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title: Sustainable Ocean Alliance Blog | SOA Team (2)
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# NEWS & UPDATES
August 22, 2025 . 17:00:00 PM
#### [Why We Invested in Carbon Ridge: Pioneering Onboard Carbon Capture for Shipping](https://legacy.soalliance.org/soablog/carbon-ridge-investment-2025)
June 27, 2025 . 17:00:00 PM
#### [Why We Invested in Ace Aquatec: Sustainable & Smart Aquaculture for Ocean Health](https://legacy.soalliance.org/soablog/aceaquatec-investment-2025)
June 26, 2025 . 16:00:00 PM
#### [Youth, Community, Action: SOA Makes Waves at the 2025 UN Ocean Conference](https://legacy.soalliance.org/soablog/unoc3-recap)
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## SOA Team
### Recent Posts
[](https://legacy.soalliance.org/soablog/opc24-finale)
Jun 14, 2024, 2:28:55 PM
## [RECAP: Ocean Pitch Challenge 2024 Finale](https://legacy.soalliance.org/soablog/opc24-finale)
On May 28, 2024, [Sustainable Ocean Alliance](https://www.soalliance.org/?hsLang=en)(SOA) and[RespectOcean](https://www.respectocean.com/) co-hosted [the Ocean Pitch...](https://www.respectocean.com/ocean-pitch-challenge-2024/)
[](https://legacy.soalliance.org/soablog/dscc-letter-wod24)
Jun 7, 2024, 7:00:00 AM
## [Deep Sea-Mining: An Open Letter to UN Secretary-General Guterres for World Oceans Day 2024](https://legacy.soalliance.org/soablog/dscc-letter-wod24)
On [UN World Oceans Day 2024](https://unworldoceansday.org/), Sustainable Ocean Alliance (SOA) joined our partners at [Deep-Sea...](https://deep-sea-conservation.org/)
[](https://legacy.soalliance.org/soablog/opc24-finalists)
May 24, 2024, 11:20:11 AM
## [Meet the Finalists: Ocean Pitch Challenge 2024](https://legacy.soalliance.org/soablog/opc24-finalists)
Co-hosted in partnership with[Sustainable Ocean Alliance](https://www.soalliance.org/?hsLang=en)(SOA) and[RespectOcean](https://www.respectocean.com/), [the Ocean Pitch...](https://www.respectocean.com/ocean-pitch-challenge-2024/)
[](https://legacy.soalliance.org/soablog/bpef24)
May 20, 2024, 2:58:43 PM
## [SOA and Blue Prosperity Micronesia Launch Blue Prosperity Entrepreneur Fellowship](https://legacy.soalliance.org/soablog/bpef24)
The [Blue Prosperity Entrepreneur Fellowship](http://www.blueprosperitymicronesia.org/fellowship) is a partnership between [Blue Prosperity Micronesia](https://www.blueprosperitymicronesia.org/)...
[-1.png)](https://legacy.soalliance.org/soablog/eu-dsm-2024)
Feb 7, 2024, 8:30:00 AM
## [European Parliament Calls for a Global Moratorium on the Deep-Sea Mining Industry](https://legacy.soalliance.org/soablog/eu-dsm-2024)
The [Deep Sea Conservation Coalition](https://deep-sea-conservation.org/) (DSCC), [Environmental Justice Foundation](https://ejfoundation.org/) (EJF), [Greenpeace](https://www.greenpeace.org/international/), [...](https://seas-at-risk.org/)
[.jpg)](https://legacy.soalliance.org/soablog/ooyls24)
Jan 30, 2024, 11:32:38 AM
## [SOA to Co-Host the 2024 Our Ocean Youth Leadership Summit Greece](https://legacy.soalliance.org/soablog/ooyls24)
[Sustainable Ocean Alliance](https://legacy.soalliance.org/?hsLang=en) (SOA) is honored to co-host the 7th annual Our Ocean Youth Leadership...
[](https://legacy.soalliance.org/soablog/norway-dsm-vote)
Jan 10, 2024, 2:00:28 PM
## [Norway to Begin Deep-Sea Mining Exploration in the Arctic](https://legacy.soalliance.org/soablog/norway-dsm-vote)
On January 9, the Norwegian Parliament [voted in favor](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/09/climate/seabed-mining-norway-oceans.html) of exploring the Arctic for deep-sea...
[](https://legacy.soalliance.org/soablog/2023-at-sustainable-ocean-alliance)
Dec 21, 2023, 2:57:40 AM
## [2023 at Sustainable Ocean Alliance: A Year in Review](https://legacy.soalliance.org/soablog/2023-at-sustainable-ocean-alliance)
It's encouraging when it feels like every year is our biggest, most impactful year yet. This year...
[](https://legacy.soalliance.org/soablog/cop28-soa-delegation)
Nov 30, 2023, 5:05:22 PM
## [Meet the SOA Community Attending COP28](https://legacy.soalliance.org/soablog/cop28-soa-delegation)
From Ecuador to Sri Lanka, Sustainable Ocean Alliance (SOA) is proud to introduce featured members...
[](https://legacy.soalliance.org/soablog/news-fall-2023)
Nov 24, 2023, 7:00:00 AM
## [Making Waves: Fall 2023 Community News Roundup](https://legacy.soalliance.org/soablog/news-fall-2023)
[Sustainable Ocean Alliance](https://legacy.soalliance.org/?hsLang=en) (SOA) exists to propel global solutions to our ocean's greatest...
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