Andy Sharpless - CEO Oceana. Author. Public Speaker on Ocean Conservation. | EP24

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Andrew Sharpless has led Oceana since 2003 as its CEO. Oceana, founded in late 2001, has grown in that time to be the largest international conservation organization fully dedicated to protecting the oceans. Oceana was launched by five ocean-conservation philanthropies, including Pew Charitable Trusts, Marisla and the Oak Foundation of Geneva and is still primarily funded by such groups. In 2002, Oceana merged with the American Oceans Campaign, founded by actor and environmentalist Ted Danson, to more effectively address a common mission of protecting and restoring the world’s oceans. Based in Washington, D.C., Oceana and its global supporters, believes the world’s oceans “are in crisis from overfishing, acidification, and habitat destruction [and] works internationally to alleviate these and other problems through policy-oriented campaigns.” Under his leadership, Oceana and its allies have protected nearly 4 million square miles of habitat and won more than 250 significant policy victories. Oceana campaigns have banned bottom trawling and offshore oil exploration in Belize, helping to protect the world’s second-largest barrier reef system. Other victories have preserved unique habitats in Chile, made the seafood trade more transparent, and helped combat illegal fishing around the globe. Sharpless also led Oceana through the development and launch of Global Fishing Watch, an online platform that offers the first free global view of commercial fishing, in partnership with SkyTruth and Google. Sharpless holds degrees from Harvard Law School, the London School of Economics, and Harvard College. He previously served in leadership roles at Discovery.com, RealNetworks, and the Museum of Television & Radio in New York City sits on multiple boards and has authored several books.

LEARN MORE ABOUT ANDREW SHARPLESS and OCEANA here:

Oceana Website: https://oceana.org/

Follow Andy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Oceana_Andy

Follow Oceana on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Oceana

Follow Oceana on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oceana/

Oceana LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/oceana/

Harvard Magazine: https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2013/07/fish-by-fish

Books by Andy: https://www.amazon.com/Andy-Sharpless/e/B00BWSKNTW/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1

TEDx-SF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBoIHk7_fxg&list=PLA8C8C47246269148

TEDx-Oil Spills: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHSJAg1XkGA&list=PLA8C8C47246269148&index=7

Feeding the World: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PIDQNDr-yY&list=PLA8C8C47246269148&index=10

Save the Oceans Feed the World: https://oceana.org/reports/save-oceans-feed-world

Ocean Plastic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yomf5pBN8dY

Victories: https://oceana.org/victories

Celebrity Supporters: https://oceana.org/about-oceana/people-partners/celebrity-supporters

Donate : https://act.oceana.org/page/73742/donate/1

“Pure-of-heart incompetence is a very dangerous thing, you are going to create problems for yourself and the world if you don’t know what you are doing.” - Andy Sharpless

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