SeaChange Summer Party 2023 Program

Honoring

MORGAN FREEMAN

Ocean Champion

PAUL NAUDÉ

Master of Ceremonies

JUNE DIANE RAPHAEL

Special Performance by

THIRD EYE BLIND

SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2023 WALDORF A STORIA M ONA RCH BE ACH RE SORT & CLUB DA NA POI N T, CA

Menu

FIRST COURSE Little Gem Salad Nectarines, Persian and Kirby Cucumbers Ribbons, Sugar Snap Peas, Crispy Prosciutto, Marcona Almonds, Feta with Parmesan Crisp Fan & Basil Vinaigrette

ENTRÉE Baked Line Caught White Seabass Artichokes, Shallots, Roasted Fennel, Crisp Fingerling Potatoes, Confit Tomato, Fava Beans, Zucchini Ribbons, Orange Zest, Tapioca Squid Ink Tuille & Pastis Beurre Blanc Sauce Vegan/Gluten Free option available upon request

D E S S E RT Citrus Tart Lemon Curd, Blueberries, Almond Cream, White Chocolate Chantilly & Mixed Berry Compote

Welcome to Oceana’s 16th Annual SeaChange Summer Party!

WELCOME

We are so thrilled you are joining us tonight to celebrate the oceans. The support and generosity of the SeaChange family over the years has played an important role in Oceana’s campaigns to restore ocean health and abundance. Together, we have raised nearly $19 million for ocean conservation here at home in California and around the world. Thank you!

We have an exciting program for you this evening hosted by actress, author, and Oceana supporter June Diane Raphael. She will help us celebrate Honoree Morgan Freeman and Ocean Champion Paul Naudé. We will close the evening with a wonderful performance by the legendary band, Third Eye Blind.

As the largest international organization dedicated solely to ocean conservation, Oceana continues to deliver results. Since 2001, Oceana has protected nearly 4 million square miles of ocean and won more than 275 significant policy victories.

With your help, we can rebuild ocean abundance, preserve critical habitat and marine life, and feed one billion people a healthy seafood meal every day, forever.

In just the last year, Oceana and our allies have won more than 25 victories. In the United States, Washington, Oregon, Los Angeles, San Diego, and New York City passed new laws to reduce plastic pollution. Our campaigning was instrumental in protecting more than 600 square miles of deep-sea corals off the coast of California.

And in Chile, Oceana and our artisanal fishing allies helped establish the first coastal marine protected area in the country safeguarding the biodiversity of rich kelp forests.

Since we last gathered, we have made monumental progress for sharks, the ocean’s top predator. The United States banned the buying and selling of shark fins and is now officially out of the global shark fin trade. In Peru, Oceana and our allies successfully campaigned for a new law that makes wildlife trafficking illegal in the country’s Law Against Organized Crime. This will help protect hundreds of species, including sharks. And right here in California, Oceana helped remove the last deadly large mesh drift gillnets from the ocean, protecting sharks, whales, dolphins, sea lions, sea turtles, and other important fish species.

These concrete results demonstrate that with your partnership Oceana truly delivers for the oceans. Tonight, we celebrate these achievements while focusing on the work ahead, including the global goal of protecting 30 percent of the oceans by 2030. Your participation and support help ensure that every child inherits a healthy, abundant sea!

For the oceans,

Elizabeth Wahler SeaChange Co-Chair and Oceana Board Member

Karen Cahill SeaChange Co-Chair

Photo by Nick Dunn

SPECIAL GUESTS

Honoring — Morgan Freeman “The Comeback Trail”. He was also cast in, “Angel has Fallen,” and “The Poison Rose,” Disney’s “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms,” Broad Green Pictures’ “Just Getting Started,” Warner Bros.’

“Going In Style,” Paramount Pictures’ “Ben-Hur,” Summit Entertainment’s “Now You See Me 2” Focus Features’ “London Has Fallen,” Universal’s “Ted 2,” “Last Knights,” “Lucy,” "Dolphin Tale 2," "Transcendence," "The Lego Movie," "Last Vegas," "Now You See Me," "Oblivion," "Olympus Has Fallen" and "The Dark Knight Rises."

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ulti-award-winning actor Morgan Freeman is known around the globe for his critically and commercially successful films. Freeman’s movies have earned over $5 billion in ticket sales, placing him firmly in the list of 10 top-grossing actors worldwide.

