Unlocking $200 BILLION for the ocean!
eOceans was launched in 2012 by Dr. Christine Ward-Paige.
It was originally designed to be the umbrella for her research program. At the time, her research included various science and citizen science projects, covering sewage pollution, invasive species, biodiversity, functional diversity, marine protected area monitoring. It also included many participatory science (aka., citizen science) projects including eShark, eManta, the Great Fiji Shark Count, the Global Marine Conservation Assessment, the Shark Sanctuary Evaluation, and more.
This work provided important scientific insights and policy outcomes (see IMPACT page).
Tired of doing all this work manually—hand writing observations, entering into spreadsheets, analyzing data and making visualizations in R, SAS, GIS, and then writing reports, etc.,—she began to build an app with automated analytics tools to automate the work.
“I couldn’t stand manual and slow all these projects were. Everything I published was out-of-date! How could we ever dream of keeping pace with business, society, and ocean change?”.
In 2020, she decided that, rather than keeping this power tool to herself, she would make it a subscription-based app and platform that any impact-driven researcher or organization can use—scientists, NGOs, consultants, ecotourism, fisheries, citizen scientists, educators, and more.
Meta-analyses estimate that the eOceans platform has the potential to unlock over $200 billion, while also enabling teams to operate in a more fluid and iterative way.
It is her hope that this revolutionary tool will be used to make better, more informed decisions and actions.
—For the ocean. For us.
In the news
“DFO investigating after almost 100 dead eels found floating in Dartmouth lakes” CTV Atlantic, Sept. 2023
“Canada, Jamaica to work on protection of marine resources”, Jamaica Observer, Jun. 25, 2021
“AANChOR project at the “All-Atlantic Ministerial High-Level & Stakeholders Conference”, ZMT, Jun. 4, 2021
“The oceans are changing - here’s how to help researchers monitor them”, New Scientist, Mar. 31, 2021
“eOceans - Mobile Technology for Ocean Monitoring (in Conjunction with Seaweek 2021)”, Royal Society NZ, Jan. 19, 2021
“Expo News: Innovation station'“, National Fisherman, Nov. 16, 2020
“More on how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting coastal and marine tourism and usage”, The Skimmer on Marine Ecosystems and Management, Sept. 22, 2020
“As Scientists Struggle with Rollbacks, Stay At Home Orders and Funding Gaps, Citizens Fill the Gap”, Inside Climate News, Jun. 23, 2020
“eOceans Citizen Science App for Ocean Observations”, reef builders, May 28, 2020
“Earth Day Activities: These Science Projects Get You Outside Virtually”, Discover Magazine, Apr. 22, 2020
“The oceans are changing - here’s how to help researchers monitor them”, Opera News, Mar. 31, 2020
“eOceans Launches App Amid COVID-19”, Entrevestor, Mar. 23, 2020
“New eOceans software allows scientists and the public to record and share ocean-data in real time”, Natural Resources, Mar. 11, 2020
“START IT UP: Three companies shaping Atlantic Canada’s Green tech startup scene”, Saltwire, Feb. 26, 2020
“Collaborative Discoveries in The Ocean”, BlueOcean Magazine, Feb. 2, 2020
“ENTREVESTOR: Halifax’s eOceans accepted into Seattle-based Washington Maritime Blue accelerator”, Saltwire, Jan. 30, 2020
“Gov. Inslee helps launch Washington’s first maritime startup accelerator in Seattle”, Geek Wire, Jan. 22, 2020
“eOceans is speeding up marine science”, Volta, Jan. 2, 2020
“These 11 startups will be part of the WeWork-Washington state maritime accelerator program”, Geek Wire, Dec. 12, 2019
“Pitch@Palace Canada 1.0 kicks off in Halifax”, Canadian Innovation Space, Mar. 27, 2019
“Volta labs announces 16 startups to pitch for $25,000 investment”, betakit, May 8, 2018
“Life after death: how we hatched live shark pups from dead parents”, The Guardian, Feb. 19, 2018
“Even scientists take selfies with wild animals. Here’s why they shouldn’t”, The Washington Post, Aug. 16, 2016
“Here’s Why Sharks Are Cool”, U.S. News, July 8, 2015
“13 amazing things scientists discovered about sharks in 2013”, Southern Fried Science, Dec. 28, 2013
“Breaking News! “Most Comprehensive Estimate of Mortality”: Between 63 and 273 Million Sharks Killed Each Year”, Southern Fried Science, Mar. 1, 2013
“How severe are shark population decreases, and how do we know?”, Southern Fried Science, Apr. 19, 2012