THE BLUEFIN COLLABORATIVE
EIN 87-3332779 · Research Institutes & Public Policy Analysis (D05)
What they do
THE BLUEFIN COLLABORATIVE (TBC) WILL RAISE and DISTRIBUTE FUNDING TOWARDS CRITICAL RESEARCH to GAIN A HOLISTIC UNDERSTANDING of ATLANTIC BLUEFIN TUNA MOVEMENTS, ABUNDANCE SPAWNING BEHAVIOR, and GENERAL BIOLOGY USING REALITY-BASED and ON-THE-WATER (OR IN-THE-AIR) SCIENCE. THE DATA GATHERED THROUGH THIS WORK EDUCATE, INFORM, and IMPROVE THE CURRENT ASSESSMENT and MANAGEMENT PROCESSES for THIS IMPORTANT SPECIES. TBC WILL BE A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN SCIENTISTS, FISHERMEN, PILOTS, and OTHER EXPERTS FROM THE U.S, CANADA, and ELSEWHERE. TBC WILL EMPLOY CURRENTLY AVAILABLE TOOLS - SUCH AS TAGGING - BUT ALSO STRIVE to CREATE NEW ONES. TBC WILL ALSO WORK to ENSURE THAT ANY IMPORTANT DATA THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS is GIVEN THE LIGHT of DAY. WHILE TBCS ULTIMATE LONG-TERM GOAL is to PROVIDE FISHERIES MANAGERS WITH THE ABILITY to DIRECTLY ASSESS BLUEFIN, THERE ARE MANY CRITICAL STEPS NEEDED to GET THERE EACH of WHICH ARE IMPORTANT.
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CHRISTOPHER G WEINEREXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
BOB DECOSTADIRECTOR
CAMILLE JACQUARDDIRECTOR
CHRIS COMBVICE PRESIDENT
ERIC HESSEDIRECTOR
GEORGE FRENCHDIRECTOR
MICHAEL BLANCHARDTREASURER
NATHANIEL MOODYVICE PRESIDENT
PUTNAM MACLEANDIRECTOR
R TYLER MACALLISTERSECRETARY
RICHARD BURGESSDIRECTOR
STEPHEN WEINERPRESIDENT
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2022
- Location
- PO BOX 465, OGUNQUIT, ME 03907-0465
- County
- York
- In care of
- MICHAEL BLANCHARD
- Primary officer
- MICHAEL BLANCHARD, TREASURER
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- CLIFTONLARSONALLEN LLP
- NTEE classification
- Research Institutes & Public Policy Analysis (D05)
- IRS tax category
- Research Institutes & Public Policy Analysis