In 2005 Freeman won the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for his role in “Million Dollar Baby.” Freeman also received an Academy Award nomination in 1987 for Best Supporting Actor for “Street Smart,” in 1994 for Best Actor for “The Shawshank Redemption,” and in 2010 for Best Actor for “Invictus.” He also won the Golden Globe for Best Actor for his performance in “Driving Miss Daisy” in 1990.

Freeman was honored with the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2018, recognizing his career and humanitarian accomplishments. At the 2011 Golden Globe Awards he was bestowed with the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and that same year he received the 39th AFI Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2000, Freeman was given the coveted Kennedy Center Honor for his distinguished acting and was also presented with the Hollywood Actor Award by the Hollywood Film Festival.

In 2010, Freeman won the National Board of Review Award for Best Actor for his performance as Nelson Mandela in “Invictus.”

In addition to his Academy Award nomination for Best Actor, he also received a Golden Globe nomination and a Broadcast Critics Association nomination. Invictus was produced

by Revelations Entertainment, the company Freeman co-founded in 1996 with Lori McCreary. Since its inception, Revelations Entertainment has continued to be the frontrunner in the field of digital technology.

Freeman was recently seen in “A Good Person,” “57 Seconds,” “Paradise Highway,” “The Minute You Wake Up Dead,” “The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard,” “Vanquish,” “Hate to See You Go,” and “The Ritual Killer,” “Coming 2 America” and

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Freeman’s current projects include The History Channel’s, “Black Patriots: The 761st Battalion,” produced by Freeman and McCreary’s Revelations Entertainment, and a starring role in “Special Ops: LIONESS,” produced by MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios for Paramount+.

Most recently through Revelations Entertainment, he was an Executive Producer on the timely and powerful true drama “The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain” and “Princess of the Row.” Also through Revelations Entertainment, Freeman hosted and produced a nonfiction series for the History Channel entitled “Great Escapes with Morgan Freeman” about the biggest jailbreaks from the world’s more notorious prisons. Freeman was an executive producer with McCreary on the Revelations series “Madam Secretary” for CBS, starring Téa Leoni, which recently aired its sixth and final season. He hosted and was an executive producer also for the three-time Emmy nominated Revelations series “Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman” for Science Channel. Also through Revelations, he hosted both the Emmy nominated event series “The Story of God with Morgan Freeman” for three seasons and “The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman,” on the National Geographic Channel.

Revelations’ features include “5 Flights Up,” starring Freeman, “Invictus,” “The Code,” “The Magic of Belle Isle,” “Levity,” “Under Suspicion,” “Mutiny,” “Bopha!”, “Along Came a Spider,” “Feast of Love,” “10 Items or Less,” “Maiden Heist” and the Peabody Award winning ESPN 30 For 30 documentary, “The 16th Man.” Freeman narrated the documentary “March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step,” for which he received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Narrator. He also narrated “The C-Word,” IMAX documentary “Island of Lemurs: Madagascar," Science Channel’s “Stem Cell Universe with Stephen Hawking” and history documentary "We the People." Past narrations include two Academy Award-winning documentaries,

“The Long Way Home” and “The March of The Penguins.”

Other credits include “Dolphin’s Tale,” “Born to be Wild 3D,” “The Dark Knight,” “The Bucket List,” “Glory,” “Clean and Sober,” “Lean on Me,” “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves,” “Unforgiven,” “Se7en,” “Kiss the Girls,” “Amistad,” “Deep Impact,” “Nurse Betty,” “The Sum of All Fears,” “Bruce Almighty,” ”Coriolanus,” “Attica,” “Brubaker,” “Eyewitness,” “Death of a Prophet,” and “Along Came a Spider.”

After beginning his acting career on the off-Broadway stage productions of “The Niggerlovers” and the all African-American production of “Hello Dolly”, Freeman segued into television. Many people grew up watching him on the long-running Children's Television Workshop classic “The Electric Company,” where he played the iconic Easy Reader among several recurring characters. Looking for his next challenge, he set his sights on both Broadway and the silver screen simultaneously and quickly began to fill his resume with memorable performances.

In 1978 Freeman won a Drama Desk Award for his role as Zeke in “The Mighty Gents.”

He also received a Tony Nomination for Best Performance by a Featured Actor.

