📚 Category: Engineering/Technology
🏷️ Topics include: Engineering; Ocean Literacy; Technology
📍 Country/Region: International
The Society’s objectives are scientific, literary, and educational in character. The Society strives for the advancement of the theory and practice of electrotechnology, allied branches of engineering, and related arts and sciences, applied to all bodies of water; and the maintenance of high professional and ethical standards among its members and affiliates.
📚 Category: Oceanography
🏷️ Topics include: Hydrography; Career Development Support; Hydrospatial; Oceanpography
📍 Country/Region: UK
The Hydrographic Society UK & Ireland (THS:UKI) is a learned professional society; our purpose is to raise awareness of the science of surveying at sea, and protect and promote the status of the hydrographic profession. Membership of THS:UKI includes companies, individual professionals and students, who are hydrographers, technologists, policy makers and educators.
📚 Category: Fisheries/Aquaculture
🏷️ Topics include: Fish; Fisheries Science; Career Development Support
📍 Country/Region: UK
The FSBI is an international, non-political, learned Society, based in the United Kingdom, that supports scientific activity in fish biology and management through charitable sponsorship.
📚 Category: Maritime Industry
🏷️ Topics include: Law
📍 Country/Region: Europe
The “European Maritime Law Organisation” (EMLO) was established to provide a neutral and independent forum for debate and research on issues of interest to those concerned with EU maritime affairs. We are an independent body and hold conferences and seminars on all aspects of EU maritime law, ranging from competition and trade to safety and the environment.
📚 Category: Ocean Professionals
🏷️ Topics include: Ocean Literacy
📍 Country/Region: Europe
EMSEA is a network of marine science educators acting as one voice across Europe and beyond. Our shared vision is a society of Ocean Literate citizens who recognise the vital importance of the Ocean, working together to ensure it is sustained for future generations. Our mission is to act as a hub for the European marine education community to promote and deliver Ocean Literacy across society by working with scientists, teachers, policy makers and the public.
📚 Category: Oceanography; Biology & Ecology
🏷️ Topics include: Ocean Observations; FAIR Data; Data Science/Modelling
📍 Country/Region: Europe
The European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet) is a network of organisations supported by the EU’s integrated maritime policy. These organisations work together to observe the sea, process the data according to international standards and make that information freely available as interoperable data layers and data products. This "collect once and use many times" philosophy benefits all marine data users, including policy makers, scientists, private industry and the public. It has been estimated that such an integrated marine data policy will save at least one billion Euros per year, as well as opening up new opportunities for innovation and growth.
📚 Category: Ocean Professionals
🏷️ Topics include: Policy/Governance
📍 Country/Region: Europe
The European Marine Board (EMB) is the leading European think tank in marine science policy. It provides a platform to advance marine research and to bridge the gap between science and policy.
The European Marine Board is a unique strategic pan-European Forum for seas and ocean research and technology. We provide a strategic forum to develop marine research foresight, initiate state-of-the-art analyses and translate these into clear policy recommendations to European institutions as well as national governments. As an independent, self-sustaining, non-governmental advisory body, the European Marine Board transfers knowledge between the scientific community and decision makers, promoting Europe’s leadership in marine research and technology.
📚 Category: Biology & Ecology
🏷️ Topics include: Cetaceans
📍 Country/Region: Europe
The European Cetacean Society (ECS) was established in January 1987 and aims to promote and advance the scientific studies and conservation efforts of marine mammals and to gather and disseminate information about them to members of the Society and the public at large. The ECS is coordinated by a Council of 11 members and each year organizes an Annual Conference in a European country.
📚 Category: Biology & Ecology
🏷️ Topics include: Marine Mammals; Career Development Support
📍 Country/Region: Europe
The European Association for Aquatic Mammals abbreviated as “EAAM.” was formed as an interest group in 1972 at a meeting in the Netherlands. In August 2012 a non-profit Association, with same name was established, with its head office located in Brussels, Belgium. The EAAM’s membership includes veterinarians, biologists, zoo and marine park directors and managers, trainers and caretakers, researchers, students and other persons who devote a significant amount of time to the in situ and ex situ welfare and conservation of marine mammals through research, medical care, training, education, conservation, management and related activities.
📚 Category: Biology & Ecology
🏷️ Topics include: Biology/Ecology
📍 Country/Region: Australia
The Ecological Society of Australia Ltd (ESA) is the peak group of ecologists in Australia, with over 1000 members from all states and territories. The ESA has an impressive 60 year history supporting ecologists, promoting ecology and ecological research.
📚 Category: Biology & Ecology
🏷️ Topics include: Biology/Ecology; Policy/Governance; Career Development Support
📍 Country/Region: USA
The Ecological Society of America (ESA) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization of scientists founded in 1915 to: promote ecological science by improving communication among ecologists; raise the public’s level of awareness of the importance of ecological science; increase the resources available for the conduct of ecological science; and ensure the appropriate use of ecological science in environmental decision making by enhancing communication between the ecological community and policy-makers.
