Tech Solutions Related To UN SDG 14: Life Below Water

SmartCatch is an environmental and socially conscientious company focused on creating innovative products that support sustainable commercial fishing practices. SmartCatch is focused on producing innovative, cost-effective productivity products to help fishermen in both maximizing their profitability and significantly reducing their wasteful catching and destruction of non-target fish, by-catch.

SeaAhead supports new venture development at the intersection of innovation + sustainability + the oceans. Our ecosystem includes technologists, scientists, startups, corporations, governments and other ocean stakeholders that are coming together to create impact in areas including greener shipping and ports, aquaculture and fishery processes, offshore alternative energy and smart cities.

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.

AiCT is an industry-leader in the development of autonomous buoyance technology. Our innovations and products have been employed by many clients across a number of key industries. We were the first company to introduce autonomous depth control engines into the decades-old problem of manual buoyancy control for scuba diving, aquaculture, and marine operations.

Matter is an innovation company pioneering technology solutions for capturing, harvesting and recycling microplastics. Our mission is to stop microplastic pollution at source at domestic, commercial and industrial levels.

SMART (Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool) is a ground-breaking and innovative management tool designed to assist rangers on the ground to stop poachers in their tracks and curb the illegal trade of wildlife.

Tēnaka is a social business on a mission to restore marine ecosystems, the biggest lungs and carbon sinks of our planet. To do so, we help businesses and corporations willing to go beyond sustainability and invest in the regeneration of an ecosystem on which we all depend: the ocean.

Vericatch is a leading software company focused on electronic reporting, fisheries management, and seafood traceability with a range of global customers. Vericatch's easy to use software and services to help our customers focus on what they do best, and support socially responsible value expansion for their industry.

FishWise is a seafood industry compass, providing innovative market-based tools and expertise in sustainability services, human rights action, and traceability best practices. We provide seafood stakeholders with clear information and practical guidance to address the complexity of seafood supply chains impact on people and planet.

ThisFish Inc. provides software and artificial intelligence for seafood traceability and production workflows that improves business efficiency and increases trust and transparency in seafood supply chains. Our mission is to improve the social, environmental, and financial sustainability of seafood enterprises by making seafood supply chains more transparent.