His stage work continued to earn him accolades and awards, including Obie Awards in 1980, 1984 and 1987 and a second Drama Desk Nomination in 1987 for the role of Hoke Colburn, which he created for the Alfred Uhry play “Driving Miss Daisy” and reprised in the 1989 movie of the same name.

In his spare time, Freeman loves the freedom of both sea and sky; he is a long-time sailor and has earned a private pilot’s license. He also has a love for the blues and seeks to keep it in the forefront through his Ground Zero club in Clarksville, Mississippi, the birthplace of the blues. In 1973 he co-founded the Frank Silvera Writers' Workshop, now in its 37th season. The workshop seeks to serve successful playwrights of the new millennium. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Earth Biofuels, a company whose mission is to promote the use of cleanburning fuels. He also supports Artists for a New South Africa and the Campaign for Female Education.

Freeman has been named on the Forbes “Most Trustworthy Celebrities” list each of the five times it has been published since 2006.

SPECIAL GUESTS

Ocean Champion — Paul Naudé

Paul Naudé’s story starts in the Bay of Plenty, Durban, South Africa. At a young age, his passion for the ocean and riding waves led to learning the craft of surfboard building and innovation.

From South Africa, Paul’s competitive surfing skills took him around the world including to Hawaii where he competed at the highest level and quickly cemented

his place as a leader among the global surf tribe. In 1976, Paul started ZigZag Magazine, widely recognized as one of the most respected and longest running surf media publications in existence and it is still relevant today. In the 80’s he traded in his caliper, clippings, and contest jersey to help Michael Tomson run the Gotcha brand, the most radical and influential surf brand of its era, if not ever. This role brought Paul to California where he was later appointed President of Billabong in 1998. After being one of the key players in building the Billabong group into the biggest multi-brand holding in the surf industry’s history, in 2014, Paul opted for a change, and created the Vissla surf brand. Vissla has since challenged the surf market with a foundation in craftmanship and true surf culture, winning multiple awards, establishing business in over 40 countries, celebrating the work of Creators & Innovators in surf culture, and pushing an aggressive sustainability agenda.

Throughout his career, Paul has stayed true to his ocean roots and earned a reputation as a steward for the environment. He has helped raise millions in funding for ocean conservation NGOs

as President of Surf Industry Members Association’s SIMA Environmental Fund, been a steadfast partner for Surfrider Foundation, influenced the Coastal Defender Coalition, supported Save the Waves Coalition, Surfers Against Sewage, Oceana and numerous other Ocean related environmental organizations.

His other passion is African wildlife, and he Co-Founded The Chipembere Foundation, working to protect African Rhino. As a reflection of Paul’s commitment, Vissla has collaborated with Surfrider, Surfers Against Sewage, SIMA’s Waterman’s Annual Gala, Dr. Cliff Kapono, The Ecology Center and other similar groups. Despite the challenges involved, Paul has grown the percent of sustainable products in the Vissla line from 30% in 2017 to now over 75% with an ongoing commitment to continue innovating business practices in order to minimize environmental impact, and ultimately to protect the ocean.

If you can’t reach Paul on his flip phone, he is either surfing, taking world-class photographs, adding a vintage surfboard to his collection of over 500, making organic wine, upcycling something, or hand shaping and laminating surfboards for a lucky few.

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SPECIAL GUESTS

Musical Guest — Third Eye Blind

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ince 1997, San Francisco’s Third Eye Blind has recorded five bestselling albums and assembled one career retrospective. Led by Stephan Jenkins, 3EB has earned worldwide success during a tumultuous group of years when the major-label recording industry was finally losing its grip on an enterprise that for decades it had dominated with steely efficiency. Nothing could have made 3EB happier!

Third Eye Blind is supporting SeaTrees on its 2022 tour, an organization that helps restore a portion of the Palos Verdes Kelp Forest. The latest science shows that globally, kelp forests can sequester more carbon than mangrove forests . As much as 83% of the global carbon cycle is circulated through the ocean, so these ecosystems are critical to solving climate change.

Third Eye Blind’s 2021 album Our Bande Apart was recorded when lockdown ended, with Bethany Cosentino of Best Coast and Ryan Olson of Poliça. The band has continued to gain artistic clarification—and, surprisingly, a fanbase that is larger, younger and more dedicated than ever.

