Oak Foundation commits its resources to address issues of global social and environmental concern, particularly those that have a major impact on the lives of the disadvantaged. Oak Foundation's Environment Programme focuses on marine conservation and climate change issues in Europe, North America, Mesoamerica and the Bering Sea.

Grantees supported by Oak Foundation are working to ensure that European fishing fleet practices, in both European waters and abroad, become sustainable and reflect the intent of the European Common Fisheries policy by 2015. They pursue policy advocacy, consumer education and research activities that seek to:

* Reduce and eliminate by-catch and destructive fishing practices;
* Stop over-fishing by European vessels through ecosystem-based management both in Europe and abroad;
* Eliminate harmful subsidies.

OCEAN2012 is supported by The Pew Environment Group, the conservation arm of The Pew Charitable Trusts, a non-governmental organisation working to end overfishing in the world´s oceans.

The Pew Environment Group

The Pew Charitable Trusts
 

OCEAN2012 is supported by The Tubney Charitable Trust, a grant-making charity that seeks to support sustainable, high-quality projects that deliver a long-term impact on:

* conservation of the natural environment of the United Kingdom through achievement of UK Biodiversity Action Plan targets for practical action; and
* improvement of the welfare of farmed animals both in the UK and internationally.