Help with information		Help to make this web site a great site.
Become a member		Do something about our seas. You owe it to your children.
Donations		Donations more than welcome
Scientist?		Are you a scientist? We need you and perhaps we can help you as well.

Even if you are not involved with the sea, you may be an educator or illustrator or writer. No doubt you can contribute and help.

At the moment the best way to help with information is to write it up and to e-mail it to: sea.friends@xtra.co.nz

In case you work with the sea, your help is obvious. As a commercial fisherman you can provide us with valuable information and make your ship available for various projects. As a captain on a regular route, you will be so familiar with a particular area that you may notice changes, seasonally and permanently. You may even have logged your observations. These observations are important. As a recreational fisherman you will have intimate knowledge of the sea and you may have noticed the deterioration which is rapidly accelerating. Your skills are valuable to us. You can influence others too. As a diver you are invaluable. Learn about the underwater environment and join the various projects that turn your hobby into sea-saving enjoyment.

As a scientist your knowledge is indispensable for guiding us in the right direction. Projects need to be supervised; information about our seas needs to be compiled and rewritten to inform the public. As a writer you can help us with the magazine, the internet site, training manuals, instructional movies and more.

Should you be interested in social values and history, you will be able to help us rediscover our past, so that we can make better plans for the future.

Are you an organiser or people manager? Why not help manage our many projects and enthuse us all? Help us organise conferences and working parties.

Are you near a source of information, such as a public library, scientific library, statistics, maps, bookshop, to name a few, your help will certainly be needed.

Are you in a position to influence people or are you familiar with funding, there may be room for you as a trustee with the influential SEAFRIENDS FOUNDATION. 

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Should you be in a position to make a donation or grant towards one of our projects, you will not be disappointed with how careful your contribution will be spent. We are a totally open organisation. In this Internet web site you will find most of the information you'll need to investigate our cause. You can also visit the Seafriends Marine Conservation and Education Centre in Leigh.

Do you have books about the sea that are only gathering dust? Consider donating or lending them to the Seafriends Library. Here they will be of use to many and we will look after them with care.

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• Read the areas on this web site that are your intellectual domain and see how you can improve them. Remember that a web site is not like a scientific publication but it could be equally rigorous. The Internet allows us to produce and publish ideas quickly without much scrutiny beforehand. But once on the net, these ideas are up for scrutiny by a wide audience, inviting discussion and correction. Let us hear from you. You can also take responsibility for the part on this site that you are familiar with.
• Have you done important research yourself, that you wish to share with others? Why not set up your own web site and publish your scientific achievements. It is not expensive to do and it could benefit many. From this web site we can then link to all the details you have published.
• Would you like to have a little corner to yourself on this web site? We have a 'homepages for members' section. As a member ($40 per year and perhaps a little more for costs), you can publish what you like, as long as it has to do with the marine environment and its preservation.
• We can help you too with your request for funding by FRST. Apparently, projects that enjoy support by the public, are considered ahead of others. Let us endorse your studies. It could benefit us both.