Funds ocean exploration via Waitt Institute for Discovery.
The startup raised from MySQL Co-Founders David Axmark, as an Angel investor and Michael Montyy" Widenius, through his fund Open Ocean Capital.
The fund, Emerald Ocean Capital, plans to steer clear of growing operations and retailers, instead investing in business that support those industries, such as online payment processors, security firms and hydroponic equipment manufacturers.
Several other amendments offered by Democrats to bolster funding for ocean acidification and climate research failed on voice votes.
In June 2006, Chairwoman Mikulski received the Joint Ocean Commission Initiative's (JOCI) report, "From Sea to Shining Sea: Priorities for Ocean Policy Reform," which recommended robust funding for ocean research, education, observation and exploration.
But he acknowledges that governments, wary of controversy, have shied away from funding further ocean fertilization projects, and he's skeptical of corporate efforts to support them, fearing a lack of scientific objectivity.
At the same, the Bush Administration announced it plans to ask for $143 million in new funds for ocean research and conservation in next month's 2008 budget request to Congress.
The gala of the summer unfolded on the Orange Coast raising significant funds for ocean conservation.
Yes, the very Captain Morgan who makes appearances at countless happy hours in the form of a spiced rum bearing his name -- which, conveniently, funded the ocean expedition.
Sikich said this possible reduction, about a third of the agency's total budget, would eliminate funding for ocean water monitoring programs in many California counties.
