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MEET THE FOUNDER: LOVE THE OCEANS
Written by Jess Davies /
FRANCESCA TROTMAN
Following the recent launch of our board design competition in partnership with Spoonflower and Love The Oceans charity, we caught up with the Founder and CEO of Love The Oceans, Francesca Trotman.
We heard all about her amazing community work in Mozambique and what first started as a pipeline dream at University has now become an award-winning conservation charity. Take a deep dive and find out all about their amazing work, how they use our paddle boards for marine research and why Love the Oceans are super excited to be a part of the ‘The Worlds Waterways’ board design competition.
CAN YOU BRIEFLY DESCRIBE LOVE THE OCEANS FOR THOSE WHO’VE NOT HEARD OF YOUR AWESOME CHARITY?
“Love the Oceans is a marine conservation organisation in Mozambique. We’re working to establish a Marine protected area in our region. This involves research and community outreach such as fisheries research to prove that the current methods of fishing are unsustainable. We carry out Coral Reef research to prove what we have is worth protecting and we also perform Humpback Whale, Whale Shark, Mantuary and Turtle research; we have critical endangered nesting turtles in the area. We observe ocean trash research to look at the different types of waste we have washing up on the shores and what can be done to reduce it.
Furthermore, we have a community outreach program where we teach basic marine resource management to 10-13-year olds. We teach swimming to 4-18-year olds to encourage and foster a passion for the ocean and the water in general, which in turn should help to save lives. We have a sustainable fishing project, where I work with the local fishermen in the area exploring the different types of fishing and how to move away from unsustainable fishing. Our sustainable livelihoods section of the charity works to develop different sources of income that reduces the reliance on the ocean for food and finances.
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