Research and Conservation Partners

Whale Sharks

Galapagos

  • Galapagos Whale Shark Project
  • Darwin Foundation
  • Marine Megafauna Foundation
  • Universidad San Francisco

St. Helena

  • Darwin Initiative
  • Helena Government

Cenderawasih

  • Conservation International
  • The Ocean Project

Manta Rays

St. Augustine

  • Georgia Aquarium Conservation Field Station
  • Marine Megafauna Foundation

BOEM Grant

  • Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

Corals

Key Largo

  • Coral Restoration Foundation

Penguins

South Africa

  • SANCCOB

Dolphins

Titusville, Florida and St. Augustine, Florida

  • US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
  • NOAA
  • University of Florida
  • College of Charleston
  • University of Miami
  • Colorado State University
  • Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute at Florida Atlantic University
  • Florida Institute of Technology
  • Sea World Florida
  • Hubbs Sea World Research Institute
  • Dolphins Plus
  • Clearwater Marine Aquarium
  • Sarasota Dolphin Research Program @ Mote Marine Laboratory

Manatees

St. Mary’s, Georgia

  • Sea to Shore Alliance
  • Georgia Department of Natural Resources

Puerto Rico

  • Universidad InterAmericana de Puerto Rico
  • Centro de Conservacion de Manaties de Puerto Rico

Toothy Sharks

  • University of Georgia
  • Florida Museum of Natural History
  • University of Delaware
  • GA Southern
  • Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary
  • University of New England
  • Kennesaw State University
  • GA Tech
  • Mote Marine Laboratories
  • Havenworth Coastal Conservation
  • SC DNR
  • GA DNR
  • FACT Network
  • FL fish and wildlife conservation commission
  • All StAR project AQs
    • FIU
    • Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
    • The Field Museum
    • Dalhousie University
    • Scripps Institute of Oceanography
    • Southwest Fisheries Science Center
    • Gulf Coast Research Laboratory
    • VIMS
    • University of Toronto
    • Mississippi State University
    • Bimini Biological Field Station
    • Save Our Seas Foundation

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