2020-11-16T21:40:03-06:00 2019-12-31 912011386 JACOBSON JARVIS & CO PLLC 200 FIRST AVE WEST SUITE 200 SEATTLE WA 981194219 990 2019-01-01 901015993 OCEANS INITIATIVE OCEA 2063002856 117 E LOUISA ST NO 135 SEATTLE WA 98102 ERIN ASHE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 2063002856 2020-11-13 1 KARI MOORE CPA P01392605 2066288990 2020-11-13 209.210.254.4 2020-11-13 12:52:46 PS P 12D7E64532A073C3D51B5FC5ADB38EA844482D86 12D7E64532A073C3D51B5FC5ADB38EA844482D86 2019 2021-01-29 14:40:06Z X ERIN ASHE 117 E LOUISA ST NO 135 SEATTLE WA 98102 429302 0 X WWW.OCEANSINITIATIVE.ORG X 2014 WA OCEANS INITIATIVE IS A TEAM OF SCIENTISTS ON A MISSION TO PROTECT MARINE LIFE IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND BEYOND. 5 3 0 6 0 0 378214 416708 8404 12594 0 0 0 0 386618 429302 30000 0 0 0 246906 252823 0 0 2965 123855 145319 400761 398142 -14143 31160 237625 222984 154097 108268 83528 114716 X OCEANS INITIATIVE IS A TEAM OF SCIENTISTS ON A MISSION TO PROTECT MARINE LIFE AND THE ECOSYSTEMS ON WHICH THEY DEPEND, INCLUDING WHALES, DOLPHINS, SHARKS, SALMON AND SEABIRDS, IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND BEYOND. LIKE THE WHALES WE STUDY, WE ARE HIGHLY MIGRATORY. WE SPEND HALF OUR TIME GETTING OUR FEET WET IN THE FIELD WHEREVER OUR WORK IS NEEDED, AND THE OTHER HALF IS SPENT USING OUR SCIENCE TO INFORM SMART DECISIONS TO CONSERVE WILDLIFE. 0 0 168131 KILLER WHALE CONSERVATION: THIS PAST YEAR, OUR SCIENTISTS WERE ASKED TO GIVE TECHNICAL EXPERTISE TO GOVERNOR INSLEE'S SOUTHERN RESIDENT KILLER WHALE TASK FORCE. OUR SCIENCE WAS USED TO GUIDE KEY RECOMMENDATIONS, NAMELY TO INCREASE CHINOOK SALMON AVAILABILITY BY 15% AND REDUCE NOISE AND DISTURBANCE BY 50%, TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE WHALES TO HUNT FOR CHINOOK SALMON USING SOUND. EARLIER IN 2019, GOVERNOR INSLEE SIGNED FIVE CRUCIAL ORCA RECOVERY BILLS INTO LAW THAT FOCUS ON PROTECTING ORCAS FROM VESSEL NOISE AND TRAFFIC, IMPROVING THE SAFETY OF OIL TRANSPORTATION THROUGH THE SALISH SEA, AND INCREASING FISH FORAGE HABITAT AND CHINOOK SALMON FOR THE ORCA'S FOOD SOURCE. ACCORDINGLY, OUR SCIENCE HAS BEEN SOUGHT AGAIN TO FURTHER INFORM SPECIFIC RECOVERY REQUIREMENTS, FILL IN DATA GAPS, AND MEASURE PROGRESS IN A QUEST TO SAVE SRKWS FROM EXTINCTION. 93406 SOUND OCEAN: SOUND IS AS IMPORTANT TO MARINE WILDLIFE AS VISION IS TO HUMANS. WE MERGE ACOUSTIC SCIENCE AND CONSERVATION BIOLOGY TO KEEP IMPORTANT OCEAN HABITATS QUIET, AND TO MAKE NOISY AREAS QUIETER. IN 2019, WE WORKED WITH WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE TO REDUCE NOISE FROM SHIPS AND BOATS IN THE SALISH SEA, TO PROMOTE SURVIVAL AND RECOVERY OF ENDANGERED SPECIES. 5337 BYCATCH AND SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES: OCEANS INITIATIVE PARTNERED WITH SCIENTISTS AT IUCN AND NOAA TO CREATE THE ANIMAL COUNTING TOOLKIT, A LOW COST SYSTEM FOR RAPIDLY ASSESSING MARINE MAMMAL POPULATIONS. WE THEN WORKED WITH UW FISHERIES SCIENTISTS TO BUILD STATISTICAL TOOLS TO HELP LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES COMPLY WITH A NEW U.S. SEAFOOD TRADE RULE THAT WILL BAN SEAFOOD EXPORTS TO THE U.S. UNLESS COUNTRIES CAN DEMONSTRATE THAT THEIR BY-CATCH MEETS COMPARABLE SUSTAINABILITY POLICIES AS THE U.S. 12594 OCEAN NOISE, WILDLIFE HEALTH, WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. 12594 266874 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 WA X ERIN ASHE 2063002856 2700 NE 91ST ST SEATTLE WA 98115 ROB WILLIAMS CHIEF SCIENTIST 40.00 X X 113000 0 0 ERIN ASHE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X X 61000 0 0 DUSCHKA FOWLER-DUNNING TREASURER 5.00 X X 0 0 0 GAE WEBER SECRETARY 5.00 X X 0 0 0 MELISSA HORNBEIN BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 174000 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 171372 245336 416708 WORKSHOP FEES 900099 12594 12594 12594 429302 12594 0 0 174000 111536 62464 78823 50527 28296 15172 15172 1632 1632 6555 2232 2990 1333 72 72 12049 12049 27408 27046 362 11467 5064 6403 32594 32594 9031 4903 4128 FIELDWORK EXPENSES 18905 18905 TAXES, LICENSES AND FEE 10434 2018 8416 398142 266874 128303 2965 905 16605 1050 1050 350066 144737 235670 205329 237625 222984 33016 37439 10564 3080 110517 67749 154097 108268 X 63528 114716 20000 0 83528 114716 237625 222984 31160 28 0 X 0 0 0 X 192162 264432 313798 378214 416708 1565314 192162 264432 313798 378214 416708 1565314 20082 1545232 1565314 20998 0.98720 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 350066 144737 205329 205329 ERIN ASHE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR START-UP FUNDS X 16700 3080 0 0 0 3080 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2 ERIN ASHE, PRESIDENT, AND ROB WILLIAMS, CHIEF SCIENTIST, ARE MARRIED. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B PRIOR TO FILING THE 990 IS PROVIDED TO THE BOARD VIA E-MAIL AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW AND DISCUSS THE INFORMATION IS PROVIDED. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C IN CONNECTION WITH ANY ACTUAL OR POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST, AN INTERESTED PERSON MUST DISCLOSE THE EXISTENCE OF FINANCIAL INTEREST AND BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCLOSE ALL MATERIAL FACTS TO THE DIRECTORS AND MEMBERS OF COMMITTEES WITH GOVERNING BOARD DELEGATED POWERS CONSIDERING THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION OR ARRANGEMENT. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 BOARD MEMBERS WERE TASKED WITH RESEARCHING COMPENSATION RATES FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CHIEF SCIENTIST. A BOARD MEETING (WITH ROB WILLIAMS AND ERIN ASHE ABSENT) WAS CONVENED UNDER THE ADVISEMENT OF OUR NON-PROFIT LAWYERS. COMPENSATION WAS ASSSESSED AND VOTED UPON. THE PROCESS AND FINAL COMPENSATION DECISION WAS RECORDED CONTEMPORANEOUSLY. 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