Master of Ceremonies — June Diane Raphael

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une Diane Raphael is an activist, actress, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. In 2019, she coauthored Represent: The Woman’s Guide to Running for Office and Changing the World to help women get into politics. A climate justice activist, June protested and demanded a Green New Deal as part of Fire Drill Fridays with Jane Fonda in Washington, DC. She is a When We All Vote Ambassador. She’s also an active supporter of organizations that empower, defend, and protect women and those who identify as women, including Fund Her, the National Women’s Law Center, and Together for Her. She volunteers at weekly phone banks for Reclaim Our Vote, Swing Left, and Nithya Raman’s LA City Council Campaign.

entire village of support to “Janes” across the United States and around the world.

June founded The Jane Club, a community for women and caretakers that recently went online, offering an

June resides in Los Angeles along with her husband Paul Scheer and their two children.

June has appeared in numerous films and television shows. She co-starred in the hit Netflix series Grace and Frankie as Brianna, Jane Fonda’s bold, entrepreneurial daughter, that just finished its seventh and final season. She co-starred opposite Tracee Ellis Ross and Dakota Johnson in the Focus Features/ Working Title film, The High Note directed by Nisha Ganatra. She was also recently seen opposite Charlize Theron and Seth Rogen in Lionsgate’s comedy, Long Shot. June also co-hosts the Deep Dive podcast with her best friend Jessica St. Clair, taking a deep dive into a wide range of topics, from motherhood and family to feminism.

2023 COMMITTEE

Co-Chairs

Karen Cahill Elizabeth Whaler

Vice-Chairs

Chair Emeriti

Jeff Blasingame Gabriel Serrato

Ted Danson Eve Kornyei Julie Hill Britt Meyer Valarie Van Cleave

Host Committee Keith Addis

January Jones

Billy Magnussen

Christina Ochoa

Kate Walsh

John Corbett

Angela Kinsey

Austin Nichols

Sally Pressman

Ursula Whittaker

Bo Derek

Diane Lane

Oscar Nunez

Sam Trammell

Executive Committee Lace Alexander

Kira Cahill

Pamela George

Sara Lowell

Hunter Tate

Julie Anderson-Leonardo

Leslie A. Cancellieri

Diana Hasenbalg

Athena Merage

Alicia Thompson

Patricia Berns

Mary Carrington

Julie Hill

Britt and Robert Meyer

Julie Ann Ulcickas

Shahrzad Bina

Renetta Caya

Suzie Kim

Dina Michelle

Valarie Van Cleave

Jeff Blasingame

Judy Chang

Robert Kollar

Janet Nolet

Ashley Wahler

Kelly Brochu

Sally Crockett

Eve Kornyei Ruffatto

Bradley Pivar

Elizabeth Wahler

Brent Cahill

James and Ryan Cueva

Bonnie Lee

Stephanie Rogers

Jean Weiss

Karen Cahill

Olivia Dahan

Slane Lightburne

Gabriel Serrato

Event Committee The Abrahams Family Fund

Anne Earhart

JoAnne Artman

Jim and Patricia Edwards

Monique Bär

Linda Edwards

Herbert and Tamar Bedolfe

Christina Ochoa

South Coast Plaza

Chase and Jena Offield

Sandy and Charna Sugar

Ed and Amy Leasure

James and Sujo Offield

Cyd and Steven Swerdlow

Mark and Bhadra Gordon

Christopher and Mandy Lee

Dennis Panzer

Alicia Thompson

Dan Bennatt and

Jim and Kelly Hallman

Jack and Sara Lowell

Jacinthe Paquette

Michael and Nancy

Ashley Ellrich

Joe and Jane Hanauer

Greg and Barbara

Doug and Teresa Pasquale

Toni Berlinger

Maralou Harrington

MacGillivray

Justin Pham and Bonnie Lee

Vitamin A

Michael and Patricia Berns

Jim Hedgecock and

Shawn Marschel

Matt Puzio and Daria Blyskal

Elizabeth Wahler

Twyla Martin

Gena Reed

Valaree Wahler Uwe Waizenegger and

Dennis and Carol Berryman

Alexis Self

Mike Lake and Yvonne Schroeder

Larry and Deborah Bridges

Paul and Sara Heeschen

Richard and Lisa Merage

Sean Reily and Kathy Kristof

Marc and Patricia Brutten

James and Michelle Jaeger

Robert and Britt Meyer

Stephen and Marisa Robbins

Bruce and Karen Cahill

Karen Jaffe

James Moore and

David and Susan Rockefeller

Dino and Leslie Cancellieri

Michele Johnson

John and Mary Carrington

Fletcher and

Renetta Caya

Annemarie Jones

Lang and Alison Cottrell

Karen Jordan

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Dave and Suzie Kaplan

Laurie Kraus

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Valarie Van Cleave Colin Watson and Janee Pennington

