North Pacific/Arctic Programme

Where we fund 

We currently fund organisations in the Gulf of Alaska, the Bering Sea, the Beaufort Sea and the Chukchi Sea. Please see examples of our grants in the grants database.

Priority areas

1.  To reduce over-fishing and foster community-based stewardship of ocean resources.

• Promote healthy fisheries by reducing by-catch and protecting sea floor habitat
• Implemenation of catch shares supporting small boat fishing initiatives that yield ecological, economic and social returns for local communities

2.  To increase marine environmental and subsistence harvest protection from large-scale industrialisation

• Documentation and mapping of important cultural and ecological areas that link scientific and local ecological knowledge
• Mitgation efforts designed to lessen the impacts of large scale industrialisation through effective advocacy and litigation

3.  To improve ocean governance through integrated management approaches

• Integrative ecoystem-based management initiatives in key geographic areas
• Indigenous environmental stewardship programmes and efforts to implement co-management of subsistence resources
• Arctic Council activities that promote environmental protection of marine resources
• Community-based monitoring efforts that employ the best available science and local ecological knowledge