| CEMR | Group focused on state law to convert abandoned oil rigs into artificial reefs in southern California (SB 241) |
| Coral Reef Alliance | Reef conservation organization |
| Dry Tortugas National Park's Visitor Use and Commercial Services Plan | Site focusing on the development of the Dry Tortugas National Park in the Florida Keys while protecting the environment |
| Edward F. Rickets Marine Park | Proposal to make an underwater preserve from Breakwater to Lovers in Monterey, California. It would be called the Edward F. Rickets Marine Park after the marine biologist friend of Steinbeck |
| Monachus | Organization focused on the protection of the (Caribbean, Hawaiian and Mediterranean) Monk Seals |
| NOAA Coral Reef '97 | Site for NOAA's International Year of the Coral Reef 1997 |
| NOAA Oceans '98 | Site for NOAA's International Year of the Oceans 1998 |
| Nature Conservancy (The) | Runs conservation efforts for reefs (and rainforests) as well as the efforts to purchase Palmyra Atoll, 15,512 acres of pristine coral reefs in the south Pacific. |
| Project Yukon | Project to sink a 366' Canadian Destroyer off the coast of San Diego |
| REEF | Non-profit organization focus on counting and identifing fish |
