Tech Solutions Related To UN SDG 14: Life Below Water

Ocean Bottle is working to rid the ocean of plastic and improve social mobility at the same time. With the sale of every Ocean Bottle 11.4kg of plastic is collected in impoverished coastal communities. Plastic collectors can exchange plastic waste for money or credit via blockchain technology to spend on tuition, tech goods, health care and micro-finance.

Running Tide is a global ocean health company that is rebalancing the carbon cycle by moving fast carbon back to slow through a multi-pathway system. Running Tide builds technologies to map the health of the worlds oceans and amplify the natural restorative power of the ocean.

NCEI works with NOAA's Office of Ocean Exploration and Research (OER) to ensure that ocean exploration data collections are FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reuseable) to the public through careful stewardship of vital sonar, oceanographic, imagery, video, and collected specimen information that contribute greatly to scientific understanding of the world’s ocean.

The Ghost Gear Reporter App allows you to report details and location of lost gear of any kind that you might come across. Data collected from the app is passed to local conservation groups that can recover the gear, and is also used to build evidence of the ghost gear problem around the world to help inform ongoing solutions work and improve our ocean health.

Pelagic Data Systems sets the global standard for small vessel tracking by bringing custom-made hardware, advanced data analytics, and systems expertise to fisheries world-wide.

Launched by Beyond Coral Foundation, CHARM (Coral Husbandry Automated Raceway Machine) is designed to help restore reefs around the world. It combines coral farming with computer automation to reduce costs, save time, and maximize coral health.

Ocean+ Habitats offers authoritative insight about the health, distribution and change of marine habitats around the world. By connecting public and private sector decision-makers with state-of-the-art biodiversity knowledge developed by collaborators, Ocean+ Habitats provides actionable data to inform conservation and restoration of marine ecosystems.

Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing is an economic, human rights and food security issue that impacts billions of dollars and millions of people globally and is a key driver of ocean health decline. Skylight was developed to enable maritime analysts to identify suspicious vessel behavior and alert authorities who can investigate, and take enforcement and compliance action.

Monitor Fish has developed a plug-and-play, cloud-based, intelligent fish welfare monitoring system, offering real-time analysis of critical fish growth parameters in relation to water parameters detecting any abnormal development among fishes and suggests recommended actions to the fish farmer. Our technology ensures healthy fish welfare while optimizing the operational costs of the fish farm.

Coastal Quest is a 501(c) 3 non-profit working collaboratively with partners to build resilient coastal communities. Healthy coasts support diverse and rich habitats that provide great economic and cultural value including shoreline protection, recreation, and abundant natural resources.