Lionfish are one of the few reef threats that can be addressed through direct human action.

Targeted removals produce immediate benefits by reducing pressure on native fish and helping reefs maintain balance at a time when ecosystems are already under stress.

Your support allows us to remain active, reach multiple sites, and document removals carefully—ensuring our work is consistent, responsible, and effective over time.

Well-planned removals reduce lionfish numbers and protect native species

What Your Donation Supports

How Your Support Is Used

Direct hands-on lionfish control, field operations, and local collaboration

To fund field work, diving equipment upkeep, and vessel operating costs

Your donation supports action carried out underwater, reef by reef.

This includes targeted lionfish removals, repeated visits to the same sites to ensure lasting effect, careful data collection during each dive, ongoing site monitoring, and collaboration with local fishers, dive operators, and authorities.

We prioritize doing the work first, keeping our approach practical, focused, and grounded in real conditions underwater.

Field work rarely follows a fixed script. Weather, access, and reef conditions change constantly, and operating at sea requires adaptability.

Donations are therefore used to sustain ongoing operations and respond to real-world conditions as they arise.

This flexibility allows us to adapt in the field while remaining accountable, ensuring resources are used responsibly to support continuous, effective action underwater.

Why Your Support Matters

Ways to Support

There are many simple and meaningful ways to support our work

Turn The Tide (TTT) relies on a combination of financial, material, and in-kind support to sustain field-based operations and long-term engagement. What matters most is enabling effective action underwater.

Support can take many forms, including:

• One-time contributions that help fund immediate field work

• Recurring support that allows us to plan dives and follow-up visits

• In-kind donations, such as diving equipment, tools, or boat maintenance hardware-provided they are in good working condition

• Partnerships and collaboration with organizations, researchers, or local stakeholders aligned with our mission

• Sharing our work and expertise to build awareness, participation, and collaboration

Every contribution—financial or otherwise—helps sustain consistent, targeted action in the field.

Legal Status

Contributions made through this website are processed by Turn The Tide Foundation Inc. (USA), a U.S.-registered nonprofit organization (EIN: 37-2213723).

Turn The Tide Foundation Inc. (USA) is recognized by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as a tax-exempt public charity under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by U.S. law.

Tax deductibility may vary depending on the donor’s jurisdiction. Donors outside the United States should consult their local tax advisor regarding eligibility for tax benefits.