Ocean Champions is the only political voice for the oceans. We take a non-partisan approach in working with the U.S. Congress to ensure ocean health through electoral and legislative action.
Our electoral success is strong and growing:
- 2004: endorsed and supported 14 candidates for the House and the Senate, and 11 won
- 2006: endorsed and supported 20 and 16 won; we were also instrumental in defeating ocean enemy #1, Richard Pombo
- 2008 endorsed and supported 34 candidates, and 28 won
Though we're a young organization, our legislative record is beginning to grow:
- Played a major role in re-authorizing Magnuson-Stevens
- Our Champions Helped defeat farm bill amendment that would have led to harmful new fishing subsidies
- Key Champions shot down offshore drilling in ‘06 and ’07
- Playing leadership role in the push for new standards for protecting our oceans, including Oceans 21
You can also find us on Facebook, Twitter and Change.org:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ocean-Champions/92289741521?ref=mf
https://twitter.com/OceanChampions
http://www.change.org/ocean_champions
Specialties
Electoral and Legislative strategy, Ocean Policy
