Fishing and related Grants from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet USA Version 2/25/2011
2008 American Bird Conservancy $275,000 To support efforts to reduce accidental seabird bycatch and the deliberate take of endangered seabirds in Peruvian and Ecuadorian fisheries
2008 Ashoka $550,000 To undertake Phase II of a design systems solutions for sustainable fisheries
2008 Ashoka $240,000 To design systems solutions for sustainable fisheries
2009 Ashoka $1,050,000 To complete a design for systems solutions of sustainable fisheries
2010 Ashoka $1,050,000 To complete a design for systems solutions of sustainable fisheries
2009 Australian Antarctic Division $120,000 To complete the development of a device that aims to reduce seabird bycatch mortality in pelagic longline fisheries
2010 BirdLife International $250,000 To promote adoption and evaluation of seabird bycatch mitigation measures in tuna longline fisheries in the Pacific
2010 Blue Ocean Institute $225,000 For producing materials to foster greater public awareness of ocean issues and to promote sustainable seafood to consumers and retailers
2008 Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford, Jr. University $123,625 To analyze and assess the potential principles, standards, and practical guidelines for multi-species, producer-based fisheries certification
2008 Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford, Jr. University $57,500 To estimate the biomass of jumbo squid in the Gulf of California for incorporation into a squid fishery management plan
2010 California Environmental Associates $150,000 To develop a trends analysis of progress in the sustainable seafood movement in the U.S., to support research related to the Fisheries strategy development process, and to provide limited technical assistance to market-related grantee efforts
2010 California Environmental Associates $131,248 To design and lead an expert-driven assessment and plan to reform commercial fisheries worldwide
2010 Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society $600,000 To continue Sustainable Seafood Canada's SeaChoice program
2011 Center for Public Integrity $250,000 For an investigative report on black market fisheries along the Pacific Rim
2010 Chefs Collaborative $200,000 For Seafood Solutions, a project promoting sustainable seafood to the culinary community
2010 Chefs Collaborative $100,000 For Seafood Solutions, a project promoting sustainable seafood to the culinary community
2010 Chefs Collaborative $75,000 For continued support of Seafood Solutions, a project promoting sustainable seafood to the culinary community
2009 Criterion Ventures, LLC $50,000 To provide information to marine fisheries grantees on selecting an organizational structure that best aligns with mission-driven ventures intended to shift market behavior
2010 Criterion Ventures, LLC $250,000 To lead the development of a five-year Marine Fisheries subprogram assessment through a first phase of synthesis, stakeholder engagement, and initial prospective strategy framing
2010 Criterion Ventures, LLC $200,000 To engage grantees, funders and other stakeholders to develop a five-year subprogram strategy through the second phase of stakeholder engagement, strategy synthesis, and framing
2009 Ecotrust $247,000 To compile a comprehensive series of maps that illustrate the commercial and consumptive recreational fishing use patterns and values along the Oregon Coas
2008 Environmental Defense Fund $550,000 For the major buyer partnership strategy, consumer awareness, and efforts to explore sustainable fish feed options
2009 Environmental Defense Fund $375,000 To build effective conservation leadership within fishery management councils
2010 Environmental Defense Fund $610,000 For the Fisheries Forum
2008 Fishchoice $86,000 For activities including website and database development to bring together suppliers and buyers of sustainable seafood
2009 Fishchoice $445,000 For general support
2008 Friends of Moss Landing Marine Laboratories $17,500 For the translation, publication, and dissemination of fundamental details on the shark and ray fishery in the Gulf of California
2010 Greenpeace Fund $600,000 To continue a North American retailer campaign
2009 H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment $100,000 For a collaborative effort within and among Arctic states and in consultation with key stakeholders to improve Arctic fisheries governance systems
2008 Iemanya Oceanica $50,000 To engage artisanal shark fishers in sustainable fishing practices
2009 Iemanya Oceanica $50,000 To engage artisanal shark fishers in sustainable fishing practices
2010 Innovation Network $50,000 For a capacity assessment of the U.S. oceans advocacy field
2005 Institute for Fisheries Resources $150,000 To establish a national organization of progressive fishermen
2006 Institute for Fisheries Resources $100,000 To establish a national organization of progressive fishermen
2007 Institute for Fisheries Resources $100,000 To establish a national organization of progressive fishermen
2007 Institute for Fisheries Resources $75,000 To support a coalition of diverse stakeholders to ensure that industrial fish farming does not harm aquatic ecosystem integrity, existing wild fisheries, or coastal communities
