Mission Statement: The Ocean Science Foundation (OSF) is a non-profit non-governmental organization (NGO) set up to facilitate research on endangered tropical marine ecosystems. Our mission is to collaborate with conservation and academic NGOs in scientific research projects based in developing countries, especially projects on the ecology and conservation of coral reefs. Among other projects, OSF is developing a 53-foot catamaran as a research platform for expeditions in the field.

Updates: OSF is sponsoring the development of a new revised version of Jack Randall's classic book Caribbean Reef Fishes. Planned completion in 2013/4.

The Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation is now publishing its sixth volume, for the first time with multiple articles per issue and over 50 pages in length. JOSF is especially honored to publish taxonomic papers by Jack Randall and Gerry Allen, both pioneers in the field of reef fish taxonomy.