Sir Thomas Moore and

Pamela Roy

Tim and Jean Weiss

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George and Susie Wood

Anton and Jennifer

Jean Wu

Richard Munsen and Deidra Wager

Jena King

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Randy and Sally Crockett

Charlie and Lynda Kinstler

Paul and Debbie Naudé

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Scott and Melissa Knode

Carl and Janet Nolet

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Northern Trust

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PARTNERS

We wish to thank our Partners for their generous support of Oceana’s 2023 SeaChange Summer Party. Proceeds from the event will help OCEANA in its important work to protect and restore the world's oceans.

Presenting Partner Blancpain Pacific Coast Partners

Biossance BMW and your Orange County BMW Centers Northern Trust Robert and Britt Meyer Alec's Ice Cream

Steve and Laurie Duncan

Loro Piana

Tim and Jean Weiss

Monique Bär Michael and Patricia Berns Lourdes Bottger Bruce and Karen Cahill CHANEL Donnie Crevier and Laurie Kraus

James Cueva Anne Earhart Karen Jordan Marisla Foundation Carl and Janet Nolet Gena Reed

Louis and Laura Rohl South Coast Plaza Elizabeth Wahler Valaree Wahler Linda Young

Bruce and Analisa Albert Anonymous Dennis and Carol Berryman Dino and Leslie Cancellieri David and Linda Chou Giorgio Armani Stephen and Madeline Gordon Daniele Green David and Diana Hasenbalg

Julie Hill JoAnne Artman Gallery The Harley and Kaira Rouda Family Foundation Ed and Amy Leasure Greg and Barbara MacGillivray Doug and Cory Muehlhauser Paul and Debbie Naudé Justin Pham and Bonnie Lee Steve and Shirley Quackenbush

Steve and Marisa Robbins Anton and Jennifer Segerstrom Sheets, Paquette & Wu Dental Practice Michael and Suzie Silvers Jim and Julie Ann Ulcickas Uwe Waizenegger and Valarie Van Cleave John Woodward and Holli Moon

Beto and Tamar Bedolfe Daria Blyskal Laura Louise Breyer Larry and Deborah Bridges Marc and Patricia Brutten Burgess John and Mary Carrington

Jin and Judy Chang Randy and Sally Crockett Dropps Jim Hedgecock and Alexis Self Dave and Suzie Kaplan Ali and Christine Khalkhali Jacob Loveless and Kelly Brochu

Moroccanoil Pamela Roy Van Cleef & Arpels Vitamin A Waterloo Foundation Mike and Wendy Wiley George and Susie Wood

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SPONSORS

Oceana is grateful for the generous support of Sponsors and Underwriters

Presenting Partner Blancpain

Pacific Coast Partners Biossance BMW and your Orange County BMW Centers Northern Trust

Special Thank You Keith Addis and Industry Entertainment Partners

Wine Sponsor E & J Gallo Winery

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AUCTION DONORS

Thank You to our Generous Auction Donors Premier Donors

BMW and your Orange County BMW Centers

South Coast Plaza Boutiques

Berluti

Dolce & Gabbana

Loro Piana

Roger Vivier

Burberry

Frette

Mikimoto

South Coast Plaza

Delvaux

Giorgio Armani

Oscar de la Renta

Thom Browne

Diptyque

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Quattro Caffé

Versace

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Inkaterra James Verbicky Julia Post Jewelry Julie Crone Katey Brunini Katharine Story Kelly Hanna Studio Kim Seybert Kyle Thomas LaMonte Lamoureux Design Lance Lee Davis Larry Stewart Lindblad Expeditions LIULI Lux Second Snob Mark Maryanovich Photography Mark Pomerantz Mi Place Mike and Wendy Wiley Natural Selection Travel Nelson de la Nuez Neville Hockley Nizuc Resort Nolet Spirits Ocdamia Music Group & Yennie Electric Strings

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VICTORIES TOGETHER WITH OUR ALLIES:

2023 MAY

OCTOBER

• New laws in Oregon prohibit plastic foam and enable refill

• Brazil’s leading food delivery service, iFood, commits to

APRIL

SEPTEMBER

• New law in Washington state reduces plastic waste.

