Interested to learn how MCAF can support your ocean conservation work? 🌊 Join us online to hear about our grants + our open call for fellows, launching later this year! Register: October 24 at 12 p.m. ET lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/zyrmp75… OR October 28 at 7 p.m. ET lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/u66t59j…

Oliver Mata recovering a juvenile Green turtle from artisanal incidental captures near Macuro fishermen village in Venezuela. MCAF_NEAQ Provita #minec SEE Turtles Fudena

Join us + current MCAF Fellows online to learn how to apply for an MCAF grant or fellowship! Option 1: October 24 at 12 p.m. ET (feat. Florencia Vilches) Register: lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/zyrmp75 Option 2: October 28 at 7 p.m. ET (feat. Anna Oposa) Register: lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/u66t59j

This summer, AquaLife Conservancy Founder + MCAF Fellow Issah Seidu participated in the Beahrs ELP Program at University of California, Berkeley! In his New England Aquarium blog, Issah reflects on his rewarding experience connecting with leaders from around the world! 🌍 neaq.org/take-home-expe…

According to FISH 'N FINS Founding Executive Director + MCAF Project Leader Veta Wade, we need to invest in community-based initiatives that ignite local interest + build essential skills to protect endangered sea turtles in Montserrat! See their infographic progress report 🐢

Congrats to Provita on funding from Conservation Connect to continue their outstanding work in Venezuela! 🎊 MCAF is honored to have helped support Provita's Clemente Balladares Castillo in his role coordinating the Sea Turtle Conservation Project in the Gulf of Paria.

Join a New Generation of Coastal Sustainability Leaders. Apply for the #Masters in Coastal Science & Policy at UC Santa Cruz by December 13! loom.ly/AugJIUY #graduateschool #marinescience #oceanscience #environmentalpolicy #womeninSTEM #climatechange #oceanconservation

Last month, two of our MCAF team members—Program Manager Emily Duwan and Program Officer Christina Janulis—traveled to Cape Town, South Africa for the 7th International Marine Conservation Congress. 🌊 Read the blog to learn about their experience! neaq.org/marine-conserv…

This #WorldFisheriesDay, we celebrate Claudio Pichaud, the Comité Productivo de Extractores de Jaibas de Ancud, and their MCAF-supported project to raise awareness of the stone crab fishery as an important source of food, work, and social welfare for their communities in Chile!🦀

Applications are now open for the Marine Conservation Action Fund (MCAF) Fellowship! 🌊 Stage 1 applications are due by February 1st, 2025: mcaf.formstack.com/forms/apply_co… Learn more about eligibility criteria and how to apply here: conta.cc/4goiuoH

We are thrilled to announce MCAF’s publication in Biological Conservation, "Small grants advance global ocean conservation and management equity." This paper will elevate the approach + impact of MCAF and the global community of leaders it serves. tinyurl.com/MCAFpub

📣 Your support helps turtles in need! Today for #GivingTuesday, donate to the Aquarium to help support our sea turtle rescue and rehabilitation—and all the animals in our care. Your gift to the Aquarium will be matched dollar-for-dollar! Donate now: bit.ly/41iK7Lk

Fewer than 10K breeding pairs of #AfricanPenguins remain, and the species could be extinct by 2035. 🐧 This summer, MCAF_NEAQ Project Leader and SANCCOB's Romy Klusener and her team hand-reared 25+ eggs and 40 chicks, successfully releasing them back into the wild! #MCAF

We were privileged to spend time with 3 MCAF community members at New England Aquarium last month: Ani Henriquez, Executive Director of ProCosta, El Salvador; Francklin Barbier, Sea Turtle and Sea Bird Coordinator of Haiti Ocean Project; and Veta Wade, Executive Director of FISH 'N FINS, Montserrat.

New press release on our study in Biological Conservation! 🌊 We are grateful to be a part of these larger conversations around equity in ocean conservation grantmaking, and to have co-authored this paper with members of the international MCAF community. neaq.org/about-us/press…

In her New England Aquarium blog, Macuáticos Colombia Foundation General Director + MCAF Project Leader Natalia Botero-Acosta gives exciting updates on her project in the Gulf of Tribugá, where her team has monitored whale health in response to human noise since 2013. 🐳 neaq.org/a-sea-of-oppor…

This video captures Thresher Shark Indonesia (TSI)'s work with communities, schools, government, and fishers alike in the Banda Archipelago. TSI's bycatch release initiative + educational programs are helping safeguard this charismatic species in Banda! 🦈youtube.com/watch?v=6QcYy8…

ProCosta had a record-breaking nesting season in 2024! 🐢 This community-based sea turtle conservation NGO in El Salvador - led by Executive Director + MCAF Fellow Ani Henriquez - monitored & protected 600+ nests this season! 🎉 PC: ProCosta, Allison Shelley, Wild Earth Allies

Stage 1 applications for the Marine Conservation Action Fund (MCAF) Fellowship are due February 1st! 🌊 Learn more and apply at tinyurl.com/mcaffellow Eligible applicants are nationals of LMICs who are leading community-based, multi-disciplinary approaches in their countries.

We are excited to introduce our first project leaders of 2025, Kernean George and Marcella Harris of the Dominica Sea Turtle Conservation Organization (DomSeTCO)! Their MCAF-supported project will provide sea turtle husbandry and ecotourism training to local conservationists 🐢