What We Do

Ocean Associates, Incorporated provides professional consulting services to government organizations, UN agencies, academia, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and the private sector. OAI experts have carried out ocean and fisheries projects throughout the world.
Our experts couple diverse work experiences as scientists and senior managers with exceptional educational backgrounds and contacts throughout the United States and the globe. Many of these contacts are highly skilled scientists and administrators that can be brought into an assignment, as necessary, to augment OAI expertise. Teams can be fielded quickly, anywhere, to do analyses, funding proposals, tactical and strategic plans, evaluations, and technical reports on:
• Commercial and Recreational fisheries
• Fisheries and wildlife conservation
• Aquaculture - freshwater and marine
• Issues in aquatic ecosystems
• Ocean issues, remote sensing, and Oceanography
• Marine fisheries research and management
• Fisheries in developing nations - research, development, and management
• Climate change impacts on freshwater and marine systems and fisheries
• Planning and evaluation of Environmental Remediation
• Research vessels and facilities

Capabilities include:

• Organization and preparation of studies, status reviews, and symposium reports.
• Project identification, management and/or oversight.
• Reviews of programs, plans, or problems and report preparation.
• Analyses, need assessments, tactical and strategic plans, budget recommendations, and final reports.
• Attendance at meetings to gather information, make contacts, and represent the client.
• Review of institutional web-sites for adequacy, consistency, rule compliance, currency, and functionality.
• Arranging payment to domestic and international collaborators.
• Workshops and training in office information technology, and human relations issues.
• Sector studies and development planning.
• Literature reviews.
• Education and outreach.
• Preparation of grant applications and budget requests.
• Workshop and seminar planning and administration.
• Development of materials and training of environmental staff in environmental
procedures
• Development and application of GIS approaches to environmental issues
• Planning or evaluation of remediation projects

Photo Library Included

 OAI owns an extensive portfolio of environmental and technology pictures, mostly focused on our water heritage and its use. These include photos of oceans, coasts, lakes and rivers, lighthouses, boats, seaplanes, commercial and recreational fishing, aquariums, technologies, and coastal plants and animals. Free access to high resolution versions of these photos for use in illustrating our projects is offered to our customers. A portion of these can be viewed at http://www.OceansArt.us and at http://www.TechnologySite.org.