Oceana Inc

“Board members, susan rockefeller and david rockefeller, jr., have a family relationship. Board members herbert m. Bedolfe, iii and sara lowell both serve as employees and officers of the marisla foundation. Herbert serves as the executive director and sara serves as the secretary/marine program director.”

“Information for the federal form 990 comes largely from oceana's independently audited financial statements, which consolidates oceana's activities across national boundaries. The accounting department collects this and other information needed for the federal form 990, which is reviewed and presented in draft form by a tax accounting firm. After approval by senior management, the final draft of the 990 is presented to the board for review before it is submitted to the internal revenue service.”

“Every year, oceana's officers, directors, and key employees fill out a disclosure report asking them to disclose any family or business relationships they may have with other oceana officers, directors, or key employees, as well as any financial conflicts of interest they may have. In addition, oceana's conflict of interest policy requires any director or officer who is an interested person with respect to a transaction or arrangement under consideration by the corporation to promptly disclose to the board of directors or the board's designate the existence and nature of his or her financial interest in the transaction or arrangement. Conflicts of interest reporting: any actual or potential conflict of interest must be disclosed to the ceo; cfo; or senior director of human resources, the executive committee member in charge of the country office or department; or the office administrator for the country office. This includes actual or potential conflicts involving business or financial interest, family relationships, or sexual/romantic relationships. The cfo will determine whether any steps must be taken to avoid an appearance or existence of a conflict of interest or the creation of an environment that others in the workplace might reasonably find to be unprofessional or inappropriate. Such steps, depending on the nature of the conflict of interest, might include, but are not limited to, divestiture of adverse interests, recusal from certain decisions, transfer of one of the employees to another department (if a position is available), changing the manager for one of the employees, or, when other options are not feasible, the termination of employment of one of the employees. Employees who wish to provide services to or for the benefit of any entity outside oceana must disclose such proposed activity to oceana, which will make appropriate determinations in accordance with the organization's global code of ethics. Family relationships (nepotism): oceana will not allow a supervisor/subordinate relationship to exist between family relatives. Sexual/romantic relationships: romantic relationships between employees that constitute an actual or reasonably-perceived conflict of interest are prohibited.”

“Oceana's process for determining compensation of its ceo, officers, and key employees is as follows: annually, oceana provides the board directors with data from multiple sources on comparable salaries and benefits in other nonprofit organizations, especially but not limited to those in the conservation field, for oceana's ceo. The board reviews and discusses the compensation data as well as the ceo's achievements for the prior year as well as his proposed goals for the next year before taking a decision on any adjustments to the ceo compensation of benefits. Oceana provides the finance and audit committee of the board directors with data from multiple sources on comparable salaries and benefits in other nonprofit organizations, especially but not limited to those in the conservation field, for oceana's officers, top management, and key employees ("the executive team", or "ec"). The committee discusses each of the ec member's achievements for the prior year as well as her/his proposed goals for the next year. The committee reviews these data to determine if the compensation is reasonable and that oceana has not engaged in an excess benefit transaction with any individual in a position to substantially influence the organization's affairs. The board of directors and audit and finance committee discussions are documented in the minutes of the respective bodies. Oceana regularly conducts compensation reviews, most recently in july 2025.”

“Oceana posts annual reports, its audited financial statements, and the public disclosure copy of its irs form 990 on its website, www.oceana.org. It also shares relevant information with independent watchdog organizations such as guidestar, charity navigator and the better business bureau to allow these organizations independent assessment of oceana's accountability and transparency. Oceana's articles of incorporation and by-laws are available on oceana's website and to members of the public upon written request. Oceana's articles of incorporation, as well as a certificate of good standing, are also independently available through the department of consumer and regulatory affairs for the district of columbia (where oceana, inc. Is incorporated), though there is a fee for this service.”

“Oceana's mission is to protect and restore the world's oceans. As the world's largest international organization focused solely on ocean conservation, oceana develops targeted, science-based, three-to-five-year campaigns to achieve practical and measurable outcomes. With offices in 9 countries and the european union, oceana benefits from local knowledge and expertise that is guided by central leadership and support in our headquarters in washington, dc. Oceana employs more than 280 individuals globally. Oceana has grown from an ambitious start-up to an international organization with a record of results on four continents. Together with our allies, we have won more than 325 significant policy victories and protected more than 4 million square miles of ocean habitat. Oceana supports science-driven ocean management in the most productive parts of the world's oceans, with teams working in countries which control nearly a quarter of the world's wild ocean fisheries (by catch): the united states, the european union countries, the united kingdom, belize, brazil, canada, chile, mexico, peru, and the philippines. Oceana's campaigns focus on six strategies: - stop overfishing through science-based fishery management and by deterring illegal fishing. - reduce bycatch by improving monitoring and reporting, setting bycatch limits for fisheries, and encouraging fishers to use more selective, safer gear. - protect habitats and the ecosystems that depend on their health. - increase transparency of fishing activity and government decision-making processes. - curb pollution by stopping the expansion of offshore oil drilling and reducing the production and demand for single-use plastics. - protect species threatened by extinction from destructive commercial activities. Oceana, together with our allies have made a measurable impact on the oceans: the number of sheries with management plans has increased by 55% since 2000, and the number of sheries with catch limits has increased by 47%. We have won more than 70 policies that protect threatened marine species, including sharks, sea turtles, and whales. In 2000, less than 1% of the waters off the countries where we currently operate were protected. In 2024, that number had increased to about 17%. Around 80,000 commercial shing vessels about 20% of the world's industrial shing eet can now be tracked on the global fishing watch map in near-real time, for free. We have passed policies that would eliminate the use of 1.9 million tons of unnecessary single-use plastic each year by 2033, equivalent to about 190 billion plastic bottles. With sound policies in place, ocean ecosystems recover, often rapidly, and abundant fisheries return, even exceeding former levels. A fully productive ocean can provide a meal a day for a billion people, forever. Together with our allies, we are saving the oceans to feed the world.”

“This return presents consolidated financial statements for oceana, inc. And its non-u.s. Affiliates. Oceana has offices in spain, brazil, denmark, belgium, mexico, philippines, belize, united kingdom, chile and peru for the purpose of building an international movement to save the ocean through public policy advocacy, science and economics, legal action, grassroots mobilization, and public education. The operations in spain, belize, brazil, mexico, switzerland, and the united kingdom are incorporated as independent entities in those countries under local law. However, these entities are dependent on oceana for funding, participate in oceana activities and decision-making, and carry out the general mission and international activities of oceana.”