--- title: Sustainable Ocean Alliance Blog | SOA Team description: Sustainable Ocean Alliance is accelerating ocean solutions around the world. 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[![](https://legacy.soalliance.org/hubfs/4.30.25%20YLS%202025.png)](https://legacy.soalliance.org/soablog/ooyls-recap-2025) May 8, 2025, 12:48:33 PM ## [SOA Co-Hosts the 2025 Our Ocean Youth Leadership Summit in South Korea](https://legacy.soalliance.org/soablog/ooyls-recap-2025) ***April 27-30, 2025 | Busan, South Korea*** — Sustainable Ocean Alliance (SOA)—the world’s largest... [![](https://legacy.soalliance.org/hubfs/4.27.25%20(1).png)](https://legacy.soalliance.org/soablog/ceo-announcement-2025) Apr 27, 2025, 5:00:00 PM ## [Sustainable Ocean Alliance Appoints Anne Park as New CEO](https://legacy.soalliance.org/soablog/ceo-announcement-2025) **Sustainable Ocean Alliance Appoints Anne Park as New CEO** *New leadership ushers in a renewed chapter...* [![](https://legacy.soalliance.org/hubfs/4.23.25%20BLOG.png)](https://legacy.soalliance.org/soablog/isa30-march25) Apr 23, 2025, 9:00:00 AM ## [Advocating for Future Generations at the ISA30: March 2025 Council Meeting](https://legacy.soalliance.org/soablog/isa30-march25) From March 17-28, members and observers of the [International Seabed Authority](https://www.isa.org.jm/about-isa/) (ISA) gathered in... [![](https://legacy.soalliance.org/hubfs/3.26.25%20OLF%20Feature%20Image%201.png)](https://legacy.soalliance.org/soablog/olf-fellows-2025) Mar 26, 2025, 8:00:00 AM ## [Meet the 2025 Ocean Leaders Fellows](https://legacy.soalliance.org/soablog/olf-fellows-2025) [Sustainable Ocean Alliance](https://legacy.soalliance.org/?hsLang=en) (SOA), in partnership with [Dona Bertarelli Philanthropy](https://bit.ly/soa-dbp), is pleased to... [![](https://legacy.soalliance.org/hubfs/Deep%20Sea%20Academy-banner-1920x1080-option%203.png)](https://legacy.soalliance.org/soablog/dsm-academy) Mar 17, 2025, 8:00:00 AM ## [SOA Launches The Deep Sea Academy, New Ocean Advocacy Training Course](https://legacy.soalliance.org/soablog/dsm-academy) ***March 17, 2025, San Francisco, CA*** *—* [Sustainable Ocean Alliance](https://legacy.soalliance.org/?hsLang=en) (SOA) has launched the [Deep Sea...](https://bit.ly/soa-dsa) [![](https://legacy.soalliance.org/hubfs/1.27.25%20OLF%20(2)-1.png)](https://legacy.soalliance.org/soablog/ocean-leaders-fellowship) Feb 5, 2025, 7:00:00 AM ## [SOA and Dona Bertarelli Philanthropy Launch the Ocean Leaders Fellowship](https://legacy.soalliance.org/soablog/ocean-leaders-fellowship) [Sustainable Ocean Alliance](https://legacy.soalliance.org/?hsLang=en) (SOA), in partnership with [Dona Bertarelli Philanthropy](https://bit.ly/soa-dbp), is pleased to... [![](https://legacy.soalliance.org/hubfs/1.29.25.png)](https://legacy.soalliance.org/soablog/ooyls25) Feb 5, 2025, 6:30:00 AM ## [SOA to Co-Host the 2025 Our Ocean Youth Leadership Summit in South Korea](https://legacy.soalliance.org/soablog/ooyls25) [Sustainable Ocean Alliance](https://legacy.soalliance.org/?hsLang=en) (SOA) will co-host the 8th annual Our Ocean Youth Leadership Summit... [![](https://legacy.soalliance.org/hubfs/11.8.24.png)](https://legacy.soalliance.org/soablog/cop29) Nov 8, 2024, 5:23:50 PM ## [SOA at COP29 – Our Objectives, Delegation, and More](https://legacy.soalliance.org/soablog/cop29) From November 11-24, Sustainable Ocean Alliance will join global delegates, international leaders,... 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