2026-08-30T16:34:14-05:00 2025-12-31 390919055 RITZ HOLMAN LLP 330 E KILBOURN AVE SUITE 222 MILWAUKEE WI 53202 990 2025-01-01 472592641 AFRICAN AQUATIC CONSERVATION FUND INC AFRI 4142028705 495 SOUTH ROAD CHILMARK MA 02535 ANDREW HOLMAN PRESIDENT 4142028705 2026-08-30 1 ANDREW C HOLMAN P00014720 4142711451 2026-08-30 2025 ANDREW HOLMAN 495 SOUTH ROAD CHILMARK MA 02535 534989 0 X WWW.AFRICANAQUATICCONSERVATION.ORG X 2015 MA THROUGH FOCUSED RESEARCH, CONSERVATION, AND EDUCATION ACTIONS, THE AFRICAN AQUATIC CONSERVATION FUND IS DEDICATED TO THE PRESERVATION OF AFRICAN MANATEES, TURTLES, AND OTHER AQUATIC WILDLIFE AND THEIR HABITATS THROUGHOUT THE AFRICAN CONTINENT. WE WORK IN CLOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL PEOPLE, SCIENTISTS, GOVERNMENTS, AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS FOR THE BENEFIT OF BOTH WILDLIFE AND HUMANS. 9 5 0 0 0 0 774232 523076 3111 5277 0 0 634 6636 777977 534989 0 0 0 0 227874 192712 0 0 6504 593356 323054 821230 515766 -43253 19223 371308 309931 207046 126445 164262 183486 X THROUGH FOCUSED RESEARCH, CONSERVATION, AND EDUCATION ACTIONS, THE AFRICAN AQUATIC CONSERVATION FUND IS DEDICATED TO THE PRESERVATION OF AFRICAN MANATEES, TURTLES, AND OTHER AQUATIC WILDLIFE AND THEIR HABITATS THROUGHOUT THE AFRICAN CONTINENT. WE WORK IN CLOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL PEOPLE, SCIENTISTS, GOVERNMENTS, AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS FOR THE BENEFIT OF BOTH WILDLIFE AND HUMANS. 0 0 75000 THE AFRICAN MANATEE PROGRAM LEADER SUPERVISED SIX GRADUATE STUDENTS FROM THREE COUNTRIES AND CONDUCTED FIELDWORK PROGRAMS IN SENEGAL AND GUINEA. AFRICAN MANATEE GENETICS, FEEDING ECOLOGY, AND AGE DETERMINATION STUDIES CONTINUED WITH COLLABORATORS FROM SIX AFRICAN COUNTRIES. AS PART OF GENETICS RESEARCH, WE CONTINUED THE FIRST ENVIRONMENTAL DNA (EDNA) SAMPLING ANYWHERE IN WEST AFRICA, DURING OUR SURVEYS OF INTERIOR RIVERS IN GUINEA. WE CONTINUED A PARTNERSHIP FOR MANATEE RESEARCH WITH THE ABU DHABI AQUARIUM, AND A LONG-TERM PHOTO-ID STUDY OF INDIVIDUAL MANATEES AT PT ST GEORGE, CASAMANCE, SENEGAL. THE PI AND COLLABORATORS PUBLISHED THREE SCIENTIFIC MANUSCRIPTS. AN ADDITIONAL TWO SCIENTIFIC MANUSCRIPTS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO JOURNALS. 165000 THE WEST AFRICAN SEA TURTLE PROGRAM LED PROJECTS IN GABON, EQUATORIAL GUINEA AND COTE D'IVOIRE. IN GABON WE CONTINUED TO COORDINATE THE GABON SEA TURTLE PARTNERSHIP, A NETWORK OF PROJECTS TO PROTECT SEA TURTLES AND THEIR HABITAT THROUGH BEACH SURVEILLANCE, RESEARCH, THREAT REDUCTION, CAPACITY-BUILDING AND OUTREACH. IN EQUATORIAL GUINEA WE CONTINUED TO MONITOR SEA TURTLE THREATS AND CONDUCTED A NATIONAL AWARENESS-RAISING CAMPAIGN. IN COTE D'IVOIRE WE CONTINUED TO COLLABORATE WITH LOCAL PARTNERS TO MONITOR AND PROTECT 50 KM OF NESTING BEACHES AND CARRY OUT COMMUNITY-BASED CONSERVATION INITIATIVES, AS WELL AS IMPLEMENT THE COUNTRY'S FIRST MARINE PROTECTED AREA. WE PUBLISHED 2 PEER-REVIEWED SCIENTIFIC STUDIES. 