CostaSalvaje/Wildcoast is an international group that aims to conserve the coastal and marine ecosystems and wildlife around California and Latin America. They are fighting to conserve more than 31.9 million acres of globally significant wild coastlines, islands, lagoons, and oceans. Through educating local communities, advocating for conservation policies, and establishing and managing protected areas, Wildcoast is trying to reduce the impact of climate change, conserve coral reefs, prioritize sewage treatment, and protect wetlands and coastal wildlands.

DMAD 's stated goal is ‘to raise both scientific and public awareness, to identify and locate habitat problems and to implement the actions needed in order to conserve the marine biodiversity in the Eastern Mediterranean.’ DMAD mainly works scientifically on marine mammals. They currently have seven different projects running across three different countries, with the two main target areas being the Eastern Mediterranean and the Adriatic Sea. They engage with public by supporting citizen science and ecological awareness, including volunteer programmes which involves joining their researchers and scientists along the Adriatic coasts of Montenegro and Albania or in the Levantine and Aegean Seas around Turkey. They are the founders of SANCET (Southern Adriatic Network of Cetacean, Elasmobranch and Turtle Standing). Montenegro Dolphin Research is also one of their projects.

The Delfini del Ponente APS is a young association of scientists and professionals with a focus on protection of the sea and its creatures, all with an interest in conserving the biodiversity of Western Liguria in Italy. Monitoring cetaceans and other marine wildlife including seabirds in the Western Ligurian Sea is their main activity, largely focused on the bottlenose dolphin, a species that lives in coastal shallow waters. In addition, they present educational activities to cultivate an environmental culture, including internships. They are based in the city of Imperia, positioned in a central area of the “Pelagos Sanctuary”.

The German Foundation for Marine Conservation is a group of committed animal welfare and nature conservation advocates, who fight for the protection of threatened marine animals and the preservation of marine habitats. They support and carry out projects, campaigns, and initiatives aimed at conserving marine life. This includes marine & nature conservation; animal welfare; science and research; and development cooperation. Since 2022 they have had a long term eDNA Project on Fiji-Island to identify habitats of guitarfish species and of young bullsharks. They support projects to protect sharks, rays, sea turtles and marine mammals, restoration of coral reefs and seagrass beds, for sustainable fishing and ocean cleanups. Their educational and awareness-raising work aims at anchoring the importance of marine conservation in people's minds and actions. LinkedIn address: https://de.linkedin.com/company/deutsche-stiftung-meeresschutz

Richard (Ric) O'Barry, who founded the Dolphin Project in 1982, worked both within the dolphin captivity industry, and against it. Ric O'Barry had trained five dolphins that were used in the TV series called Flipper; however, O'Barry changed from training to advocating against the captivity of dolphins after one of the Flipper dolphins died in his arms. O'Barry campaigns against Japan's cruel cetacean hunts and also for halting the Solomon Islands dolphin trade. He has also rescued and rehabilitated dolphins in many countries around the world.

Dolphin Watch Alliance is a non-profit organisation that aims to bring ethical and financial support for projects serving the worldwide research and protection of wild dolphins. They currently support two projects in Hurghada, Egypt: “Dolphin Watch Natural Underwater Science” and “Care for Dolphins". By conducting both over-and underwater research, the project "Dolphin Watch Research Project" is trying to gain new insights into the behaviour of dolphins as to be able to set up necessary protection zones at certain locations in the Red Sea.

A.G. Sano is the founder of Dolphins love Freedom, a group in the Philippines that is advocating ocean conservation, especially the protection of dolphins. ‘What makes the group so successful is the medium they choose to deliver their message. A.G. is an artist and has the ability to create fantastic murals featuring all manor of aquatic life. Of course centremost to his murals is dolphins.’

The Dyer Island Conservation Trust works to conserve and research the fragile and critically important marine eco-system at the southern-most tip of Africa. They strive to protect the largest surviving colonies of the endangered African Penguin whose numbers are at an all-time low; the globally important breeding and calving grounds of the Southern Right Whale; and, the world's densest populations of the vulnerable Great White Shark.

The European Cetacean Society promotes and co-ordinates the scientific study and conservation of cetaceans. They gather and disseminate information about cetaceans and other marine mammals to Members of the Society and the public at large.

Filicudi WildLife Conservation focuses on the study and conservation of the marine resources of the Aeolian Archipelago, particularly the populations of cetaceans ( bottlenose dolphins, striped dolphin , sperm whale ) and sea turtles. In addition to their research activities, they run a Sea Turtle First Aid programme, educational programmes, and ecotourism initiatives.

The Cetacea Foundation is committed to protect the marine ecosystem, especially the Adriatic sea, through activities of education and conservation. It uses the valuable contribution of biologists, veterinarians, scientists and volunteers. It is active in the rescue of animals in need, especially sea turtles and cetaceans, with an important rescue center for marine turtles in the Adriatic. In addition the foundation works to educate students and collaborates with public institutions and associations in projects regarding education for sustainable living, respect and preservation of the marine environment. The foundation has carried out research mainly on large marine vertebrates (cetaceans, turtles and sharks), in association with research institutes.

The overall objective of FMME is to conduct research which can be applied towards the comprehensive management Marine Megafauna populations for the sustainable benefit of local Ecuadorian and Galapagos Islands communities. Their research focuses on Manta Rays and Whale Sharks, collecting data and obtaining unique results of these species which have been used by governmental and non-governmental organizations to make law changing decisions and have contributed to the protection and conservation of these and other Marine Megafauna species and their ecosystems.