2008 Institute for Fisheries Resources $425,000 To expand the Commercial Fisherman of America ($150,000), to support the Pacific Coast Federation of Fisherman's Associations ($200,000), and for general support of the Institute for Fisheries Resources ($75,000)
2010 Institute for Fisheries Resources $100,000 For general support
2009 Kadesh & Associates, LLC $120,000 To provide strategic advice and consultation services on Federal ocean policy issues for Marine Fisheries Subprogram grantees and staff
2010 Kadesh & Associates, LLC $70,000 To provide strategic advice and consultation services on Federal ocean policy issues for Marine Fisheries subprogram grantees and staff
2010 Manta Consulting $95,000 For a field-level assessment, creation of an evaluation framework, and distribution of findings on innovative financing mechanisms for marine and fisheries conservation funders
2008 Marine Fish Conservation Network $125,000 For work intended to ensure the full implementation of the Magnuson-Stevens Reauthorization Act and to promote the sustainable management of forage fish species ($100,000) and for general support ($25,000)
2009 Marine Fish Conservation Network $125,000 To continue implementing the ecosystem components of the Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act and to begin laying the groundwork for the next reauthorization
2010 Marine Fish Conservation Network $125,000 To continue implementing the ecosystem components of the Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act
2009 Marine Stewardship Council $4,050,000 To evaluate the environmental impacts that have resulted from the Marine Stewardship Council‘s fishery certification program during the first ten years of operations
2008 Marine Stewardship Council $1,506,000 For general support
2008 Marine Stewardship Council $250,000 To transfer project coordination of the Wal-Mart engagement to the Marine Stewardship Council, and to undertake a study of the feasibility of developing an aquaculture certification program
2007 Marine Stewardship Council $1,500,000 For core support, continued reform implementation, and capacity development
2006 Marine Stewardship Council $1,500,000 For core support, reform implementation, and capacity development at the Marine Stewardship Council
2006 Marine Stewardship Council $100,000 For a challenge grant to increase the presence and profile of the MSC in North America
2006 Marine Stewardship Council $87,900 For development of a 3 to 5 year business plan
2005 Marine Stewardship Council $1,750,000 For core support, reform implementation, and capacity development at the Marine Stewardship Counci
2010 Marine Stewardship Council $125,000 To evaluate the environmental impacts that have resulted from the Marine Stewardship Council‘s fishery certification program during the first ten years of operations
2010 Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation $700,000 For the Sustainable Seafood Initiative
2009 National Coalition for Marine Conservation $30,000 To develop guidance for conservation of forage fish through an ecosystem-based approach to fisheries management
2010 National Council for Science and the Environment $25,000 For the 11th National Conference on Science, Policy, and the Environment: Our Changing Ocean
2010 Natural Resources Defense Council $125,000 To support efforts to rebuild fisheries and affect oceans policy reform at the federal level
2010 Nature Conservancy $100,000 For community engagement on the Washington coast toward a more sustainable future for marine fisheries and ecosystems
2010 Nature Conservancy $234,600 To continue to develop and refine the Gulf of Mexico Ecosystem Decision Support effort to provide salient and credible information to bear on the many decisions that will be made in response to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico
2009 Nature Conservancy $292,313 To promote new and sustained federal funding for ocean conservation, restoration, and planning
2009 Nature Conservancy $200,000 To introduce and strengthen the concept of marine spatial planning in marine policy
2009 Nature Conservancy $50,000 To ensure Marine Resource Committees near Washington's Olympic Peninsula Outer Coast are established with restoration, protection, and/or conservation planning projects underway
2006 Nature Conservancy $2,000,000 For the Central Coast Trawl Permit Buyback project
2005 Nature Conservancy $199,000 To work with marine practitioners to incorporate ecosystem-based management site prioritization tools into planning and conservation work
2010 Nature Conservancy $100,000 For community engagement on the Washington coast toward a more sustainable future for marine fisheries and ecosystems
2008 New England Aquarium Corporation $310,000 For the Sustainable Fisheries Initiative, a private-sector-NGO partnership for more sustainable seafood consumption
2010 New England Aquarium Corporation $570,000 For public outreach and corporate partnership efforts for the Sustainable Seafood Program
2008 Ocean Conservancy $425,000 For continued support to protect fish populations in the Pacific and North Pacific regional fisheries by linking seafood sustainability to policy reform
2009 Ocean Conservancy $500,000 To achieve more comprehensive ocean management and improved fisheries management at the federal level
2010 Ocean Conservancy $250,000 For general support
2010 Ocean Conservancy $40,000 For social media strategy development