📚 Category: Maritime Industry
🏷️ Topics include: Law
📍 Country/Region: Germany
Der Deutsche Verein für Internationales Seerecht e.V. (DVIS) ist ein gemeinnütziger Verein, dessen Zweck die Förderung wissenschaftlicher Zwecke ist, insbesondere die Förderung der Entwicklung des deutschen und internationalen Seerechts einschließlich des einschlägigen Gemeinschaftsrechts und des (See-) Völkerrechts.
📚 Category: Ocean Professionals; Maritime Industry
🏷️ Topics include: Blue Economy; Maritime
📍 Country/Region: Canada
The Council of Marine Professional Associates (COMPASS) was established on April 9, 2008 in response to a deep-felt need among industry stakeholders for such an organization. As its constitution stipulates, COMPASS is an organization of “private-sector businesses and public-sector organizations directly involved in marine transportation activities. (design, operations, support, human resources development, labour supply and consultancy.)”
📚 Category: Maritime Industry
🏷️ Topics include: Boating; Sailing
📍 Country/Region: Italy
Confindustria Nautica è l’Associazione senza fini di lucro, che dal 1967 rappresenta le industrie e le imprese della nautica da diporto, opera per lo sviluppo del settore nautico, promuove la cultura del mare e lo sviluppo del turismo nautico in Italia.
📚 Category: Biology & Ecology
🏷️ Topics include: Estuaries; Coastal Systems
📍 Country/Region: International
The Federation advances understanding and wise stewardship of estuarine and coastal ecosystems worldwide. Its mission is to: Promote research in estuarine and coastal ecosystems; Support education of scientists, decision-makers and the public; Facilitate communication among these groups.
📚 Category: Ocean Professionals
🏷️ Topics include: Ocean Literacy; Indigenous Knowledge & Stewardship
📍 Country/Region: Canada
The Canadian Network for Ocean Education (CaNOE) is a registered non-profit and charity dedicated to advancing ocean literacy across Canada. CaNOE connects individuals and organizations from education, research, government, commerce, and Indigenous communities, working collaboratively to build a more ocean-literate society.
Driven by a volunteer Board of Directors and supported by hundreds of passionate members nationwide, CaNOE is a grassroots organization fueled by the belief that education is a powerful tool for ocean sustainability. Through its convening power, CaNOE brings together diverse voices to promote shared understanding, stewardship, and action for the ocean.
With a strong membership base and partnerships, CaNOE continues to grow as a leading national voice for ocean literacy, fostering collaboration, inclusivity, and lasting impact.
📚 Category: Oceanography
🏷️ Topics include: Meteorology; Hydrology; Atmospheric Science; Climate Science
📍 Country/Region: Canada
The Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS) is the national society of individuals and organisations dedicated to advancing atmospheric and oceanic sciences and related environmental disciplines in Canada. The Society’s aim is to promote meteorology and oceanography in Canada, and it is a major non-governmental organisation serving the interests of meteorologists, climatologists, oceanographers, limnologists, hydrologists and cryospheric scientists in Canada.
CMOS was officially created in 1967 as the Canadian Meteorological Society and adopted its present name in 1977, following an invitation by the Canadian Meteorological Society to the oceanographic community in Canada to join the Society. However, CMOS has a rich history dating back to 1939 when it was known as the Canadian Branch of the Royal Meteorological Society. The Society comprises over 700 members and subscribers, including students, corporations, institutions, and others who are involved in the educational functions, communications, the private sector and government. Membership is open to all who share an interest in atmospheric and oceanic sciences, their related sciences and applications.
The Society addresses a broad range of national and international meteorological and oceanographic concerns including weather and weather extremes, global warming, ozone depletion and surface air quality and their effects on all aspects of life in Canada including forestry, agriculture and fisheries. Special interest groups in the Society build communities of members with common interests.
📚 Category: Engineering/Technology
🏷️ Topics include: Engineering; Naval Architecture
📍 Country/Region: Canada
The Canadian Institute of Marine Engineering (CIMarE) was created in 1976 to advance and promote the science and practice of marine engineering, naval engineering, naval architecture, and other associated professions.
📚 Category: Maritime Industry
🏷️ Topics include: Law
📍 Country/Region: UK
The British Maritime Law Association was founded in 1908. Its purpose is and always has been to promote the study and the advancement of British maritime and mercantile law: to promote and consider with foreign and other maritime law associations proposals for the unification of maritime and mercantile law in the practice of different nations: to afford opportunities for members to discuss matters of national and international maritime law: to collect and circulate amongst its members information regarding maritime and mercantile law and to establish a collection of publications and documents of interest to members. (The text of the constitution will be found hereafter.)