• Spain penalizes fishing vessels for turning off public tracking

MARCH

• Over 14,600 square kilometers of deep-sea habitats protected

systems.

• Mexico joins the port state measures agreement to address • • •

illegal fishing.

Brazil’s Museum of Tomorrow becomes a plastic-free zone.

Panama commits to reducing plastic pollution.

Deep-sea corals and seafloor habitats are protected in U.S. Pacific waters.

FEBRUARY

additional single-use plastic reductions.

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from bottom fishing in the Northeast Atlantic.

• Marine reserve expanded in Spain’s Balearic Islands.

AUGUST

• Chilean court rules in favor of Oceana, orders salmon farming company to release antibiotics data.

JUNE

• The European Commission calls for a ban on bottom trawling in

• California enacts the boldest plastic pollution reduction policy in

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• Canada eliminates the production, sale, and export of six types

all Marine Protected Areas by 2030.

Oceana defends EU Policy to rebuild fisheries.

JANUARY

• Chile designates Pisagua Sea, as new Marine Protected Area.

• Chile rejects Dominga Mining Project.

• New York City limits single-use plastic utensils.

• New Chile law increases transparency in salmon farming.

2022 DECEMBER

• Amazon publicly reports on their plastic packaging footprint for the first time.

• German and Dutch Marine Protected Areas are closed to • • •

destructive fishing gear.

Shark fin trade banned in the United States.

The two largest cities in California ban plastic foam.

United States protects whales, dolphins, and sea turtles from deadly drift gillnets.

NOVEMBER

• Mediterranean countries agree to mandatory disclosure of • • • • •

vessels allowed to fish in restricted areas.

Dow Jones agrees to integrate illegal, unregulated, and unreported vessel checks into its risk screening systems.

World leader in satellite communications Inmarsat stops services to vessels engaging in illegal fishing.

A new international rule requires countries to investigate and deter companies from working with illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing vessels.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration requires seafood traceability from landing to the final point of sale.

Peru protects sharks and other marine life from illegal trafficking.

the nation.

of ocean-polluting single-use plastics.

• The U.S. Department of the Interior announces a phase-out

of single-use plastics in national parks, including 88 ocean and coastal parks.

APRIL

• Maine rejects permit for a huge salmon farm off the coast of Acadia national park.

• Canada sets new safeguards to rebuild fish stocks.

• New at-sea monitoring requirements will strengthen

accountability and abundance in Northeast U.S. groundfish fishery.

MARCH

• Spain curbs ocean-polluting single-use plastics with new waste law.

• Canada protects two critically depleted forage fish.

• Norwegian insurance company Hydor ends coverage of three illegal fishing vessels.

FEBRUARY

• Coca-Cola pledges to reduce single-use bottles and increase refillables.

• Philippines government protects marine ecosystems and fishers from harmful coastal development projects.

Board of Directors Sam Waterston, Chair Actor/Activist

Maya Gabeira Professional Big Wave Surfer

Susan Rockefeller Documentary Filmmaker

María Eugenia Girón, Vice Chair Business Leader

César Gaviria World Lecturer

Lex Sant The Summit Foundation

Diana Thomson, Treasurer The Nikita Foundation

Loic Gouzer Ocean Advocate

Simon Sidamon-Eristoff Kalbian Hagerty LLP

James Sandler, Secretary The Sandler Foundation

Jena King Jena and Michael King Foundation

Dr. Rashid Sumaila The University of British Columbia

Keith Addis, President Industry Entertainment Partners

Ben Koerner Arcadia Fund

Valarie Van Cleave Ocean Advocate

Gary "Gaz" Alazraki Alazraki Entertainment

Sara Lowell Marisla Foundation

Elizabeth Wahler Entrepreneur

Herbert M. Bedolfe, III Marisla Foundation

Dr. Kristian Parker Oak Philanthropy Limited

Jean Weiss Ocean Advocate

Ted Danson Actor/Activist

Dr. Daniel Pauly The University of British Columbia

Antha Williams Bloomberg Philanthropies

Nicholas Davis Fundación Punta de Lobos Euroamerica

David Rockefeller, Jr. Sailor/Conservationist

Mailing Information: Oceana Board of Directors c/o Oceana (Office of the CEO) 1025 Connecticut Avenue, NW Suite 200 Washington, DC 20036 USA Phone: +1 (202) 467-1922

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Protecting Underwater Treasures Oceana’s expeditions are preserving important ocean habitats

An octopus and squat lobster take refuge underneath a sponge in Southern California waters.