2009 Ocean Foundation $250,000 For communications and development, capacity building, conservation tourism, small-scale fisheries management, and sea turtle conservation in the Gulf of California
2010 Oceana $450,000 To continue work on U.S. Arctic Large Marine Ecosystems conservation
2010 Oceana $325,000 For conservation activities in the California Current region, and for a programmatic assessment
2009 Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife $35,000 For stakeholder outreach and collaboration in Oregon's marine spatial planning process
2010 Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife $296,000 For a shore-side socioeconomic analysis of coastal and ocean uses for the revisions of Oregon's Territorial Sea Plan
2009 Organizational Research Services $150,000 To evaluate the effectiveness and accomplishments of the Marine Fisheries subprogram Arctic fisheries management initiative
2005 Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations, Incorporated $200,000 For strengthening marine conservation within the fishing industry
2010 Port Orford Ocean Resource Team $200,000 For a community based marine conservation effort to protect nearshore reef systems off the southern Oregon coast
2009 RARE $190,000 To incorporate the Fisheries Fellows technical assistance program into the Rare Pride social marketing campaign
2008 Resources Legacy Fund $910,455 For the Sustainable Fisheries Fund
2009 Resources Legacy Fund $625,000 For the Sustainable Fisheries Fund
2010 Resources Legacy Fund $900,000 For the Sustainable Fisheries Fund
2010 Resources Legacy Fund Foundation $4,000,000 For grantmaking and program administration for the California Coastal and Marine Initiative
2009 Resources Legacy Fund Foundation $5,100,000 For grantmaking and program administration for the California Coastal and Marine Initiative (CCMI)
2008 Resources Legacy Fund Foundation $6,000,000 For grantmaking and program administration for the California Coastal Marine Initiative
2007 Resources Legacy Fund Foundation $6,000,000 For grantmaking and program administration of the California Coastal and Marine Initiative
2006 Resources Legacy Fund Foundation $6,000,000 For grantmaking and administrative expenses related to the California Coastal and Marine Initiative in 2006
2005 Resources Legacy Fund Foundation $6,000,000 For the California Coastal and Marine Initiative
2008 San Diego Society of Natural History Balboa Park $33,000 To investigate the biodiversity, community structure, and behavior of fishes and invertebrates from deep-reef and seamount habitats of the Gulf of California
2005 Seaweb $23,575 For a two-day meeting to convene leaders in the sustainable food and sustainable seafood movements
2005 Seaweb $25,000 For consumer market research on farmed and wild salmon
2005 Seaweb $125,000 For campaigns to protect the beluga sturgeon and to promote sustainable caviar
2005 Seaweb $136,526 For Phase II funding in 2006 for The Philanthropic Awareness Initiative
2005 Seaweb $250,000 To support a series of communications trainings and media-related events to advance ocean conservation in Papua New Guinea and Fiji
2005 Seaweb $2,159,960 For continued support to the Communications Partnership for Science and the Sea (COMPASS)
2006 Seaweb $7,500 For development of presentations for the Philanthropic Awareness Initiative
2006 Seaweb $50,000 For meetings to convene leaders in the sustainable food and sustainable seafood movements in North America
2006 Seaweb $194,479 For COMPASS to organize and co-host the California Current EBM Science conference in 2007
2006 Seaweb $236,118 For COMPASS to research, capture, and communicate ecosystem-based management case studies
2006 Seaweb $245,974 To design and implement a communications initiative on marine ecosystem-based management
2006 Seaweb $250,000 To provide support for the Philanthropy Awareness Initiative
2006 Seaweb $1,300,000 For Seafood Choices Alliance
2007 Seaweb $7,000 For participation in Stanford University's Business Strategies for Environmental Sustainability Program
2007 Seaweb $25,000 For a communications initiative on marine ecosystem-based management
2007 Seaweb $40,000 For an organizational assessment and strategic planning for COMPASS
2007 Seaweb $100,000 For general support
2007 Seaweb $113,000 For general support
2007 Seaweb $115,000 For organizational assessment and business planning for the Seafood Choices Alliance
2007 Seaweb $175,000 For meetings to convene leaders in the sustainable seafood movement and coordination of their efforts to increase the amount of sustainable seafood purchased
2007 Seaweb $250,000 To provide support for the Philanthropy Awareness Initiative
2007 Seaweb $250,000 For bridge funding for Communications Partnership for Science and the Sea
2007 Seaweb $250,000 For a six-month bridge grant to support ongoing activities of the Seafood Choices Alliance
2007 Seaweb $400,000 For a series of communications trainings and media-related events to advance ocean conservation in Papua New Guinea and Fiji
2008 Seaweb $97,600 For organizational assessment and business planning
2008 Seaweb $249,665 To serve the communications needs of the NGO community to promote ecosystem-based management
2008 Seaweb $250,000 For ongoing support of the Philanthropy Awareness Initiative
2008 Seaweb $425,000 To increase the profile and relevance of ocean conservation in the Western Pacific by working with journalists, scientists, conservation practitioners, and community leaders
