
🏷️ Topics include: Blue Economy; Boating; Sailing
📍 Country/Region: International
The International Council of Marine Industry Associations - ICOMIA - is the international trade association representing the global marine industry since 1966. ICOMIA brings together national marine industry associations in one global organisation and represents them at an international level, presenting a strong and united voice when dealing with issues challenging the industry.
📚 Category: Maritime Industry
🏷️ Topics include: Blue Economy; Career Development Support
📍 Country/Region: International
The International Association of Marine Consultants and Surveyors (IAMCS) was formed on 2015. The association is an independent, non-political organisation. It also provides information on the people who are the main driving force behind the Association. Actively represent and promote the interests of the Association's members to the local and international communities. Promote regular programmers to improve productivity, technology, skills upgrading and to raise safety, health and environmental standards.
📚 Category: Ocean Professionals
🏷️ Topics include: Biology/ Ecology; Infrastructure; Ocean Literacy; Environment/Sustainability; Fisheries; Aquaculture; Maritime; Oceanography; Policy/Governance
📍 Country/Region: International
The International Association of Aquatic and Marine Science Libraries and Information Centers (IAMSLIC) is an organization of librarians and information professionals involved in all aspects of aquatic and marine sciences and their allied disciplines. The association provides a forum to exchange and explore ideas and issues of mutual concern.
📚 Category: Biology & Ecology
🏷️ Topics include: Biology/Ecology
📍 Country/Region: International
The International Association for Biological Oceanography (IABO) acts under the umbrella of the International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS) of the the International Science Council (ISC). IABO seeks to promote the advancement of knowledge of the biology of the sea by providing opportunities for communication between marine biologists. These opportunities shall include meetings and discussions either during other Assemblies of IUBS or other suitable occasions. IABO also fosters co-operating with organizations and individuals with similar aims and interests.
📚 Category: Maritime Industry
🏷️ Topics include: Navigation
📍 Country/Region: International
The Institute of Navigation (ION) is a not-for-profit organization advancing Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT). ION’s international membership is drawn from many sources including professional navigators, engineers, physicists, mathematicians, astronomers, cartographers, photogrammetrists, meteorologists, educators, geodesists, surveyors, other aviation and airline pilots, mariners and anyone interested in position-determining systems. Corporate members include corporations, civil and military government agencies, private scientific and technical institutions, universities and training academies, and consulting firms.