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Oceana has conducted over 55 expeditions to some of the farthest reaches of the world’s oceans.

“Being on the water allows us to capture the data and images we need to make these necessary habitat protections vividly real to policymakers,” Oceana CEO Andrew Sharpless says.

Oceana’s expeditions have helped protect nearly 4 million square miles of ocean habitat, supporting the global goal of protecting 30% of the ocean by 2030 (read more about this in the Spring 2023 issue of Oceana Magazine). In 2000, less than 1% of the waters off the countries where Oceana currently operates were protected. Today, about 17% of their waters are now protected. Much progress has been made off the West Coast of the United States, including off the coast of California, where 93% (206,360 square miles) of state and federal waters are closed to bottom trawling, a highly destructive form of fishing.

In recent years, Oceana’s campaigns have taken researchers from the deep-sea waters off the coast of Southern California all the way to a coral oasis surrounding Panaon Island in the Philippines.

Deep-Sea Corals Protected in Southern California Waters The living seafloor of Southern California relies on healthy coral gardens, sponge beds, and rocky reefs for habitat, breeding, feeding, nurseries, and survival. Earlier this year, more than 600 square miles of this habitat were protected from all bottom fishing, including almost half of the area’s known deep-sea corals. These areas include coral and sponge ecosystems that were first discovered by Oceana during a 2016 scientific expedition. Using high-definition cameras inside a remotely operated vehicle (ROV), Oceana scientists documented

many exciting finds that helped inform and advance the long-term conservation and management of these fragile, deep-sea habitats.

In addition to these new protections, the Pacific Fishery Management Council voted to reopen more than 4,500 square miles of Southern California ocean waters to recreational and nontrawl commercial gear used to catch groundfish. The entire area remains closed to bottom trawling – a fishing practice where huge nets are dragged for miles along the seafloor, bulldozing everything in their path.

These changes are a win-win for fishing communities and ocean biodiversity and are the result of a unique collaboration between recreational and commercial fishermen, Oceana, and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, who worked together to design the new conservation areas.

Brittle stars, feather stars, gorgonian coral, sponge, and squat lobster nestled on the deep-sea floor in Southern California waters. During a 2016 expedition, Oceana researchers were the first to discover some coral and sponge ecosystems in this area.

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“Freezing the Footprint” in the Gulf of Alaska Much farther north, another team of Oceana researchers explored the Gulf of Alaska’s seafloor. The team observed Alaskan wildlife, from Kodiak brown bears walking along the shoreline, to sea otters, fin whales, and fur seals swimming offshore. Using a ROV to inspect the seafloor in areas up to 3,300 feet deep, researchers discovered coral gardens teeming with life and recorded damaged seafloor and broken or missing corals. This damage was the result of bottom trawling.

The Gulf of Alaska is the last major region along the west coasts of the U.S. and Canada that remains open to bottom trawling. Oceana is now using the expedition’s discoveries to campaign for “freezing the footprint” of bottom trawling, preventing this destructive fishing method from expanding into untouched areas.

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A sea fan in Alacranes Reef. Oceana explored this national reserve in Mexico to document the health of the corals and gather data on other marine life in the area.

A Treasure Trove in Scorpion Reef Alacranes ‘Scorpion’ Reef lies 90 miles north of the Yucatán Peninsula, a 10-hour boat ride from the coast. Because of its remote location compared to other reefs in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, Alacranes has remained relatively untouched.

To venture to this area, Oceana put together a team of scientists,

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A bat star, hydrocoral, and an anemone on the Alaskan seafloor.

videographers, and a representative from expedition partner Blancpain.

While evaluating the state of the reefs and fish in the area, the crew found a treasure trove of rich corals and marine life. The team used innovative photomosaic techniques to make detailed 3D maps of the seabed.

Despite its secluded location, Alacranes Reef still faces its share of threats. The Oceana team found old-growth colonies of elkhorn and staghorn coral that were wiped out by diseases. Some pathogens remain an ongoing issue.

Lionfish, an invasive species, were documented everywhere visited and pose an existential threat to many species of native fish.