2008 Seaweb $3,000,000 For the expansion and increased effectiveness of the Seafood Choices Alliance
2009 Seaweb $250,000 For general support
2010 Seaweb $250,000 To support activities of the Philanthropy Awareness Initiative to improve philanthropy sector communications during 2010
2010 Seaweb $600,000 To support a marine-focused communications program in the Western Pacific
2010 Seaweb $812,000 For sustainable markets work through the Seafood Choices Alliance
2010 SeaWeb $812,500 For sustainable markets work through the Seafood Choices Alliance
2010 Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs SEE $250,000 To further develop a Future of Fish venture and innovation hub that would realign seafood supply chain functions to better enable sustainable practices
2010 Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs SEE $250,000 For a planning grant to develop an implementation plan and recruit leadership to launch the Oceans+1 venture that will address gaps in the sustainable seafood marketplace
2010 Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs SEE $85,000 To assess improved alignment or leverage of grantee needs around data production, access, and knowledge sharing
2010 Spitfire Strategies, LLC $810,000 For strategic communications support to the Conservation Alliance for Seafood Solutions, for communications support to Fisheries, and for development of an ocean policy communications campaign
2010 Surfrider Foundation $225,000 For building community support for protection of coastal ecosystems in Oregon and Washington
2011 Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation $59,938 For board development and building evaluative capacity
2008 Sustainable Fishery Advocates $550,000 For the expansion of FishWise, a point-of-sale sustainable seafood labeling program
2008 Sustainable Fishery Advocates $225,000 For organizational effectiveness and capacity-building support for Sustainable Fisheries Advocates and FishChoice
2010 Sustainable Fishery Advocates $250,000 For the expansion of FishWise, a point-of-sale sustainable seafood labeling program
2008 Trust for Conservation Innovation $50,000 For organizational assessment and strategic planning for the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership
2009 Trust for Conservation Innovation $1,299,912 For the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership to reduce environmental impacts of aquaculture and improve the sustainability of reduction fisheries used in fish feed
2009 Trust for Conservation Innovation $1,264,609 For a project of the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership to develop actionable fisheries information and fisheries improvement partnerships
2009 Trust for Conservation Innovation $100,000 For the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership to evaluate the feasibility of new fisheries in San Felipe, Baja California, and the establishment of related supply chains
2009 Trust for Conservation Innovation $30,000 To develop a strategic communications plan for Sustainable Fisheries Partnership
2008 University of Arizona $1,373,900 For Phase II of the Ecosystem-Based Management Regional Initiative project on small-scale fisheries in the Upper Gulf of California, Mexico
2009 University of Arizona $600,000 To develop and begin the implementation of long-term fishery monitoring programs in the Northern Gulf of California, Mexico
2009 University of California, San Diego $72,000 For the conservation and management of reef fish spawning aggregations in the Gulf of California
2008 University of Connecticut, Storrs $75,898 To evaluate the use of habitat proxies and habitat suitability models to identify the co-occurrence of fisheries and vulnerable habitats during fisheries assessment
2008 University of Maine at Machias $78,839 For assessing the impact of MSC certification on management and conservation in the New Zealand Hoki and Orange Roughy fisheries
2008 University of Washington $157,500 To establish ecological and life history baselines for fisheries management
2009 Wild Salmon Center $105,000 To catalyze market incentives that can activate improvements in Asian and Russian Far East wild salmon fisheries
2010 Wild Salmon Center $225,000 To continue to catalyze market incentives that can activate improvements in Asian and Russian Far East wild salmon fisheries
2008 World Wildlife Fund $324,750 For international fisheries policy activities
2008 World Wildlife Fund $130,000 To test and promote the use of alternative fishing gears for shrimp and fish among small-scale regional fishermen
2009 World Wildlife Fund $475,000 To transform fisheries management in the Upper Gulf of California
2009 World Wildlife Fund $250,000 For international fisheries policy activities
2009 World Wildlife Fund $153,000 For coastal fisheries and marine protected area management in the Solomon Islands
2010 World Wildlife Fund $1,900,000 To promote market-based improvements of fisheries worldwide by harnessing and leveraging purchasing power at various points in the seafood value chain
2010 World Wildlife Fund $400,000 To eliminate harmful subsidies for fisheries and to secure adoption of rights-based management by Regional Fisheries Management Organizations
2010 World Wildlife Fund $380,000 To complete the development of global aquaculture standards and support small scale capacity building
Total Packard Grants $91,048,384