Project Manaia was set up after it's founder spent 15 years working for Greenpeace and other NGO's. Seeing the importance of citizen science, he wanted to create a platform (research vessel) for scientists to come on board and use the equipment, contribute to the data collection and work with the local communities in the Mediterranean Sea to continue the work we are promoting to look after the ocean. We hope to expand our fleet of research boats to other locations in the future. This year our goal is to train the dive centers to re/plant posidonia oceanica in Italy!