The team also spotted several boats illegally fishing, suggesting a lack of enforcement in the park. Oceana is campaigning to boost protections in Alacranes Reef and protect nearby reef, Bajos del Norte. The goal is to either declare it a separate protected area, or absorb it into the Alacranes Reef national park.

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Oceana and its allies have won nearly 70 victories that protect important marine habitats. Recent victories include: The European Union commits to ban bottom trawling in all marine protected areas by 2030 Deep-sea corals and seafloor habitats protected in Southern California and Oregon waters Chile creates a new marine protected area, Pisagua Sea Chile rejects Dominga mining project, protects marine life and the important Humboldt region German and Dutch marine protected areas closed to destructive fishing gear

Protecting Pisagua Pisagua Bay is situated in northern Chile in the Tarapacá region. Little was known about Pisagua until Oceana and the Universidad Arturo Prat conducted four expeditions to the area in recent years. Over the course of its explorations, Oceana found rich biodiversity, including an abundance of krill, prawns, and young fish taking refuge among macroalgae forests. Larger animals like fish, mammals, and birds reproduce in this region, and Chile’s most important commercial fish – anchovies – release their eggs here. Data gathered during these expeditions made a strong case for developing a new marine protected area (MPA).

Pisagua’s abundance nourishes the local economy and the livelihoods of the community.

Oceana collaborated directly with Pisagua artisanal fishers when developing a proposal for the MPA to ensure it would also benefit their community. In January 2023, ‘Pisagua Sea’ was officially protected, making it the first in Chile to preserve not only marine habitat and species, but also protect local artisanal fishers.

When Oceana started campaigning in Chile 17 years ago, less than 1% of its ocean was protected. Now, with MPAs in place, 43% of Chile’s waters are protected.

Over 5,600 square miles of deepsea habitats protected from bottom trawling in the northeast Atlantic Marine reserve expanded in Spain’s Balearic Islands Philippines government protects marine ecosystems and fishers from harmful coastal development projects Over 25,000 square miles of U.S. New England deep-sea corals protected from destructive fishing Scotland creates a new marine protected area More than 140,000 square miles of U.S. West Coast seafloor habitat protected from destructive fishing 18 | SEACHANGE EVENT PROGRAM 2022

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Coral Paradise in Panaon In 2020, Oceana observed the coral-rich waters surrounding Panaon Island in the Philippines.

This small island in the Southern Leyte province is part of the 50 Reefs Initiative, which, according to the initiative, are reefs that have “the potential of surviving the impacts of climate change and the ability to help repopulate neighboring reefs over time.” During the 21-day expedition, Oceana found that more than half of the coral reefs surrounding the island were in very good condition. Fish populations in the area were found to be diverse and abundant, as were seagrasses and mangroves.

While these reefs are thriving now, they face many risks that jeopardize their future. During the expedition, scientists found evidence of illegal and destructive fishing, and plastic pollution. These threats, along with the intensifying impacts of climate change, are why Oceana is campaigning for a national law declaring the reefs and marine ecosystems of Panaon Island a marine protected area.

“Oceana is grateful for our supporters who have helped us complete many successful expeditions and win habitat victories around the world,” Sharpless adds. “We know

protecting ocean habitat is key to restoring fisheries abundance, protecting livelihoods, and combating the worst impacts of the climate crisis.”

We know protecting ocean habitat is key to restoring fisheries abundance, protecting livelihoods, and combating the worst impacts of the climate crisis.

– Andrew Sharpless, Oceana CEO

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During an expedition to Panaon Island in the Philippines, Oceana observed the coral reefs in very good condition. Oceana is campaigning for a national protected area for these coral reefs so that they can thrive into the future. Opposite page: A humpback whale and calf breach the waters near Pisagua, Chile. Oceana conducted four expeditions to this area and its findings were key to establishing a marine protected area in January 2023.

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Thank You Elizabeth, Valarie, Karen, Jeff and Gabe for your tireless work to ensure Oceana’s SeaChange Summer Party 16th anniversary celebration is a success!

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OCEANS OF GRATITUDE To our wonderful volunteers who spend countless hours to ensure that the SeaChange Summer Party is a success.

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Thank You

For working hand in hand with Oceana to protect the world’s oceans. Congratulations on the Fifty Fathoms 70th anniversary.

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MISSION:

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Our goal is to raise awareness and support for Oceana’s mission to restore the ocean’s bounty for ourselves and future generations.

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