120000 THE AFRICAN CETACEANS PROGRAM CONDUCTED CONTINUING PASSIVE ACOUSTIC MONITORING (PAM) PROJECTS OFF THE WEST COAST OF MADAGASCAR, OFF THE NAMPULA COAST OF MOZAMBIQUE, AND OFF SENEGAL. THE PAM WORK IN THE MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL WAS PART OF A MULTI-PARTNER EFFORT TO MITIGATE SHIPPING NOISE IN THE SOUTHWEST INDIAN OCEAN (SWIO) FUNDED BY THE FRENCH GOVT AGENCY FFEM, AND INVOLVED TWO EXPEDITIONS TO CROSS THE MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL IN A SAILING VESSEL TO DEPLOY AND RECOVER REMOTE ACOUSTIC RECORDERS. WE ALSO CONDUCTED AN OMURA'S WHALES RESEARCH EXPEDITION OFF THE NORTHWEST COAST OF MADAGASCAR SURVEYING APPROXIMATELY 400 KM OF COAST IN A SAILING VESSEL. THE CETECEANS PROGRAM LEADER CO-SUPERVISED THREE PHD STUDENTS ENROLLED AT CURTIN UNIVERSITY - MAURITIUS CAMPUS, ON THE ACOUSTIC ECOLOGY OF BLUE WHALES, HUMPBACK WHALES AND SPERM WHALES IN THE SWIO. THE LEADER ALSO ATTENDED AND PRESENTED WORK AT THE BIENIAL MEETING OF THE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE OF THE INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION IN BLED, SLOVENIA. 51800 THE AFRICAN CHELONIAN INSTITUTE (ACI) LED SURVEYS TO DOCUMENT SEA TURTLE POACHING AND BYCATCH IN MBODIENE AND JOAL, SENEGAL IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE JOAL-FADIOUTH MARINE PROTECTED AREA. ACI HELD THE FOURTH NATIONAL SEA TURTLE AWARENESS DAYS FOR SENEGAL AT NATIONAL PARK OF LANGUE DE BARBARIE NEAR SAINT-LOUIS OVER FOUR DAYS. THE EVENT INCLUDED AN OFFICIAL CEREMONY, AWARENESS ACTIVITIES, EDUCATIONAL DISPLAYS AND BEACH CLEAN UPS AT THREE SITES. IT WAS ATTENDED BY OVER 1500 PARTICIPANTS. FOUR SEA TURTLE NESTS AT NGAZOBIL WERE MONITORED. A TEMPORARY TURTLE FACILITY WAS MAINTAINED IN NGAZOBIL. ON THE NEW ACI LAND FOR THE PERMANENT FACILITY, A WELL HAS BEEN DUG AND AN ACCESS ROAD WAS CLEARED. 47813 THE SENEGAL STRANDING NETWORK CONDUCTED THREE COASTAL STRANDING SURVEYS. WE ALSO RESPONDED TO CARCASSES OUTSIDE OF SURVEYS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WE DOCUMENTED 60 STRANDED CETACEANS AND 38 STRANDED SEA TURTLES (MOST WERE SAMPLED FOR GENETICS, TAXONOMY AND OTHER DATA COLLECTION). WE PARTNERED WITH COLLEAGUES FROM THE SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY FOR CETACEAN TAXONOMY AND GENETICS STUDIES. WE ALSO ANALYZED STRANDING DATA COLLECTED SINCE 2014 AND CONTINUED WRITING TWO MANUSCRIPTS FOR SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATION. 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MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 39,584. CONSULTANTS/OUTSIDE CONTRACTORS: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 24,844. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 24,844.